When a team uses a rotation of running backs, a player's snap counts can vary from week to week depending on the opponent and offensive strategy. As much as this sounds good in theory, it’s hard to keep the more talented player on the bench, as we saw with the Detroit Lions in 2020.
This is the second installment in a series of articles at Pride of Detroit where we will examine the snap counts for Detroit Lions rookies during the 2020 season. You can read the previous article in this series here: Jeff Okudah.