The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in a Divisional Round playoff game Sunday and when you look at the snap counts from that contest a few notable things stick out.
For starters, tackle Chris Hubbard only played 3 snaps on offense against the Chiefs this week as an extra tight end.
Wide receiver Eli Rogers played 57 of a possible 67 offensive snaps Sunday night while fellow wide receiver Sammie Coates only played one snap.
Fullback Roosevelt Nix didn’t play early in the game on offense and wound up playing just 10 total snaps. Tight end Xavier Grimble only played 2 offensive snaps.
On defense for the Steelers, cornerback Justin Gilbert didn’t play any snaps in this rematch against the Chiefs after playing 8 snaps in the first meeting.
Linebacker James Harrison only sat out 3 defensive snaps against the Chiefs and he was replaced by Jarvis Jones on those plays.
Safety Jordan Dangerfield played 4 defensive snaps with most, if not all, coming deep in the Steelers own end of the field. Defensive tackle Daniel McCullers also played just 4 snaps.
| PLAYER | POS | OFFENSIVE SNAPS | DEFENSIVE SNAPS | SPECIAL TEAM SNAPS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.Gilbert | T | 67 | 100% | * | * | 6 | 25% |
| D.DeCastro | G | 67 | 100% | * | * | 6 | 25% |
| A.Villanueva | T | 67 | 100% | * | * | 6 | 25% |
| R.Foster | G | 67 | 100% | * | * | 6 | 25% |
| A.Brown | WR | 67 | 100% | * | * | 5 | 21% |
| M.Pouncey | C | 67 | 100% | * | * | * | * |
| B.Roethlisberger | QB | 67 | 100% | * | * | * | * |
| L.Bell | RB | 64 | 96% | * | * | 1 | 4% |
| J.James | TE | 59 | 88% | * | * | 7 | 29% |
| E.Rogers | WR | 57 | 85% | * | * | 1 | 4% |
| C.Hamilton | WR | 27 | 40% | * | * | * | * |
| D.Heyward-Bey | WR | 20 | 30% | * | * | 12 | 50% |
| D.Ayers | WR | 12 | 18% | * | * | * | * |
| R.Nix | FB | 10 | 15% | * | * | 15 | 62% |
| D.Johnson | TE | 10 | 15% | * | * | 4 | 17% |
| C.Hubbard | G | 3 | 4% | * | * | 6 | 25% |
| D.Williams | RB | 3 | 4% | * | * | 1 | 4% |
| X.Grimble | TE | 2 | 3% | * | * | 1 | 4% |
| S.Coates | WR | 1 | 1% | * | * | 15 | 62% |
| S.Tuitt | DE | * | * | 58 | 100% | 9 | 38% |
| R.Shazier | ILB | * | * | 58 | 100% | 6 | 25% |
| B.Dupree | OLB | * | * | 58 | 100% | 3 | 12% |
| L.Timmons | ILB | * | * | 58 | 100% | 3 | 12% |
| R.Cockrell | CB | * | * | 58 | 100% | 2 | 8% |
| A.Burns | CB | * | * | 57 | 98% | 13 | 54% |
| S.Davis | S | * | * | 57 | 98% | 6 | 25% |
| M.Mitchell | S | * | * | 56 | 97% | 10 | 42% |
| J.Harrison | OLB | * | * | 55 | 95% | 3 | 12% |
| J.Hargrave | NT | * | * | 50 | 86% | * | * |
| W.Gay | CB | * | * | 39 | 67% | * | * |
| L.Walton | DE | * | * | 23 | 40% | 12 | 50% |
| J.Dangerfield | S | * | * | 4 | 7% | 14 | 58% |
| D.McCullers | NT | * | * | 4 | 7% | 3 | 12% |
| J.Jones | OLB | * | * | 3 | 5% | 10 | 42% |
| A.Moats | OLB | * | * | * | * | 14 | 58% |
| T.Matakevich | ILB | * | * | * | * | 14 | 58% |
| C.Boswell | K | * | * | * | * | 13 | 54% |
| V.Williams | ILB | * | * | * | * | 11 | 46% |
| J.Berry | P | * | * | * | * | 7 | 29% |
| G.Warren | LS | * | * | * | * | 7 | 29% |
| L.Fort | ILB | * | * | * | * | 4 | 17% |
| R.Golden | S | * | * | * | * | 4 | 17% |
| J.Gilbert | CB | * | * | * | * | 4 | 17% |
