Dolphins 2022 Week 5 Snap Count Observations

What stood out in regards to the Miami Dolphins snap counts from their 40-17 loss in opposition to the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon:

— As a reminder, the inactives have been QB Tua Tagovailoa, WR Erik Ezukanma, CB Xavien Howard, RB Salvon Ahmed, TE Hunter Lengthy and LB Trey Flowers. Tagovailoa (concussion), Howard (groins) and Ahmed (again) all have been on the damage report heading into the sport.

— The one participant who was energetic however didn’t seen any motion was offensive lineman Robert Jones.

— 5 place gamers noticed their solely motion on particular groups: DB Justin Bethel, DB Clayton Fejedelem, CB Keion Crossen, CB Elijah Campbell and C/G Michael Deiter. Fejedelem made his first look of the 2022 season after being activated off injured reserve Saturday.

DOLPHINS OFFENSIVE OBSERVATIONS

— What clearly stands out right here is the one snap for QB Teddy Bridgewater in his first begin for the Dolphins, and we needn’t get into all of the circumstances surrounding his exit from the sport. We might even be curious to seek out out the final time any quarterback left a sport after just one snap.

— Any shred of doubt about Raheem Mostert now clearly being the stable No 1 again must be over by now after he received 46 of the 67 offensive snaps (69 %). Possibly extra vital at working again, Myles Gaskin not solely received his first snaps on offense this season, he received extra taking part in time on offense than Chase Edmonds (13 snaps to 10). Edmonds dropped two passes in opposition to the Jets, following a drop ultimately zone at Cincinnati, so perhaps head coach Mike McDaniel misplaced endurance with him. Gaskin had been inactive the earlier three video games as a result of Ahmed served because the third working again.

— At large receiver, what stood out is Trent Sherfield getting far more snaps than pricier offseason acquisition Cedrick Wilson Jr. (44-16), although that maybe may need one thing to do with Wilson being again after lacking a sport with accidents. But it surely’s additionally truthful to level out that Wilson’s contributions to date this season have been fairly minimal.

— Lastly on offense, we shut with the tight ends, the place Mike Gesicki outsnapped Durham Smythe (36-33) for a change, although it must be identified that Smythe left the sport within the fourth quarter with a hamstring damage. Gesicki, nevertheless, was focused solely twice, sustaining his shockingly low common of two targets per sport.

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DOLPHINS DEFENSIVE OBSERVATIONS

— With Howard having to overlook the sport, there was some query as to how the Dolphins would change him is the reply ended up being rookie free agent Kader Kohou. He ended up being one in all 4 defensive gamers on the sector for each defensive snap, together with FS Jevon Holland, fellow CB Nik Needham and LB Jerome Baker.

— Needham taking part in each snap definitely wasn’t stunning, however Kohou getting each snap was an eye-opener, particularly when contemplating that Keion Crossen did not play in any respect on protection. Crossen did need to cope with an damage through the week, however he find yourself with 18 snaps on particular groups.

— Additionally at cornerback, 2020 first-round choose Noah Igbinoghene lastly received on the sector on protection, taking part in 31 of the 59 defensive snaps (53 %). It was his first time getting snaps on protection, although his play in all probability did not warrant any further work until accidents are an element.

— Additionally getting snaps on protection for the primary time this season was rookie third-round choose Channing Tindall, although his work on protection was restricted to 2 snaps (together with 9 snaps on particular groups). The place this goes from right here is unknown as a result of the pattern dimension was too small to achieve any conclusions.

— Linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel began forward of Jaelan Phillips on this sport, however he nonetheless ended up with a really restricted snap depend on protection with 19 (together with 23 on particular groups). Phillips performed 33 % of the defensive snaps.

— On the defensive position, the snaps have been fairly evenly divided behind Christian Wilkins’ group-leading 50 snaps, with Raekwon Davis, Emmanuel Ogbah and Zach Sieler all getting between 38 and 40 snaps.

— We shut with the particular groups, which have been dominated when it comes to snap counts by Bethel (23), Duke Riley (25),  Van Ginkel and Fejedelem (23). Elijah Campbell’s particular groups work load gave the impression to be the one most affected by Fejedelem’s return, as he went from 21 to 9 snaps from the Cincinnati sport to the Jets sport. Among the many offensive place gamers, Sherfield had essentially the most particular groups snaps with 16.