Giants-49ers Week 3: Offense, defense and special teams snap counts
The New York Giants fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 36-9, at MetLife Stadium in Week 3, dropping their record to 0-3 for the first time since 2017.
The bigger story from the game is that patience appears to be running out for quarterback Daniel Jones, while time appears to be running out for general manager Dave Gettleman.
As far as the latest loss, here’s a look at the snap counts that attributed to it.
Offensive snaps: 52
Defensive snaps: 77
Special teams snaps: 25
The balance of snaps between running backs Dion Lewis, Wayne Gallman and Devonta Freeman was interesting, especially given how little time Freeman had to prepare for Sunday’s game. Unfortunately, they were all as ineffective as the other. And given the team’s struggles on the ground, it’s curious to see fullback Eli Penny receiving just two offensive snaps.
On the defensive side of the ball, linebacker Devante Downs playing more than 70% of the team’s defensive snaps is a recipe for disaster. Nate Ebner taking more than 10 snaps isn’t a good thing, either.
But credit to Logan Ryan, who has adapted quickly and is not taking 100% of the defensive snaps.
