Welcome to the Week 11 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 10 Snaps | 2016 Snaps/Game | Opponent Wk 10 Snaps | 2016 Opp Snaps/Gm |
1 | Denver (83) | Arizona (71.1) | New Orleans (83) | San Francisco (71.7) |
2 | Baltimore (78) | Tampa Bay (69.4) | Cleveland (77) | N.Y. Giants (69.9) |
3 | Philadelphia (76) | Baltimore (69.1) | Atlanta (76) | Atlanta (68.5) |
4 | Arizona (74) | New Orleans (69.1) | San Francisco (74) | Cleveland (67.8) |
5 | GB / JAX (73) | Carolina (67.3) | HOU / TEN (73) | Seattle (67.0) |
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
These teams combined for 79 points and 147 plays just over a month ago in New Orleans. While they won’t be in the “Coors Field of the NFL” (hat-tip, Rich Hribar), we can still expect elevated snap volume. Saints’ games combine for a league-high average of 134.8 plays, and Panthers’ contests produce 130.9 (ninth-most). Even after running a paltry 51 snaps against the Broncos, the Saints are tied for the third-most snaps per game (69.1). Carolina averages 67.3 (fifth-most), and 70.8 at home with Cam Newton healthy.
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