Below is the Steelers week 8 defensive participation chart versus the New Orleans Saints from this past Sunday night. Please comment with any discrepancies you find. A few things you will notice is that Steve McLendon played just one snap on defense. The move to bring him up from the practice squad was a pure healthy body move and it cost draft pick Thaddeus Gibson. If Gibson becomes an every down player with the 49ers, this personnel move will be looked back on. 36 of 67 snaps on defense saw the Steelers in nickel defense. Nick Eason and Ziggy Hood are conditioned as Eason only missed one defensive play while Hood was out only 8 plays. It will however be nice to get Brett Keisel back Monday night to lighten the snap load. Larry Foote only saw 2 snaps on defense on both were as an extra linebacker on the goal-line stand. Coaching staff thinks that highly of James Farrior play thus far as he was on the field for every defensive snap.
Defensive Player Snap Count
98 – Casey Hampton 31 of 67
76 – Chris Hoke 10 of 67
69 – Steve McLendon 1 of 67
93 – Nick Eason 66 of 67
96 – Ziggy Hood 59 of 67
92 – James Harrison 67 of 67
56 – LaMarr Woodley 67 of 67
51 – James Farrior 67 of 67
94 – Lawrence Timmons 67 of 67
50 – Larry Foote 2 of 67
20 – Bryant McFadden 67 of 67
24 – Ike Taylor 67 of 67
22 – William Gay 36 of 67
43 – Troy Polamalu 67 of 67
25 – Ryan Clark 67 of 67
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