Cardinals Snap Counts Against Titans

Almost as many players on the Cardinals roster did not play as did in Saturday’s game against the Titans.

The did-not-play list was nearly as large for the Cardinals in Saturday’s preseason finale against Tennessee as it was for those that played in the 26-23 loss.

Of the 81 players on the roster, 39 (almost half) did not play. That leaves 42 that did: 20 on offense, 19 on defense and the three true specialists in the kicking game: long snapper Aaron Brewer, punter Andy Lee and kicker Matt Prater. Thirty other players had special-teams snaps.

In the first game, when there were 91 on the roster, 29 did not play. In Week 2, 32 of the 86 players didn’t participate.

Several players that started Saturday night played sparingly.

On offense, running back Eno Benjamin played only 11% of the snaps, while right guard Rashaad Coward played 25%, followed by both center Sean Harlow and left guard Cody Ford with 17%.

Defensively, safety Deionte Thompson played 23%, inside linebackers Zaven Collin and Tanner Vallejo 17% and cornerback Marco Wilson a mere 4% (three snaps).

Bring on the regular season.

Charting the snaps (snaps/percentage; starters in bold)

OFFENSE (71 snaps, 19 players)

Quarterbacks: Trace McSorley (45/63), Jarrett Guarantano (26/37)

Did not play: Colt McCoy, Kyler Murray

Running backs: Keaontay Ingram (59/83), Eno Benjamin (8/11), Darrel Williams (5/7)

Did not play: James Conner, Jonathan Ward (injured)

Wide receivers: Victor Bolden Jr. (54/76), Greg Dortch (49/69), Andy Isabella (45/63), JaVonta Payton (40/56), Jontre Kirklin (20/28)

Did not play: Andre Baccellia (injured), Marquise Brown, A.J. Green, DeAndre Hopkins, Rondale Moore, Antoine Wesley (injured)

Tight ends: Bernhard Seikovits (39/55), Trey McBride (35/49)

Did not play: Stephen Anderson (injured), Zach Ertz (injured), Chris Pierce Jr., Maxx Williams

Offensive linemen: LT Josh Jones (71/100), RT Josh Miles (71/100), G Koda Martin (59/83), C Lecitus Smith (59/83), G Greg Long (54/76), RG Rashaad Coward (18/25), C Sean Harlow (12/17), LG Cody Ford (12/17)

Did not play: T Kelvin Beachum, G Marquis Hayes, G Will Hernandez, C Rodney Hudson, G Danny Isidora, T D.J. Humphries, G/T Justin Murray (injured), G Justin Pugh

DEFENSE (69 snaps, 19 players)

Defensive linemen: NT Christian Ringo (49/71), DT Jonathan Ledbetter (46/67), DE Manny Jones (40/58), NT Antwaun Woods (25/36)

Did not play: DE Zach Allen, DE Michael Dogbe, DT Leki Fotu (injured), NT Rashard Lawrence, DE J.J. Watt (COVID-19)

Linebackers: ILB Ben Niemann (57/83), OLB Cameron Thomas (49/71), OLB Myjai Sanders (48/70), OLB Jesse Luketa (41/59), ILB Chandler Wooten (36/52), ILB Joe Walker (21/30), ILB Zaven Collins (12/17), ILB Tanner Vallejo (12/17)

Did not play: OLB Victor Dimukeje, OLB Dennis Gardeck, OLB Markus Golden (injured), OLB Devon Kennard, ILB Isaiah Simmons, ILB Ezekiel Turner, ILB Nick Vigil

Defensive backs: S James Wiggins (62/90), CB Josh Jackson (62/90), CB Christian Matthew (61/88), S Tae Daley (60/87), CB Jace Whittaker (59/86), S Deionte Thompson (16/23), CB Marco Wilson (3/4)

Did not play: S Budda Baker, CB Antonio Hamilton (injury/medical), CB Byron Murphy Jr., S Jalen Thompson, S Charles Washington

SPECIAL TEAMS (33 snaps, 33 players)

LB Chandler Wooten (27/82), CB Christian Matthew (24/73), WR Jontre Kirklin (23/70), JaVonta Payton (20/61), LB Myjai Sanders (20/61), LB Ben Niemann (17/52), TE Bernhard Seikovits (16/48), LB Jesse Luketa (16/48), S James Wiggins (15/45), LB Cameron Thomas (14/42), LB Joe Walker (14/42), CB Jace Whittaker (13/39), WR/RS Victor Bolden Jr. (12/36), TE Trey McBride (12/36), S Tae Daley (12/36), LS Aaron Brewer (11/33), P Andy Lee (11/33), K Matt Prater (10/30), RB Keaontay Ingram (9/27), CB Josh Jackson (8/24), S Deionte Thompson (8/24), DT Jonathan Ledbetter (7/21), DE Manny Jones (7/21), T Josh Miles (5/15), T Josh Jones (5/15), G Koda Martin (5/15), C Lecitus Smith (5/15), G Greg Long (5/15), WR/PR Greg Dortch (4/12), NT Christian Ringo (3/9), WR Andy Isabella (2/6), NT Antwaun Woods (2/6), G Rashaad Coward (1/3)