Cardinals’ Week 8 defensive snap counts and observations

In the Arizona Cardinals’ 24-21 Week 8 defeat to the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, the defense was on the field for 73 snaps, 14 more than the offense was on the field.

How was Thursday’s defensive playing time split up?

Below, we go over each individual and position group and give the snap counts and some observations about the numbers.

Read on!

Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

Latest show:

Previous shows:

and

Defensive line

This is roughly what you would expect with no J.J. Watt, Corey Peters or Rashard Lawrence. Peters and Lawrence hopefully return in Week 9.

Watt’s status is up in the air, as to when he…