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A new feature for Footballguys is the inclusion of snap counts. Find Baltimore's here and see links to other teams as well. Snap counts are of utmost importance. Obviously, if a player isn't on the field, he isn't going to produce. Here are some takeaways from the Week 1 snap counts.
Arizona
The Cardinals appear to want to use three running backs this year. In Week 1, it was Andre Ellington, Chris Johnson, and David Johnson with 39, 18, and 5 snaps, respectively. In Week 2 - with Ellington gone, the Johnson moved up the chain, and Kerwynn Williams was the third man. This trio saw 34, 16, and 8 plays.
Michael Floyd is healing up. He saw 39 snaps in Week 2 after getting only 9 plays in Week 1.
Atlanta
The wide receiver trio is still in effect in Atlanta as Julio Jones, Roddy White, and Leonard Hankerson are each getting plenty of snaps.
The Falcons are also using two tight ends often. Levine Toilolo was given 35 snaps, but he was easily outpaced by Jacob Tamme, who took 56.
Baltimore
Justin Forsett saw a healthy 42 snaps, but that was only because the Baltimore offense saw 82. Lorenzo Taliaferro, who missed Week 1, was given 34 snaps. We could much more of a time-share here than expected. Javorius Allen had 6 plays and is way behind.
Marlon Brown has a role as he led all wide receivers with 70 snaps.
Crockett Gillmore was outstanding and remains way ahead of Maxx Williams. They saw 76 and 20 plays, respectively.
Buffalo
Karlos Williams clearly has a role with his 23 snaps, but LeSean McCoy is still the primary runner as he saw 49 plays. Anthony Dixon and Marcus Thigpen don't have roles and have 5 total snaps this season.
Carolina
For a team that doesn't have any wide receivers, the Panthers sure do play a lot of them as five took more than 10 snaps each: Corey Brown led the way with 60. Ted Ginn Jr and Devin Funchess saw 49 and 38 plays, respectively. Kevin Norwood with 13 and Jerricho Cotchery with 11 - before being injujred - round out Carolina's wide receivers corps. It will be interesting to see if a healthy Cotchery continues to play more than Funchess.
Greg Olsen has been on the field for all 149 offensive plays this season.
Chicago
Matt Forte had 48 snaps, but he was spelled more frequently in Week 2 as Jacquizz Rodgers was given 11 snaps while Jeremy Langford took 13.
With Alshon Jeffery out, Josh Bellamy was the primary beneficiary with 41 snaps. Cameron Meredith filled in as well with 18 snaps.
Cincinnati
After his fumble, Jeremy Hill rode the pine. After barely edging Giovani Bernard in Week 1 snaps, Hill's 20 players were way behind Bernard's 45.
Nothing much else to see other than Sanu's snaps dropping from 51 to 27. That's something to keep an eye on.
Cleveland
Isaiah Crowell and Duke Johnson Jr shared time once again and saw almost an even split in snaps with 24 and 26 respectively.
Travis Benjamin stuffed the stat sheet, but he didn't even see half of the team's plays. He took 23 out of 49 possible snaps.
Dallas
The running back remains a committee. Lance Dunbar, Joseph Randle, and Darren McFadden saw 30, 36, and 19 snaps, respectively.
Brice Butler hadn't even been in Dallas for a week, but the Cowboys gave him 25 snaps. That was fourth among wide receivers, but it's reasonable to expect him to get a big role when he has learned the playbook.
Denver
C.J. Anderson disappointed fantasy owners again, and Denver is clearly using Ronnie Hillman more. The two backs were given 42 and 31 snaps, respectively.
The WR3 and WR4 roles remained the same in Week 2. Jordan Norwood's 48 snaps were far ahead of Andre Caldwell's 13. Cody Latimer is still way behind.
Detroit
The Lions are still sorting out their backfield and deciding on how to best use Ameer Abdullah, Theo Riddick, and Joique Bell. In Week 1, Abdullah and Bell were used the most. In Week 2, Abdullah and Riddick easily out-snapped Bell. This is a very unsettled sitution, except for Zach Zenner. He didn't take an offensive snap in Week 2.
Green Bay
The James Jones experience is real. Jones took 70 snaps - the same as Randall Cobb - compared to 56 for Adams, who left the game - but later re-entered - with an injury. That allowed Ty Montgomery to showed up with 25 offensive plays.
Richard Rodgers remains ahead of Andrew Quarless with 46 and 20 snaps, respectively. It's not all good news for Rodgers, however, as he wasn't on the field for 35 of Green Bay's offensive plays.
Houston
As Arian Foster continues to rehab, the Texans haven't found his true backup. After Jonathan Grimes led all backs in Week 1 with 41 snaps, he only saw 16 in Week 2. Meanwhile, Chris Polk zoomed from 14 plays to 43 in Week 2. Alfred Blue was consistent with 22 snaps each week.
The wide receiver position has three clear leaders. DeAndre Hopkins took 87 snaps while Nate Washington saw 84 and Cecil Shorts was allowed 73.
At tight end, Garrett Graham rocketed from 18 snaps to 60 in Week 2. Ryan Griffin missed the game.
Indianapolis
Despite how mediocre this offense has been so far, Gore got the lion's share of running back snaps in Week 2. Andrew Luck should get this thing rolling soon, so Gore's numbers will heat up as well.
A week ago, T.Y. Hilton was in danger of missing a few weeks. He played 54 snaps in Week 2, so he seems fine.
