Pittsburgh Steelers Snap Counts

The Steelers sat out Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, and Le’Veon Bell for rest. Landry Jones played 99% of the team snaps, and DeAngelo Williams played 79%. We know about Williams filling in for Bell already. Eli Rogers, Cobu Hamilton, and Demarcus Ayers picked up the slack at wide receiver.

We know what we are going to get from this Pittsburgh offense. Le'Veon Bell played 98% of the team snaps, which has been a standard this season. Eli Rogers had a bigger role this week, playing 76% of the team snaps. He was the second wideout to Antonio Brown, who played 93% of the snaps.

The Steelers struggled offensively for most of the game, as the running game stalled to a certain degree. Le'Veon Bell played 100% of the snaps this week, and the same goes to Antonio Brown 100%. Ladarius Green played 57% of the team snaps, which is stretched out from the last two weeks.

It was the Le'Veon Bell show in a snowy Buffalo game this week, who played 96% of the snaps. Ladarius Green played just 37% of the snaps, which was the issue coming into this week. It seems he will still be capped moving forward. Eli Rogers was the second most used wideout in terms of snaps.

If you are a Ladarius Green Truther, well you had yourself a week. He played just 48% of the snaps, and was a viable downfield option for this passing attack. Jesse James still out-snapped him, but Green is a part of this offense. Cobi Hamilton and Eli Rogers remain the third and fourth options in the passing game.

Pittsburgh's main weapons were rolling this week, as Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell combined for three touchdowns. Both played above 85% of the team snaps as they usually do. Eli Rogers split time with Cobi Hamilton, but Hamilton did out-snap him by a few. Jesse James played 76% of the snaps.

The weather was brutal for the passing attack, but Antonio Brown played 100% of the snaps, yet had a down week. It was an easy Le'Veon Bell week, who totaled over 25 fantasy points, playing 100% of the snaps. Cobi Hamilton and Eli Rogers played around 65% of the snaps a piece.

A heart-breaking loss in Pittsburgh, but a fun fantasy game. Le'Veon Bell played 100% of the snaps, as expected. Now, the wide receiver situation continues to rotate. Cobi Hamilton played 92% of the snaps, and Eli Rogers played 87%. No real signs of Sammie Coates this week.

Big Ben returned this week and played 100% of the snaps. Nothing came of it, but good to know he is back out and healthy. Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown both played over 90% of the snaps as you expected, but the third wideouts spot was a bit split between Eli Rogers and Sammie Coates.

Bye Week

It was the first week in 2016 without Le'Veon Bell, and that means Landry Jones playing 100% of the snaps. Antonio Brown played 81% of the snaps, which was down a bit. Le'Veon Bell played 99% of the snaps. Darrius Heyward-Bey played 85% of the snaps with Sammie Coates out.

Ben Roethlisberger is down and out for a week or two, which means we will see some Landry Jones. There was doubts about Sammie Coates coming into this week, and only played 31% of the snaps. Darrius Heyward-Bey and Eli Rogers picked up a lot of the slack. The snaps will remain the same, but efficiency might be done.

The Steelers are a simple team. Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown are the offensive targets, and we know they will play over 95% of the snaps. Bell is even lining up at wide receiver. Jesse James also logs big snaps, playing 72 this week. Now Sammie Coates is mixed in with Markus Wheaton, but is targeted more.

Le'Veon Bell is back in action, and if you had any concern about workload, you don't now. He played 88% of the snaps, which was the same as Antonio Brown. It is scary when those two are on the field at the same time for the whole game. Sammie Coates was the wideout to finish behind them in snaps, not Markus Wheaton

It was another week of Antonio Brown playing 100% of the snaps, and DeAngelo Williams playing over 80% of them. Markus Wheaton played over the weekend for the first time this season, but just 45% of the snaps. The big thing is that Le'Veon Bell is coming back this week, which will knock Williams down a bunch.

DeAngelo Williams playing 89% of the snaps is just a freak number for running backs these days. The volume is going to be pounded to him until Le'Veon Bell returns this next week. Jesse James also played 100% of the snaps, and scored a touchdown. He might turn into a Heath Miller type for Pittsburgh.

We will examine the shares outside of Antonio Brown, who played 97% of them. Pittsburgh was without Markus Wheaton, which led to Sammie Coates and Eli Rogers getting 65% of the snaps. Darrius Heyward-Bey only saw 25 snaps. DeAngelo Williams was a workhorse, locking in 56 snaps, which out-snapped all of his receivers not named Brown.

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Pittsburgh Steelers Snap Count Breakdown

With Le'Veon Bell expected back for the Steelers, you can knock DeAngelo Williams down for this season. He had an excellent year filling in for Bell, but the true starting running back is good to go for 2016. Williams will still receive some work behind Bell, as I am not expecting him to dominate snaps like he did prior to injury, but fairly close. Williams was on the field for 65% of the snaps, and was very successful as a veteran back. Back in 2014, Bell was on the field for 83% of the team's snap. 2016, should be around 70-75%. Williams should be around 30-40%, which are numbers that are decent for an RB2, as well as being inside such an efficient offense. Both should have quality snaps, and provide their own versions of fantasy value.

Martavis Bryant had 48% of the Steelers snaps in 2015, and is suspended for all of 2016. Markus Wheaton will receive a bump in snaps, but did log 65% of them last year. Wheaton will be a full time number two in terms of snaps, and maybe even production. The WR3 spot is up for grabs between Darrius Heyward-Bey and Sammie Coates. Heyward-Bey saw 38% of the snaps last season, and was relied upon in spread situations. Coates just saw 3%, but is making his moves within camp at the moment. Coates is more of a speed threat, so I do expect him in more involved in the home run style play calling for Pittsburgh. Both him and Heyward-Bey will be passing down perimeter guys, and nothing more. Heath Miller retired, leaving 85% of tight end snaps up for grabs, and in steps Ladarius Green. Everybody's favorite second string tight end from San Diego. He will receive an immediate jump in snaps from prior years, and be a solid tight end target to use on a week-to-week basis.