Bills snap counts: Depth chart breakdown at Dolphins
Here’s how the Buffalo Bills’ depth chart broke down via snap counts in Week 2 vs. the Miami Dolphins:
Offense snap counts
After Cody Ford rotated out of the game in Week 1 in favor of Ike Boettger, Week 2 saw the Bills rolled with (mostly) the same five along the offensive line.
WR Emmanuel Sanders was again the clear-cut No. 2 behind Stefon Diggs over Gabriel Davis. Sanders only played one less snap than Diggs while Davis played in 32 percent of snaps.
Also affecting Davis and potentially WR Cole Beasley was TE Dawson Knox, who played in 83 percent of snaps. That's up from a Week 1 total of 56 percent and the highest amongst any playmakers, but starters were sat.
RB Zack Moss made his season debut, appearing in 18 snaps. That caused RB Devin Singletary to drop from 75 percent of snaps played to 66 percent.
Defense snap counts
In Week 1, the Bills' secondary and linebackers all played near-100 percent of snaps. Due to the blowout score, Buffalo played numerous backups late in the game.
This rotation also might have skewed the DE rotation as Jerry Hughes played the most along the edge in Week 1 but played the least vs. Miami. Also seeing a big increase was AJ Epenesa, he was up to 33 total snaps after playing only 19 in Week 1.
DE Efe Obada did not feature in the D-line rotation, missing the game due to a calf injury.
Rookie second-round pick in DE Boogie Basham was a healthy scratch for the second-straight game.
DT Harrison Phillips was a health scratch for the first time in 2021.
DT Star Lotulelei played in 42 percent of snaps in his first game since 2019.
Despite others rotating in, DT Ed Oliver still led his position with 40 total snaps played. He also did so in Week 1.
Special teams snaps
FB Reggie Gilliam led special teamers with 95 percent of snaps played.
Last week, RB Taiwan Jones and LB Tyler Matakevitch led snaps, but this week only dropped down to second at 68 percent.
The Dolphins only kicked the ball off once to the Bills, likely altering these snap counts all around.
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