Chicago Bears Snap Counts

Jordan Howard was used quite a bit, playing 63% of the snaps. Jeremy Langford played 33%. Cameron Meredith and Alshon Jeffery saw the most work of the wide receivers, although neither admitted to a big week. The quarterback position will be open for the taking given the amount of changes this season.

Despite Matt Barkley's five interceptions, he stayed in playing 100% of the snaps. Jordan Howard played 57% of the snaps, and even left the game with an injury, then returned. Chicago was all aboard the aerial attack, and used five different wideouts playing over 20 snaps this week.

Alshon Jeffery was back this week, playing 92% of the team snaps. This cut into everyone but Deonte Thompson and Cameron Meredith at the wideout spot. Jordan Howard played 74% of the team snaps this week, who still is one of the heavier workload backs over the second half.

The Bears are banged up, but this offense is still viable in fantasy. Josh Bellamy and Cameron Meredith are the go-to wide receivers this week, but Alshon Jeffery is due back next week. Matt Barkley and Jordan Howard have been serviceable, but we see the tight end has disappeared from Chicago.

Chicago continued the injury train, as Marquess Wilson left with a hamstring injury. We saw Deonte Thompson and Josh Bellamy pick up the remainder of the snaps. Other than that, it was the Jordan Howard show. He played 84% of the team snaps, and found the end zone three times.

There was a lot of change in Chicago this week, as Matt Barkley took under center. We saw Deonte Thompson, Daniel Brown, Marquess Wilson, and Josh Bellamy played over 50% of the snaps, as Chicago used quite a few different wideouts. Remember, they are missing Alshon Jeffery and Zach Miller.

Chicago is an absolute mess right now, and Jay Cutler might be done for the season. Zach Miller is done for the year, and Alshon Jeffery was out this week. Cameron Meredith and Jordan Howard are about the only two options now with reliable snaps, but this team just might be crossed out from fantasy production.

Alshon Jeffery will be suspended for four games, pushing Cameron Meredith into a bigger role, and if he can stay healthy, Eddie Royal. He played 73% of the snaps this week, but has been banged up for most of this season. Jordan Howard played 52% of the snaps, before the Bears got down by about 20.

Bye Week

Jay Cutler was back this week playing 100% of the snaps. It was a pretty straight forward week for the Bears. Alshon Jeffery played over 90% of the snaps, and Zach Miller played 98%. Now Jordan Howard took a step back into snaps, playing 82% of them this week. This was a bit off after having them taken away last week.

Brian Hoyer may very well be done for the year, breaking his arm in the Thursday night game. Matt Barkley finished the game, playing 58% of the snaps. Jordan Howard has been lacking in the snaps after a few big weeks, playing just 22. It was Ka'Deem Carey who saw the majority of them.

After back-to-back weeks of snaps over 90%, Jordan Howard took a step backwards. He played 69% of the snaps, which is still a very solid amount for a running back. Eddie Royal was banged up this week, factoring in Josh Bellamy played 38% of the snaps. Alshon Jeffery and Cameron Meredith have become the guys to target.

The Bears injuries are still there, but Brian Hoyer might be the starter even after Jay Cutler comes back. Jordan Howard locked in monster snaps this week, playing 96% of them. Cameron Meredith also stepped into a larger role with Kevin White out, playing 96% of the snaps. He was targeted on 19% of them.

We have a couple of guys filling in, and we know about Brian Hoyer already. He played 100% of the snaps with no issues. Jeremy Langford is out, and we saw Jordan Howard become a huge factor in snaps. He played 91% of them, which left very little for any other back to get a chance. Kevin White went out, which means Eddie Royal will see a bigger role.

It was a pretty simple week for Chicago. Brian Hoyer stepped in for the injured Jay Cutler, and successfully finished the game. Now Jeremy Langford was ineffective and also banged up. We saw Jordan Howard come in and play 49 snaps. Langford is out 4-6 weeks, so expect Howard to continue receiving more snaps.

Jay Cutler left the game in the second half, after playing just 38 snaps. We saw Brian Hoyer come in to play the rest of the game. Jeremy Langford played 60% of the snaps, but we saw Jordan Howard bump up a bit to 21%.

Alshon Jeffery and Kevin White both had injury issues in 2015, and White had some lingering in 2016, but both played over 95% of the snaps, which is a good sign for health. We did not see much from any backup running back, as Jeremy Langford played 96% of the offensive snaps. His volume would makeup for the lack of efficiency.

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Chicago Bears Snap Count Breakdown

Jay Cutler finally got through a season, but everyone got injured around him. Cutler ended up playing 92 percent of the Bears snaps, and put together his first healthy season in quite a few years. If he can stay healthy in 2016, things should look similar to that.

As far as running back goes, Matt Forte is gone. The long time Bears running back has finally moved on to a different team and he leaves behind the 55 percent of the snaps. When Forte went down with injury last year, then rookie Jeremy Langford took over a majority of the role, and ended the season with 36 percent. The Bears did bring in Jordan Howard with a fifth round pick, but barring Langford struggling mightily, Howard will play a secondary role. Ka'Deem Carey did get 7 percent of the snaps in 2015, and this is a big year for his career as he heads into year three.

Alston Jeffery was injured for most of the season, but he the target hog when involved. When it was all said and done, Jeffery was only in on 46 percent of the snaps, and was third among wide receivers behind Mark Mariani (47 percent) and Marquess Wilson (59 percent). With second year player and former first round pick Kevin White Back in the fold and Jeffery finally healthy, it's likely most if not all of Mariani's snaps go to them as long as they can stay upright. Wilson is likely to keep hold of a few snaps as the third receiver in the offense. White didn't see the field last season, so it's still a bit up in the air how he's used, but based on where they selected him, He should be in on almost all two wide receiver sets.

Marcellus Bennett is gone, and that opens up a big role. We may have seen a pre-cursor to that what that role will look like with Zach Miller at the end of 2015. While Bennett was involved in 67 percent of the snaps, Miller still played 53 percent in his own right. The Bears went with two tight end sets quite a bit, and when Bennett went out, the tight end targets stayed constant and resulted in more played for Miller to prove his worth. He appears to have the job to himself heading into 2016.