Play time statistics: September 2008 Archives

Rashied Davis and Brandon Lloyd sat out eight plays each against Tampa Bay on Sunday and it will be interesting to see what happens with Davis' play time Sunday night when Philadelphia comes calling at Soldier Field. Here's a breakdown of the offensive play time:

The numbers vs. Tampa Bay

Wide receivers & Tight ends (74 total snaps)

Marty Booker 25
Mark Bradley 0
Rashied Davis 66
Devin Hester DNP
Brandon Lloyd 66
Desmond Clark 56
Kellen Davis 0
Greg Olsen 43

Cumulative statistics

Total snaps through 3 games: 196 (does not count spike in Week 1 and kneel down in Week 2)

Earl Bennett DNP, DNP, DNP. Play time percentage: NA

Marty Booker 7/61, 23/61, 25/74. Play time percentage: 28.1 up from 24.6 last week

Mark Bradley DNP, 1/61, DNP. Play time percentage: 0.0 same as 0.0 last week

Rashied Davis 48/61, 49/61, 66/74. Play time percentage: 83.2 up from 79.5 last week

Devin Hester 21/61, 12/61, DNP. Play time percentage: 27.0 same as 27.0 last week

Brandon Lloyd 39/61, 43/61, 66/74. Play time percentage: 75.5 up from 67.2 last week

We've got the breakdown on play time for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay and we've crunched the numbers for the entire season.

We'll start with the defensive line and go over the offensive numbers at wide receiver and tight end later on this afternoon.

Defensive tackle Tommie Harris tied with end Adewale Ogunleye for the most action on the line with 67 snaps in the 84 plays the defense was on the field.

That brought Harris' play-time percentage for the season up significantly to 72.7. It is interesting to note that 72.7 is ahead of the rate he played at last season--71 percent.

Defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek was on the field less against the Buccaneers and that's probably a function of the fact that Brian Griese passed the ball 67 times more than anything else. That meant more playing time for Israel Idonije.

As coach Lovie Smith said Monday, he wasn't particularly happy with the line, at least when it came to the pressure it generated on Griese. The Bears went without a sack for the first time in 24 regular-season games.

Had an opportunity to go over the play-time statistics from Week 2 and combine them with the numbers from Week 1.

Dusty Dvoracek had the most snaps at tackle with 39, one more than Tommie Harris, and he proved he was deserving by leading the linemen with nine tackles. The player who lost out in the rotation was Israel Idonije. After getting 35 plays at Indianapolis, he fell to 16 and that can be attributed to the fact that the Bears used far less nickel to defend the Panthers than they did Peyton Manning and the Colts.

Mark Anderson's snaps also dipped at Carolina. He was on the field for 34 plays against the Colts and had 19 vs. the Panthers.

As far as the receivers and tight ends go, the only real fluctuation was with Devin Hester and Marty Booker and that's directly related to Hester's rib injury which kept him off the field on offense during the second half. Hester went from 21 to 12 and Booker's play rose from seven to 23. The plan was to get Booker more time though.