Denver Broncos: Week 4 snap counts vs. Raiders

Let’s take a look at which Broncos’ players made a significant impact against the Oakland Raiders by taking a look at the team’s snap counts

The Denver Broncos came away with a 16-10 victory at home against the Oakland Raiders in Week 4 last Sunday. This win gives the Broncos a 3-1 record, placing them second in the AFC West behind the Kansas City Chiefs.

Analyzing the snap counts on a weekly basis can allow us to find trends on how the coaching staff likes to rotate their players. It’s a data set that provides a depiction on how players are used. Obviously, the more snaps a player plays, the more important they usually are to the team’s weekly game plan.

With that in mind, let’s see how the snaps were spread out by position against Oakland.

Quarterback

Trevor Siemian, 64 snaps, 100 percent market share

Like the previous three week, Siemian played 100 percent of the snaps. Unless he gets injured, he will continue playing all of the offensive snaps.

Running Back

C.J. Anderson, 44 snaps, 69 percent market share

Jamaal Charles, 11 snaps, 17 percent market share

Andy Janovich, 11 snaps, 17 percent market share

Devontae Booker, 8 snaps, 12 percent market share

Nothing new here, Anderson is the team’s feature back, owning a 69 percent market share of the snaps out of the backfield. Booker is back from his injury and he was able to sneak away with eight snaps last week.

Wide Receiver

Demaryius Thomas, 56 snaps, 88 percent market share

Emanuel Sanders, 48 snaps, 75 percent market share

Bennie Fowler, 34 snaps, 53 percent market share

Jordan Taylor, 7 snaps, 11 percent market share

Isaiah McKenzie, 6 snaps, 9 percent market share

Thomas and Sanders are the team’s main two receivers and they will continue to receive the majority of the snaps unless they suffer an injury. Fowler has emerged as the team’s third receiver.

Tight End

Virgil Green, 42 snaps, 66 percent market share

A.J. Derby, 29 snaps, 45 percent market share

Jeff Heuerman, 17 snaps, 27 percent market share

Green led all tight ends in snaps with Derby checking in on two tight end sets. The snap share for the tight ends should continue to look similar too this going forward.

Offensive Line

Ronald Leary, 64 snaps, 100 percent market share

Garett Bolles, 64 snaps, 100 percent market share

Matt Paradis, 64 snaps, 100 percent market share

Menelik Watson, 63 snaps, 98 percent market share

Allen Barbre, 37 snaps, 58 percent market share

Max Garcia, 27 snaps, 42 percent market share

Donald Stephenson, 8 snaps, 12 percent market share

Leary, Bolles, Paradis and Watson played the entire game with Barbre and Garcia rotating at guard. Unless the Broncos decide to switch things up after the bye week, this should be their setup at offensive line going forward.

Defensive Line

Derek Wolfe, 45 snaps, 83 percent market share

Shelby Harris, 25 snaps, 46 percent market share

Adam Gotsis, 23 snaps, 43 percent market share

Domata Peko, 22 snaps, 41 percent market share

Ahtyba Rubin, 5 snaps, 9 percent market share

Denver likes to rotate their defensive linemen too keep them fresh. They have done this all year and they will continue to do this going forward with Wolfe leading the charge, playing the majority of the snaps.

Linebacker

Brandon Marshall, 51 snaps, 94 percent market share

Shaquil Barrett, 49 snaps, 91 percent market share

Von Miller, 46 snaps, 85 percent market share

Todd Davis, 31 snaps, 57 percent market share

DeMarcus Walker, 8 snaps, 15 percent market share

Kasim Edebali, 5 snaps, 9 percent market share

Corey Nelson, 3 snaps, 6 percent market share

Marshall, Barrett and Miller played the majority of the snaps at linebacker with Davis being a key contributor playing 57 percent of the snaps.

Cornerback

Aqib Talib, 54 snaps, 100 percent market share

Chris Harris, 51 snaps, 94 percent market share

Bradley Roby, 42 snaps, 78 percent market share

Nothing new here from the three previous weeks. Talib, Harris and Roby are very talented corner backs and are a key part of one of the best defensive back units in the league.

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Safety

Justin Simmons, 54 snaps, 100 percent market share

Darian Stewart, 49 snaps, 91 percent market share

William Parks, 30 snaps, 56 percent market share

Jamal Carter, 1 snap, 2 percent market share

Simmons and Stewart have played the majority of the snaps all of this year and this trend should continue for the rest of the season. Parks managed to play 30 snaps, equating to a 56 market share of the defensive snap count.

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