Houston Texans Snap Counts

Tom Savage went down with a concussion this week, which meant Brock Osweiler returned to the field. We are unsure what that means for the Wild Card Round. Lamar Miller was out this week, and Alfred Blue split shares with Jonathan Grimes. DeAndre Hopkins seemed to be somewhat limited, playing 74%.

Lamar Miller was out this week, pushing Alfred Blue into a bigger role. He played 70% of the team snaps, and would next week if Miller was out. Brock Osweiler sat this one out to Tom Savage. CJ Fiedorowicz played 67% of the team snaps, pushing out Ryan Griffin, as Fiedorowicz came back from his concussion.

It took 15 weeks, but Tom Savage has taken over the starting quarterback role. Brock Osweiler was benched in the third quarter. DeAndre Hopkins saw an increase in targets during that span. Lamar Miller played 57% of the team snaps, and found the end zone for the second straight week.

Lamar Miller ended up having a solid day, but played 45% of the snaps only. Alfred Blue played 30%. There were times where Miller wasn't involved in any drives, likely due to him being banged up. Will Fuller played 80% of the snaps, reclaiming his WR2 role. C.J. Fiedorowicz played a healthy 78% of the snaps.

Lamar Miller left the game in this one, and his status is up in the air for Week 14. Jonathan Grimes would serve as the starter if he was to miss any time. Will Fuller has looked to regain his WR2 role in Houston, playing 79% of the team snaps. Braxton Miller fell to under 50%.

Houston continues to role out ugly games, and this was another one. Lamar Miller was banged up in this one, which seems to be the case every week. He may or may not make it till the end. Will Fuller also saw snaps this week after being absent from last week's game, which wasn't by injury.

With this game being played in Mexico, I was expecting some different snaps, but failed to really get any. Lamar Miller had a steady dose of snaps as the starting back, and the receivers as well. One thing to note was Braxton Miller out-snapping Will Fuller, whether this was health or just game play, we don't know.

Lamar Miller left the game this week, playing just 38% of the team snaps. Alfred Blue played the remaining. Will Fuller was inactive again, which put Braxton Miller in play. Houston used a lot of two tight end snaps, as both their tight ends played over half the team snaps. CJ Fiedorowicz still is the lead guy.

Bye Week

There were some doubts about Lamar Miller coming into the week with his health. He didn't handle a full workload, playing just 49% of the snaps. I would not be surprised to see this continue, given his workload question marks. Will Fuller was a bit banged up and played 70% of the snaps.

Lamar Miller was banged up for some of this game, and did not see his normal workload. It was Alfred Blue to pick up the slack for him, and you'd expect him to be the guy if Miller missed any time. Outside of that, it was a typical lackluster passing attack, as DeAndre Hopkins was out there, if you needed reassurance.

It was certainly a Lamar Miller week, who went off against a hapless Indy defense. He played 83% of the snaps. With Will Fuller basically inactive, Jaelen Strong played 97% of the snaps, yet his only catch came in overtime. CJ Fiedorowicz was used heavily, seeing 44 snaps, and being targeted on 16% of them.

Anyone going up against Minnesota is just in a very tough spot. The passing game played the full workload, with all three of the passing game guys at 100% of the snaps. We even saw Jaelen Strong play 72% of the snaps. Lamar Miller played 66% of the snaps, which was a bit less than the weeks before.

DeAndre Hopkins played 95% of the snaps, and was targeted on just 10% of them. This is a big drop off from last year's target percentage. We saw Will Fuller be used more, and was on the field for 88% of the snaps. Lamar Miller is keeping at this pace so far, playing 51 snaps. Outside of the big names, there really is nobody else.

The Lamar Miller feeding continues. He played 76% of the snaps, and was utilized in 48% of them. Ryan Grffiin saw some snaps this week, 47 of them to be exact. Jaelen Strong saw 75% of the targets, and this likely had a lot to do with them chasing the New England Patriots for most of this game.

Will Fuller playing 90% of the snaps, and having a huge role in this offense has been a bit of a surprise. Not because of his talent, just the workload we have seen so far. Lamar Miller had another heavy week with 72% of the snaps, and we know the monster game is coming soon.

Oh, Lamar Miller, hello. After being wasted away in Miami, he saw 80% of the snaps in Houston, and nobody came close as far as running backs go. DeAndre Hopkins, Will Fuller, and Braxton Miller made up the 3-WR sets, and Fuller being the highlight name not named Hopkins had 72% of the snaps.

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Houston Texans Snap Count Breakdown

The addition of Lamar Miller and Brock Osweiler are the big topics coming into the 2016 season. Lamar Miller is coming over from Miami, where he was on the field for 61% of the offensive plays. It was a collective effort after Arian Foster went down — Alfred Blue received 31% of the snaps, while Chris Polk and Jonathan Grimes were around 23%. 2016 should offer some stability for fantasy players, as long as Miller remains healthy. He is only 25 years old, and has yet to really receive a full workload. With his improved play in the passing game, and being able to block well, expect Miller to be on the field quite a bit. The battle for RB2 will be between Alfred Blue and Jonathan Grimes. Blue might be the one to grab some snaps inside the red zone, which is something to keep an eye out for. Overall, expect Miller to rack up plenty of snaps in a Houston uniform.

Houston went out and drafted Will Fuller out of Notre Dame — he is a burner and a nice piece to compliment DeAndre Hopkins. Nate Washington served as the WR2 in 2015, playing 67% of the offensive snaps. Cecil Shorts was third (47%). Fuller serves more of a speed threat, and is a home run type receiver. He will shake up snap counts for guys like Cecil Shorts and Jaelen Strong, who are competing for the WR3 position. Strong has potential to jump into the wide receiver role, and have some upside. Strong saw just 23% of the snaps last season, which was understandable given he didn't have a read on the offense. Hopkins is going to get the bulk of the load as usual, but whoever is getting the bulk of the snaps/targets behind him, will have some upside on a week-to-week basis.