The Detroit Lions’ preseason matchup with the Washington Commanders produced a full workload chart, and the snap counts show exactly how the team spread the action across the roster.
Up front, Mason Miller led the way with 52 snaps, good for 78 percent, while Seth McLaughlin was right behind him at 51 snaps and 76 percent. Miles Frazier logged 48 snaps at 72 percent, followed by Colby Sorsdal at 46 snaps and 69 percent.
Melvin Priestly added 36 snaps, or 54 percent, and Devin Cochran was on the field for 26 snaps, 39 percent. Christian Mahogany, Blake Miller, J.
Scruggs, Larry Borom and Tate Ratledge each played 15 snaps. Michael Niese finished with one snap.
At quarterback, Luke Altymyer handled 38 snaps, which came out to 57 percent of the offense’s work. Josh Dobbs followed with 29 snaps and 43 percent.
The pass-catching group was spread out across a wide rotation. Tay Martin saw 31 snaps for 46 percent, while Jackson Meeks and Thomas Gordon each played 28 snaps.
Tyler Conklin was close behind with 27 snaps, and Isaac TeSlaa also checked in at 27. Tarik Black and Lucky Jackson each logged 24 snaps.
Malik Cunningham and Dominic Lovett each had 14. Brock Wright played 12 snaps, Tom Kennedy and Greg Dortch each had 7, Cedrick Wilson Jr. had 5, and several others mixed in as well.
In the backfield, Trayveon Williams had 22 snaps, J. Saylors had 20, Raheem Blackshear had 19, Jabari Small had 6, and the rest of the running back rotation rounded out the workload.
On defense, Nick Whiteside paced the unit with 29 snaps, followed by Aamaris Brown at 28. Derrick Moore had 25 snaps, Ennis Rakestraw and Mekhi Wingo each had 24, and Chuck Clark, Skyler Gill-Howard, D.J.
Reed and Devin White each reached 23. Dan Jackson played 21 snaps, while Derrick Barnes and Avonte Maddox each had 20.
Trevor Nowaske, Malcolm Rodriguez and Ahmed Hassanein each logged 19. Levi Onwuzurike had 18, Keith Abney and Roger McCreary each had 15, Rock Ya-Sin and D.J.
Wonnum each had 14, Anthony Lucas had 13, Chris Smith and Myles Adams each had 12, and Joe Bachie finished with 11 defensive snaps. Khalil Dorsey, Eric O’Neill and Ben Stille each played 9, Tyleik Williams had 8, Tyler Lacy had 7, Troy Reeder, Erick Hunter and Amen Ogbongbemiga each had 6, Christian Izien had 5, and Ryan Cooper appeared on special teams only.
In the kicking game, Jake Bates handled 8 snaps, while Hogan Hatten and Jack Fox each logged 7.
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