You can tell a lot about the current status of position battles based on how teams are using that. So let’s take a closer look at the Detroit Lions’ snap counts in their preseason game against the Falcons to see what we can deduce about the current camp battles taking place.
It’s worth reminding everyone that the Lions and Falcons opted to cancel the rest of the game after just a single play in the fourth quarter, so there are likely several players who did not play the amount of snaps they were expecting to.
(Note: While I typically use the NFL’s official snap count tracker, those weren’t available on Saturday morning, so I used PFF’s data)
Quarterbacks: • Kyle Allen: 24 snaps (50%) • Hendon Hooker: 24 (50%) • Jared Goff: DNP
As if the statline wasn’t enough to tell you how much