Surprise Selection: Broncos’ Practice squad star among replacements to step up in Week 16 game vs. Patriots snap

In all three phases of the game, the New England Patriots entered their game against the Denver Broncos in Week 16 with significant personnel uncertainty. Among the most noticeable inquiries were the way to supplant left watch Cole Unusual, tight end Tracker Henry, and wellbeing Jabrill Peppers — three of the group’s most important players.

With regards to Unusual, who experienced a season-finishing knee injury the earlier week versus the Kansas City Bosses, the assumption was that newbie Atonio Mafi would be the following man up. He did without a doubt get the main part of the work, playing 54 of 58 hostile snaps (93.1%).

Mafi was by all accounts not the only player used to fill in for Abnormal, in any case. Veteran James Ferentz, who was advanced from the training crew simply last week and made his season debut on Sunday night, additionally played four snaps (6.9%). Truth be told, Ferentz really began once again Mafi yet gave up a sack on his absolute first play that brought about a lost mishandle; he just saw a modest bunch of snaps starting there on.

Henry, in the mean time, was supplanted fundamentally by Mike Gesicki; with the starter out because of a knee issue, the offseason obtaining took over TE1 obligations. Subsequent to seeing just peripheral playing time the most recent couple of weeks, Gesicki was consequently on the field for 38 hostile snaps (66%) and finished the game with a couple of gets for 15 complete yards and one score.

Other than Gesicki, New Britain likewise utilized Pharaoh Brown as a situational tight end (27; 47%) and even gave Matt Sokol, a practice squad member, a few snaps (10; 17%).

The Patriots had a few options available to them when it came to replacing Peppers, who missed the game because of a hamstring injury. They chose to give veteran Jalen Factories the starter-level snaps at wellbeing close by Kyle Dugger, utilizing him on a season-high 62 of 69 snaps (89.9%) before a late injury took him out of the challenge.

Moreover, they likewise kept on utilizing third-round tenderfoot Marte Mapu (17; 24.6%) in his standard rotational job as a wellbeing/linebacker mixture. Adrian Phillips, then again, still saw just negligible playing time even with Peppers missing: Only two defensive snaps were taken by the former starting safety all night (2.9%).

With everything that expressed, here is our week after week snap count report from the Nationalists’ 26-23 win over the Mustangs.