Bengals Week 11 snap counts impacted with onslaught of injuries

The Bengals had a Sunday afternoon that most fans --and the team-- would rather forget.

At least two key players are injured, with at least one of those injuries being season ending for running back Giovani Bernard. A.J. Green reportedly has a hamstring tear which may end his season, too.

And, those weren't the only injuries on Sunday. Dre Kirkpatrick, Shawn Williams, Vontaze Burfict, Vincent Rey, Tyler Eifert and Clark Harris all left the game with injuries and only the latter four returned. Harris played one additional snap after injured and that looked to be a mistake as he was in clear pain.

Because of those injuries, the Bengals saw some pretty significant changes to their snap counts in Week 11 against the Bills. And, changes will continue in order to compensate for the losses of injured players going forward.

• Cedric Ogbuehi played the least percentage of time he's played all year on Sunday. Eric Winston replaced him, as he's been doing, and earned 58% of the snaps at right tackle on Sunday.
• The wide receiver snap count breakdown is probably not what you'd expect. Brandon LaFell played the most snaps (which he normally does) getting 95% of the offensive reps. Next up was James Wright who played 81% of snaps, and then the Bengals' receiving yards leader on Sunday, Tyler Boyd, who played 74% of snaps.
• At running back, Giovani Bernard got the most work (55% of snaps), which will not be the case again the season. Jeremy Hill played 40% of snaps and Rex Burkhead played 5%, all on the final drive of the afternoon.
• Even with Green out and the running game clearly needing to be utilized more, Ryan Hewitt only played 10 snaps on Sunday. It's still anyone's guess as to why he's not receiving more playing time.
• Domata Peko is playing way too many snaps. He played 60% of the defensive snaps on Sunday and was making tons of mistakes on the field. The Bengals cannot afford to have him playing that much.
• Margus Hunt and Will Clarke continue to see their workload diminish as Hunt played 5 snaps and Clarke 14.
• Meanwhile, Wallace Gilberry who was signed two weeks ago and hurt last week saw more playing time with 20 defensive snaps. That's pretty telling as to what the Bengals think about Hunt and Clarke.
• At safety, Derron Smith stepped up with 43 snaps after Williams left the game injured. Rookie Clayton Fejedelem still did not see any playing time on defense.