Jacksonville
T.J. Yeldon was a workhorse in Week 2. He took 62 snaps, and the rest of Jacksonville's running backs combined for 12.
Marqise Lee returned in Week 2 and was given a solid 25 snaps. With Rashad Greene Sr now on IR, look for Lee's role to expand.
Kansas City
De'Anthony Thomas is getting traction as a wide receiver. Through two games, he is clearly ahead of Jason Avant and Chris Conley and is Kansas City's WR3.
Miami
The Dolphins again used wide receivers with frequency: Jarvis Landry has 60, Rishard Matthews saw 53, Greg Jennings was given 39, and Kenny Stills had 35. Even DeVante Parker had 17 snaps.
Jake Stoneburner got a lot of action (37 snaps) after Jordan Cameron went down.
Minnesota
The Vikings skill players look pretty locked into their roles Adrian Peterson is the stud back; Charles Johnson, Mike Wallace, and Jarius Wright are the to three wide receivers - in that order; and Kyle Rudolph is the top tight end while Rhett Ellison sees the field for less than half of Minnesota's offensive plays.
Jerick McKinnon still hasn't gotten double-digit snaps this season - 8 in Week 1 and 9 in Week 2.
New England
LeGarrette Blount returned from suspension with a whimper. While he was second among running backs with 7 snaps, Dion Lewis was by far the primary back and saw 73 plays.
Aaron Dobson was used almost as much as Julian Edelman as the two had 70 and 75 snaps, respectively. They are far more used than Danny Amendola who was given 36 snaps.
New Orleans
C.J. Spiller returned but only saw 7 snaps. Those came at the expense of Khiry Robinson, whose play count went from 27 to 16 in Week 2. As Spiller's health improves, look for Robinson's snaps to decrease.
Brandon Coleman was used slightly more often than Marques Colston again in Week 2. Willie Snead's play count more than doubled from 18 to 39 in Week 2.
NY Giants
The pecking order at running back was the same in Week 2: Shane Vereen led all backs with 38 snaps, Rashad Jennings saw 20, and Andre Williams took 10.
With Daniel Fells out, his reps were split between Larry Donnell being more involved and Jerome Cunningham seeing a bit of action - 15 snaps.
NY Jets
Chris Ivory and Bilal Powell remain a two-headed committee at running back. They have almost an even split in snaps this season: 29 and 37 for Powell, and 32 and 32 for Ivory.
Oakland
Oakland's Week 2 game was much closer than their Week 1 contest, so it was interesting to see the snap counts at running back. In Week 1, Latavius Murray was spelled often. That wasn't the case in Week. Murray had 56 while the rest of the backs too 24. The ration in Week 1 was 37:42, so it's clear that the Raiders prefer Murray when it matters.
As expected, Michael Crabtree and Amari Cooper are the Raiders' top two wide receivers. As not-so-expected, Seth Roberts was again the team's WR3. He has 90 total snaps this season.
Philadelphia
In Week 1, DeMarco Murray took 33 snaps compared to 41 total for Darren Sproles and Ryan Mathews. In Week 2, the ratio moved to 43:22. Maybe the Eagles wanted Murray to run all over his former team, but it will be interesting to see which week will be the norm.
Pittsburgh
Week 2 was even worse for Dri Archer as he didn't see the field. Now that Le'Veon Bell is back, Archer doesn't merit a fantasy roster spot.
Despite the blowout, Pittsburgh only used three wide receivers.
San Diego
Week 2 was a repeat of Week 1: Danny Woodhead barely out-snapped Melvin Gordon.
San Francisco
Jarryd Hayne is a great story but not a fantasy option. With Reggie Bush inactive and Carlos Hyde knocked out of the game, Hayne still only saw 4 snaps. Mike Davis, on the other hand, was given 41 plays from scrimmage.
Seattle
In Week 1, Ricardo Lockette and Chris Matthews saw 8 combined snaps out of 83 offensive plays. In Week 2, the duo totaled 31 plays out of a possible 60. Their increased participation meant fewer snaps for Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, and Tyler Lockett.
Jimmy Graham led all non-quarterbacks with 50 snaps. The downside here is that he could have had 60. The Seahawks are struggling offensively, but their best receiver sits 17 percent of the time.
St. Louis
Tre Mason returned to action, but Benny Cunningham was still part of the plan. The two running backs saw 28 and 22 snaps, respectively. How this holds up is unclear when Todd Gurley hits the field.
Tampa Bay
Doug Martin with 39 snaps was far ahead of Charls Sims' 27. This is opposition to what happened in Week 1 when Sims edged Martin by 3 snaps. The difference in the two games is obvious: the Buccaneers were blown out in Week 1 but won in Week 2. If that holds, all we need to do is predict when Tampa Bay will or won't be blown out. Easy game.
Mike Evans came back and took 40 snaps. This all but eliminated Adam Humphries from the field and reduced opportunities for Louis Murphy and Russell Shepard.
Tennessee
Terrance West fumbled in Week 2 and only saw 5 total snaps. In his place, Bishop Sankey still didn't see half of the team's possible offensive plays - 32 out of 80. Dexter McCluster, however, was given 47 snaps.
Dorial Green-Beckham hit paydirt, but he still isn't very involved in the offense. His 13 snaps could obviously increase, but right now he's definitely Tennessee's WR4.
Washington
As everyone saw on the highlights, Matt Jones' role was increased dramatically. In Week 1, Alfred Morris easily out-snapped Jones by a 49 to 10 margin. In Week 2, they took 34 and 31 snaps, respectively.
