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Dolphins at 49ers: Offensive Snap Counts

The Miami Dolphins dropped their second straight game this past Sunday, losing 27-13 to the San Francisco 49ers. Here is a look at the offensive snap counts for the Dolphins.

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The Miami Dolphins continue to see mistakes kill any chance they have at winning football games, this week dropping the contest against the San Francisco 49ers. The Dolphins hung tough with the 49ers early in the game, but allowed 21 second half points, and just did not have the firepower to respond.

Miami ran 61 offensive plays this week. Here is the break down of the Miami offense, by position groups:

Offensive Line

Jake Long
(Placed on IR after Week 13)

Richie Incognito

Mike Pouncey

John Jerry

Jonathan Martin

--- / ---

61 / 61

61 / 61

61 / 61

61 / 61

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100%

100%

100%

100%

Season
722 / 773
93%

Season
829 / 834
99%

Season
830 / 834
100%

Season
833 / 834
100%

Season
830 / 834
100%

Offensive Line

Nate Garner

Josh Samuda

61 / 61

--- / ---

100%

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Season
135 / 834
16%

Season
4 / 834
0%


Thoughts:
The starting five linemen all played every snap, with Martin at left tackle to replace Long, while Garner took Martin's right tackle position. People are going to remember the plays where Martin got beat, saying that he was over-matched at left tackle. But, when you really consider that he was only beaten for two sack, by the NFL leader who is chasing the single season sack record, is two sacks really a bad day? Overall, the offensive line played well enough, not great, but well enough.

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Wide Receivers

Davone Bess

Brian Hartline

Anthony Armstrong
(Released after Week 8)

Legedu Naanee
(Released after Week 4)

Marlon Moore

56 / 61

57 / 61

----

----

19 / 61

92%

93%

----

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31%

Season
740 / 834
89%

Season
705 / 834
85%

Season
70 / 410
17%

Season
121 / 290
42%

Season
142 / 834
17%

Wide Receivers

Jabar Gaffney
(Made debut in Week 8 - Released after Week 11)

Rishard Matthews
(Made debut in Week 11)

--- / ---

28 / 61

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46%

Season
110 / 652
17%

Season
97 / 834 (97 / 230)
12% (42%)

Thoughts: Nothing overly surprising. Moore got more snaps than usual, but the team was also having to throw the ball a lot in the second half trying to play catch up.

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Tight Ends

Anthony Fasano

Charles Clay

Jeron Mastrud

58 / 61

16 / 61

--- / ---

95%

26%

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Season
737 / 834
88%

Season
304 / 834
36%

Season
59 / 834
7%

Thoughts: Over the past few weeks, Clay has seen his snap numbers continuing to climb. Yesterday, they went down to nearly half of what he say against the Patriots. With Moore seeing his numbers go up as the team looked to spread the ball around and makeup the points they were allowing the 49ers, it's not overly surprising that Clay saw his numbers slip.

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Fullbacks

Jorvorskie Lane

8 / 61

13%

Season
264 / 834
32%

Thoughts: Lane took the exact same number of snaps (percentage wise) as he did against the Patriots. Nothing surprising there.




Halfbacks

Reggie Bush

Daniel Thomas

Marcus Thigpen

Lamar Miller

43 / 61

13 / 61

--- / ---

7 / 61

70%

21%

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11%

Season
396 / 773
51%

Season
304 / 773
39%

Season
4 / 834
0%

Season
75 / 834
9%


Thoughts: Surprised by how little Thomas was used in this game. Good to see Miller get some snaps, including some snaps with Bush on the field at the same time. It looks like Mike Sherman is trying some things - a little late in the season, and he's not sticking with it for the entire game yet.

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Quarterbacks

Ryan Tannehill

Matt Moore

61 / 61

--- / ---

100%

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Season
779 / 834
93%

Season
55 / 834
7%

Thoughts: Tannehill actually had a solid day, even if it was frustrating. For some reason, his touch seemed to be off just enough that passes he could have completed would find the ground instead. He had the opportunity to step up late in the fourth quarter, but was unable to finish

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[Offensive Line picture courtesy Cary Edmondson - USA Today Sports 12/9/12; Brian Hartline picture courtesy Cary Edmondson - USA Today Sports 12/9/12; Anthony Fasano picture courtesy Kelley L Cox - USA Today Sports 12/9/12; Lamar Miller picture courtesy Cary Edmondson - USA Today Sports 12/9/12; Ryan Tannehill picture courtesy Kelley L Cox - USA Today Sports 12/9/12]

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