The Dallas Cowboys defense is where snap counts tend to be the most interesting, because defense tends to use more substitutions and rotations than you have on offense. We’re going to break it down by position group to see what’s going on. This is for week nine, a game where the offense was needed for a 35-30 victory at Pittsburgh.
Defense
Overall, the defensive snap counts were way up, with Pittsburgh often operating in a no-huddle attack. The defense played 74 snaps, up from 44 against Cleveland. The yardage surrendered was a season-high 448, or almost double the 223 they held Cleveland to.