Welcome to the Week 3 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.
| Rank | Week 2 Snaps | 2016 Snaps/Game | Opponent Wk 2 Snaps | 2016 Opp Snaps/Gm |
| 1 | Carolina (78) | Carolina (73) | San Francisco (78) | Miami (77) |
| 2 | New England (76) | New England (71) | Arizona (76) | Cleveland (72) |
| 3 | Tampa Bay (76) | Pittsburgh (71) | Miami (76) | Arizona (71) |
| 4 | N.Y. Giants (75) | Houston (70.5) | New Orleans (75) | Chicago (70) |
| 5 | Pittsburgh (74) | PHI / SF (70.5) | Cincinnati (74) | Cincinnati (70) |
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
The Lions tempo increased from 39-percent no-huddle in Week 1 to 46-percent Sunday, as their snaps pace rose to 65.5 plays per game (15th). Detroit’s bottom-10 run rate should sink further with Ameer Abdullah on injured reserve and a matchup with our second-highest-graded run defense (1.6 yards-per-attempt allowed). Green Bay’s pass coverage grades sixth-worst, they will likely be without top cornerback Sam Shields, and they were just lit up by a playbook-cramming Sam Bradford.
The Packers have only averaged 62 plays through their first two games (23rd) and their no-huddle rate stands at 19-percent — comparable to last season’s snaps-per-game (63) and hurry-up marks (17-percent) from road games. Now they return to Lambeau, where they pushed the pace on 57 percent of snaps and averaged 69 plays. The Lions allowed 68 plays, 385 passing yards, and 35 points on the road Week 1, and they will be without top pass-rusher Ziggy Ansah. Two up-tempo, pass-leaning offenses could spark fireworks.
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