Bengals Defensive Snap Count Against The Baltimore Ravens

by Josh Kirkendall on Nov 22, 2011 3:00 PM EST

BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 20: Cornerback Adam Jones #24 of the Cincinnati Bengals takes a knee after a long reception by the Baltimore Ravens in the second quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on November 20, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens won, 31-24. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Cincinnati's use of the base 4-3 defense (as opposed to say, nickel) was by far the most used Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, often with your standard three linebackers in Rey Maualuga, Manny Lawson and Thomas Howard along with four members of the secondary. As far as we can tell 52 snaps on defense sported a secondary roster of Nate Clements, Reggie Nelson, Chris Crocker and Adam Jones.

What's more evident is Cincinnati's injuries at defensive end. Michael Johnson missed significant time after suffering an injury against the Ravens that limited him to only 18 snaps on Sunday while Dunlap, already dealing with a hamstring issue, had the lowest snap count on the defensive line last weekend.

Defensive Line	Total	Run	P.Rush	Coverage
Domata Peko	48	30	18	0
Frostee Rucker	43	27	15	1
Robert Geathers	43	28	15	0
Geno Atkins	38	17	21	0
Pat Sims	24	15	9	0
Michael Johnson	18	4	12	2
Jonathan Fanene	15	2	12	1
Carlos Dunlap	13	1	11	1

Linebackers	Total	Run	P.Rush	Coverage
Thomas Howard	59	30	6	23
Manny Lawson	43	27	0	16
Rey Maualuga	53	30	1	22
Dan Skuta	5	4	0	1
Brandon Johnson	6	0	2	4

Secondary	Total	Run	P.Rush	Coverage
Chris Crocker	58	29	2	27
Reggie Nelson	56	28	2	26
Nate Clements	56	28	0	28
Adam Jones	52	24	0	28
Gibril Wilson	4	2	0	2
Kelly Jennings	11	0	0	11
Taylor Mays	4	4	0	0

(snap count account to Pro Football Focus)

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our safeties are always getting beat deep.

I justjust dont understand how andthe even thethe tv analyst said theI same thing. Maybe mays should see more snaps since he is faster than crocker or nelson.

by OBlock85 on Nov 22, 2011 3:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions

No wonder we didn't have a consistent Pass Rush from our front 4

Dunlap was very limited in this game. Any news if he tweaked his hammie early or if this was expected?

by C1ncy4Life on Nov 22, 2011 4:14 PM EST reply actions

Expected

by dlittle58 on Nov 22, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

That explains why our pass rush was looking weak.

We need to get healthy quick fast and a hurry. This our biggest game of year.

by pray4gm11 on Nov 22, 2011 4:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions

What about Johnson also?

by pray4gm11 on Nov 22, 2011 4:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions

A couple of things

1. I’m not sure why Mays is not seeing time. Athletically he is better than Crocker and with the amount of times I’ve seen Crocker struggle this year I’m not sure the upside of Mays isn’t greater than the blown plays he’ll have.

2. Jones is obviously rusty but I was happy with what I saw. He was consistently step for step with the WR’s. It was his ball skills that were just a touch late, which was allowing the completions. That was obviously rust which will wear off and he will start making plays. He stayed on the field the entire game and showed no ill effects from a hamstring/groin injury. That is good news.

by WOOD98 on Nov 23, 2011 4:00 AM EST reply actions