Here is the Steelers player participation data from yesterday’s stomping of the 49ers at Heinz Field. As you can see in the table below, the starting o-line played as an intact unit throughout the game (until the victory formation where Villanueva came in for Gilbert). QB Michael Vick put his helmet on for the first time this season.

On defense, S Will Allen was in for a whopping 90 plays. He hasn’t seen that many plays in a very long time. The OLB’s were pretty evenly rotated again this week. CB Ross Cockrell saw significant playing time and CB Brandon Boykin was eased in later in the game. Most likely due to being hampered by injury earlier in the week.

Here is the player participation data for the Steelers offense and defense from last night’s game in Foxborough. As you can see from the table below, the offensive line remained intact for the entire game. Villanueva was used mainly as a blocking TE (eligible receiver) in goal line situations.

Darrius Heyward-Bey was in for a whopping 43 plays. More action than he’s seen since week 13 of the 2013 season. Tyler Murphy was in for a handful of plays, and recorded his first career reception.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Steelers mixed things up quite a bit. The division of labor was spread across the outside linebackers, but James Harrison saw the most playing time among them. All of the safeties played, though Shamarko Thomas saw very little time on defense. For whatever reason, CB Brandon Boykin did not play last night.

Here is the player participation data from yesterday’s game at Heinz field. As you can see from the charts below, most of the offensive starters were in for 23 plays. Chris Hubbard replaced the injured Maurkice Pouncey at center, where he played for the remainder of the game. Bruce Gradkowski returned to game action after sitting out the first two preseason games due to a shoulder injury, but left the game after suffering an injury to his left hand. Landry Jones took his place and remained for the rest of the game.

On the defensive side of the ball, the division of labor was well spread, and the unit registered 6 sacks on the day. Dan McCullers made his return to preseason action. Holliman and Hemer saw significant drops in their participation from the previous week. Recently signed LB L.J. Fort was in for 7 defensive plays. One of which he sacked the QB.

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Here is the offensive and defensive player participation data from last night preseason match versus the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Here are the snap counts for the Steelers during yesterday’s stomping of the Indianapolis Colts. With Marcus Gilbert out, Mike Adams saw all the action at right tackle. Behind Antonio Brown, the division of labor at wide receiver was great. Wheaton was in for 34 snaps, Heyward-Bey for 29, Bryant 33, and Lance Moore for 22. Dri Archer only saw the field for 1 snap on offense.

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On defense, Ryan Shazier returned to action for the first time since week 3. The rookie was in for 30 plays, and Vince Williams saw significant playing time at ILB as well. Sean Spence was in for 1 defensive snap. With McLendon still out, Cam Thomas saw 23 snaps, while rookies Stephon Tuitt and Daniel McCullers were in for 24 and 4 respectively. You read that right- 4 snaps for McCullers.

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Here are the snap counts for the Steelers offense and defense during Sunday’s win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. On offense, Dri Archer was on the field for 5 plays. Michael Palmer- 4, one of which resulted in a touchdown for the tight end. Darrius Heyward-Bey was on the field for 3 plays.

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On defense, Sean Spence was once again the starter opposite Lawrence Timmons. DE Stephon Tuitt saw an increase from last week’s participation with 11 snaps. Moats and Harrison split reps (for the most part) opposite Jason Worilds.

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Here are the snap counts for the Steelers offense and defense during Sunday’s loss to Tampa Bay.

Some notable numbers:

Lance Moore was in for 14 plays, 9 of which were passing plays, where he was targeted 1 time. Dri Archer saw the field 3 times on offense. Will Johnson saw 11 snaps.

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On defense, James Harrison was on the field for 29 plays, 7 of which he dropped into coverage. Sean Spence got his first NFL start and played for 63 snaps, and was spelled by Vince Williams on 7 downs. Also notable, Stephon Tuitt was involved in 2 plays on defense. He also saw some time special on teams.

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Here are the snap counts from last night’s loss to the Ravens. On offense, Cody Wallace subbed in for Ramon Foster at LG for one play. FB/TE Will Johnson was on the field for one play as well. On defense, Sean Spence subbed in for Ryan Shazier, and saw action for 7 snaps at LILB. DE Stephon Tuitt was on the field for about 21% of the defensive snaps.

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Here are the player snap counts from last night’s preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers. As you can see, Wesley Johnson received the most offensive playing time, as he subbed for Maurkice Pouncey.

Martavis Bryant was in for just a few plays before leaving with a shoulder injury. Landry Jones was the starting quarterback, and had the majority of the snaps under center, before being relieved by Brendon Kay. The results below are from the official gamebook, but if they prove to be inaccurate, I’ll post an update in a day or two.

Here are the snap counts for the Steelers offense and defense during Saturday night’s victory over the Bills. The tables below can be sorted by name, position, participation, etc.

OL Wesley Johnson saw a big increase in playing time from last week, as coaches got a long look at him at center.

Landry Jones saw a big dip in time under center this week from week 1, but was the number 2 QB after Ben Roethlisberger left the game.

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On defense, S Troy Polamalu and LB Ryan Shazier saw their first playing time of preseason, and both hit the ground running with 37 snaps. LB Howard Jones saw a significant increase in playing time, as did CB Brice McCain.

DE Brian Arnfelt and DE Nick Williams both had their playing time reduced this week, while DE Josh Mauro’s went up.

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