The first game of the year always presents some surprises as far as snap counts, as the New Orleans Saints coaching staff will trot out players that us writers and analysts didn’t expect to be on the field quite as much, based on training camp and otherwise.
This year’s season opener resulted in a higher amount of defensive back usage than expected, as Nick Underhill pointed out a high usage of Dime personnel packages (six defensive backs) defensively.
Another surprise came in which wide receivers took up most of the snaps offensively.
Here are the total snap counts:
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Notice backup safety D.