Bills snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Chargers
The Buffalo Bills got after it against the Los Angeles Chargers and ended up taking a close win, 24-22, on Saturday evening in Week 16.
But who exactly were the ones on the field for the Bills (9-6) doing all the dirty work against the Chargers (5-10)?
More often than not, taking a look in between the lines at snap count totals for Buffalo’s players can give us some insight as to what went down in between the lines on the gridiron.
There is always plenty to discover when looking at these finer details.
With that, here’s how the Bills depth chart broke down via snap counts in their latest win against the Chargers:
Offense
RB Leonard Fournette made his season debut and out-snapped RB Latavius Murray.
TE Dawson Knox out-snapped TE Dalton Kincaid for the second-straight week.
OL David Edwards played in a season-high 27 percent of snaps on heavy packages.
WR Trent Sherfield did not have a catch but recorded a season-high 60 percent of snaps… WR Stefon Diggs only played in 60 percent but was not injured.
Defense
LB Tyrel Dodson played in 80 percent of snaps, his highest total in the past six weeks.
LB Terrel Bernard, CB Christian Benford both missed a handful of snaps due to injury.
With DT Jordan Phillips (wrist) out, DT Tim Settle saw his highest-snap total in four games (43%). DT Poona Ford was also active and played in 27 snaps.
DE Von Miller played in a season-high 32 total snaps.
Special teams
CB Siran Neal, CB Cam Lewis, LB Tyler Matakevich played in Tier 1 special team snaps, 87 percent total.
Fournette played in seven special teams snaps as a returner in his debut.
