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LA Rams - New York Giants Playing Time Breakdown: Who Got Snaps In London

Here’s how the Rams doled out the playing time in Week 7.

Los Angeles Rams V. New York Giants
Los Angeles Rams V. New York Giants
Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images

Note: I’ll update the snap counts in this spreadsheet all season including the first tab tracking the season totals. While I’ll paste individual game PT in each week’s recap, I’ll likely refer to the season totals moving forward from that link. So uh, peep it.

Offense

Player POS Off Off%
Greg Robinson T 78 100.00%
Rob Havenstein T 78 100.00%
Cody Wichmann G 78 100.00%
Case Keenum QB 78 100.00%
Tim Barnes C 78 100.00%
Rodger Saffold T 77 98.72%
Kenny Britt WR 70 89.74%
Lance Kendricks TE 66 84.62%
Tavon Austin WR 61 78.21%
Brian Quick WR 56 71.79%
Todd Gurley RB 49 62.82%
Tyler Higbee TE 29 37.18%
Benny Cunningham RB 26 33.33%
Bradley Marquez WR 15 19.23%
Cory Harkey TE 10 12.82%
Mike Thomas WR 8 10.26%
Andrew Donnal T 1 1.28%

TE Lance Kendricks hit a season low on Sunday dropping below 85%. The extra snaps didn’t go to TE Tyler Higbee or DEATHSERGEANT Cory Harkey.

Instead, most of them went to the WRs. Kenny Britt logged his second-highest playing time share. Brian Quick hit a season high. Bradley Marquez notched his second-highest. The Rams went heavy in the passing game with 53 passes to 20 rushes and needed the wideouts to make that happen.

On the flip side, RB Just Todd Gurley hit his second-lowest work rate of the year. His lowest rate of the year was the Week 1 blowout in San Francisco.

Worth pointing out that rookie WR Pharoh Cooper was yet again a healthy scratch. The Rams’ 2016 NFL Draft class isn’t getting a ton of production through (nearly) the first half of the season.

Defense

Player POS Def Def%
T.J. McDonald SS 56 98.25%
Maurice Alexander SS 56 98.25%
E.J. Gaines CB 56 98.25%
Mark Barron LB 56 98.25%
Troy Hill CB 56 98.25%
Alec Ogletree LB 56 98.25%
Lamarcus Joyner CB 55 96.49%
Aaron Donald DT 51 89.47%
Dominique Easley DT 34 59.65%
William Hayes DE 32 56.14%
Eugene Sims DE 27 47.37%
Cam Thomas DT 26 45.61%
Ethan Westbrooks DT 24 42.11%
Matt Longacre DE 18 31.58%
Robert Quinn DE 11 19.30%
Cody Davis FS 1 1.75%
Josh Forrest LB 1 1.75%

Well, we’ve got another snap count discrepancy courtesy of the NFL. There must have been a phantom snap on which the Rams’ defensive core didn’t play...

In any case, DT Aaron Donald hit a season high. In three of the Rams’ first four games, Donald came in under 80% of defensive snaps. He’s topped that mark in each of the last three.

The rest of the line? I hot bowl of rotational mess. Might be an opportune moment to point out the Rams failed to log a sack and have just three across this three-game losing streak...

Special Teams

Player POS ST ST%
Cody Davis FS 24 88.89%
Chase Reynolds RB 24 88.89%
Bradley Marquez WR 21 77.78%
Bryce Hager LB 21 77.78%
Cory Littleton LB 21 77.78%
Josh Forrest LB 17 62.96%
Marqui Christian SS 13 48.15%
Temarrick Hemingway TE 13 48.15%
Mike Thomas WR 11 40.74%
Benny Cunningham RB 10 37.04%
Malcolm Brown RB 10 37.04%
Cory Harkey TE 9 33.33%
Eugene Sims DE 9 33.33%
Tavon Austin WR 8 29.63%
Dwayne Gratz CB 8 29.63%
Jake McQuaide LS 8 29.63%
Johnny Hekker P 8 29.63%
T.J. McDonald SS 7 25.93%
Demetrius Rhaney C 6 22.22%
Greg Zuerlein K 5 18.52%
Maurice Alexander SS 4 14.81%
E.J. Gaines CB 4 14.81%
Mark Barron LB 4 14.81%
Troy Hill CB 4 14.81%
Cam Thomas DT 4 14.81%
Ethan Westbrooks DT 4 14.81%
Matt Longacre DE 4 14.81%
Aaron Donald DT 3 11.11%
Greg Robinson T 2 7.41%
Rob Havenstein T 2 7.41%
Cody Wichmann G 2 7.41%
Rodger Saffold T 2 7.41%
Andrew Donnal T 2 7.41%
Alec Ogletree LB 1 3.70%
Lamarcus Joyner CB 1 3.70%
Dominique Easley DT 1 3.70%

Starting to wonder if Troy Hill and Marqui Christian are legit shots to make the 53-man in 2017. They’re definitely getting tons of opportunity, though Hill’s has also come at corner with the injuries early to E.J. Gaines and Trumaine Johnson as of late.


As always, drop your observations on the playing time from this week as well as anything you’re seeing from the season snaps.