A look at how the 79 defensive snaps on defense and 26 on special teams were divided up for the Cardinals.
In the Arizona Cardinals‘ 27-7 loss to the Denver Broncos, 27 players participated in at least one of the 79 defensive snaps and 48 played at least one of the 26 special teams snaps.
Let’s have a look at how the playing time was divided up. Below are the individual snap counts for everyone who got into the game on defense or special teams for the Cardinals
The first number after each name is snaps and the second is the percentage. Players in bold were starters.
Arizona Cardinals preseason game 2 defensive snap counts, observations
Defensive linemen
- Anthony Goodlow (36/46), Patrick Jenkins (35/44), Kyon Barrs (33/42), P.J. Mustipher (32/41), Elijah Simmons 30/38), L.J. Collier (11/14)
- Did not play: Calais Campbell, Justin Jones (injured), Darius Robinson, Dante Stills, Dalvin Tomlinson
- Active/PUP: Bilal Nichols, Walter Nolen III
Mustipher had six tackles with two solo that were for loss. Goodlow’s two solo tackles were both for loss. Jenkins had three assisted tackles, a half-sack and quarterback hit. Simmons had two tackles (one solo) and Barrs had a QB hit.
Linebackers
- OLB Xavier Thomas (49/62), OLB Benton Whitley (48/61), OLB Elliott Brown (44/56), ILB Owen Pappoe (43/54), ILB Cody Simon (34/43), ILB Mykal Walker (34/43), ILB Vi Jones (32/41), ILB Akeem Davis-Gaither (13/16), OLB Jordan Burch (11/14)
- Did not play: OLB Baron Browning, OLB Zaven Collins, ILB J.J. Russell (injured), OLB Josh Sweat, ILB Mack Wilson Sr.
- Active/PUP: OLB BJ Ojulari
Jones had five tackles (three solo) and a fumble recovery. Walker had five tackles (one solo). Pappoe had three tackles (one solo), a half-sack and QB hit. Brown had three tackles (one solo for loss).
Defensive backs
- DB Darren Hall (57/72), CB Jaylon Jones (46/58), S Kitan Crawford (45/57), CB Elijah Jones (40/51), CB Kei’Trel Clark (39/49), S Jammie Robinson (38/48), CB Denzel Burke (35/44), CB Ekow Boye-Doe (29/37), S Joey Blount (23/29), S Dadrion (Rabbit) Taylor-Demerson (13/16), CB Steven Gilmore (11/14), Will Johnson (8/10)
- Did not play: S Budda Baker, CB Max Melton, S Jalen Thompson, CB Garrett Williams
- Injured reserve: CB Star Thomas V
- Reserve/non-football injury: CB Sean Murphy Bunting
Robinson was the team leader with seven tackles (five solo). Crawford and Elijah Jones were second with six tackles. Crawford had five solo, while Jones had three plus a forced fumble. Blount had five tackles (four solo). Jaylon Jones had four solo tackles, while
Special teams snap counts
- LB Cody Simon (20/77), RB/RS DeeJay Dallas (14/54), LB Vi Jones (14/54), TE Travis Vokolek (13/50), LB Mykal Walker (12/46), S Kitan Crawford (12/46), WR Simi Fehoko (11/42), TE Josiah Deguara (11/42), LB Owen Pappoe (11/42), P Blake Gillikin (10/38), LS Aaron Brewer (10/38), LB Xavier Thomas (10/38), CB Denzel Burke (10/38), RB Bam Knight (9/35), LB Jordan Burch (9/35), CB Jaylon Jones (9/35),RB Emari Demercado (8/31), DB Darren Hall (6/23), CB Kei’Trel Clark (6/23), S Joey Blount (6/23), WR/RS Xavier Weaver (5/19), DL Anthony Goodlow (5/19), LB Benton Whitley (5/19), LB Elliott Brown (5/19), S Jammie Robinson (5/19), CB Elijah Jones (5/19), RB Michael Carter (4/15), TE Oscar Cardenas (4/15), DL Patrick Jenkins (4/15), K Chad Ryland (3/12), DL Elijah Simmons (3/12), DL P.J. Mustipher (3/12), S Dadrion (Rabbit) Taylor-Demerson (3/12), WR/RS Andre Baccellia (2/8), TE Elijah Higgins (2/12), DL L.J. Collier (2/8), LB Akeem Davis-Gaither (2/8), CB Ekow Boye-Doe (2/8), WR Tejhaun Palmer (1/4), TE Tip Reiman (1/4), T Jake Curhan (1/4), T Jeremiah Byers (1/4), G Royce Newman (1/4), G McClendon Curtis (1/4), T Josh Fryar (1/4), G Jon Gaines II (1/4), DL Kyon Barrs (1/4), CB Will Johnson (1/4)
Ryland had a quiet night thanks to the offense’s inability to move the ball. He had one extra point. The reverse was true for the busy Gillikin, who punted nine times for a 53.1-yard average and 44.8 net. He had punts of 70 and 60 yards plus three inside the 20.
Demercado had kickoff returns of 31 and 29 yards while Weaver had one for 31. Simon, Dallas, Deguara, Knight, Carter and Fehoko all had one solo tackle.
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