Below are the defensive player play counts and participation chart for the Pittsburgh Steelers week 2 preseason game loss on Thursday against the Indianapolis Colts along with a few observations I made.
Player Notes:
All of the main first team players saw 28 snaps and of course that was about as expected. Cortez Allen worked strictly in the nickel. Mortty Ivy saw snaps at both outside spots which leads me to believe they are giving him serious consideration of keeping him on the 53 man roster. Brandon Johnson worked strictly inside with Stevenson Sylvester out with his knee injury. Terrence Frederick once again saw most of his snaps at the nickel after Allen was done for the night.
Corbin Bryant entered the game before Al Woods this week and played triple the snaps. Rookie Alameda Ta\’amu played only 17 snaps and only in the base defense.
Click on the image below to see the full PDF version of the defensive participation chart.
Player Play Counts
POS | # | PLAYER | PLAYS |
NT | 90 | Steve McLendon | 26 |
NT | 95 | Alameda Ta\’amu | 17 |
NT | 67 | Kade Weston | 5 |
DE | 66 | Mike Blanc | 7 |
DE | 99 | Brett Keisel | 28 |
DE | 96 | Ziggy Hood | 28 |
DE | 97 | Cam Heyward | 32 |
DE | 65 | Al Woods | 12 |
DE | 91 | Corbin Bryant | 33 |
DE | 69 | Ikponmwosa Igbinosun | 7 |
DE | 68 | Jake Stoller | 4 |
ILB | 94 | Lawrence Timmons | 28 |
ILB | 50 | Larry Foote | 28 |
ILB | 51 | Sean Spence | 30 |
OLB | 44 | Brandon Hicks | 15 |
ILB | 40 | Marshall McFadden | 20 |
ILB | 49 | Ryan Baker | 18 |
OLB | 57 | Mortty Ivy | 33 |
OLB | 56 | LaMarr Woodley | 28 |
OLB | 54 | Chris Carter | 41 |
ILB | 48 | Brandon Johnson | 29 |
OLB | 46 | Adrian Robinson | 35 |
CB | 23 | Keenan Lewis | 41 |
CB | 24 | Ike Taylor | 28 |
CB | 28 | Cortez Allen | 29 |
CB | 31 | Curtis Brown | 27 |
CB | 37 | Terrence Frederick | 13 |
CB | 41 | Andre Freeman | 11 |
CB | 39 | Walter McFadden | 18 |
CB | 35 | Josh Victorian | 15 |
SS | 43 | Troy Polamalu | 28 |
FS | 25 | Ryan Clark | 28 |
SS | 29 | Ryan Mundy | 15 |
FS | 26 | Will Allen | 15 |
SS | 42 | Damon Cromartie-Smith | 18 |
FS | 30 | Robert Golden | 33 |
SS | 47 | Myron Rolle | 18 |