Welcome to the Week 6 edition of Snaps, Pace & Stats, where we examine trends in snap totals and no-huddle usage. It is meant as a 30,000-foot view of upcoming games, with the goal of identifying which matchups will — and which will not — be played on fertile fantasy soil.
Up in pace
| Rank | Week 5 Snaps | 2016 Snaps/Game | Opponent Wk 5 Snaps | 2016 Opp Snaps/Gm |
| 1 | Green Bay (77) | Tampa Bay (70.6) | Cleveland (77) | Miami (73.2) |
| 2 | New England (77) | Baltimore (69.8) | N.Y. Giants (77) | N.Y. Giants (69.6) |
| 3 | San Francisco (74) | New Orleans (68.8) | Arizona (74) | Los Angeles (69.4) |
| 4 | Pittsburgh (72) | Arizona (68.4) | N.Y. Jets (72) | Cleveland (68.4) |
| 5 | Tennessee (70) | Indianapolis (67.4) | Miami (70) | San Francisco (68.4) |
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
The Saints run the third-most plays per game (68.8) and the Panthers rank sixth (67). New Orleans allows the eighth-most snaps (67.3), and Carolina has loosened up over the last two weeks (67 per game). Both defenses are in the top-five for points-per-play surrendered, with the Saints allowing the most (0.48) and Panthers giving up the fifth-most (0.44). New Orleans’ pace ranks fifth-quickest on a seconds-per-snap basis, and they have scored at least 32 points in three of their four games.
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