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San Diego Chargers Snap Counts: Preseason Week 3 at San Francisco 49ers

A weekly feature looking at the distribution of playing time for the San Diego Chargers players on offense and defense. This week, we see who contributed to the meaningless preseason loss at San Francisco.

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Week 3 of the preseason is widely considered to be the "dress rehearsal" for the regular season. As such, you'll notice Chargers starters played considerably more than they did in weeks 1 and 2.

Pos. Name W2 Snaps "% of Total W2" W3 Snaps "% of Total W3" "WoW% Change"
T Willie Smith 32 54% 37 60% 6%
T Mike Harris 32 54% 37 60% 6%
QB Brad Sorensen 9 15% 36 58% 43%
G Chris Watt 45 75% 35 56% -19%
T Kenny Wiggins 8 13% 33 53% 40%
G Johnnie Troutman 44 74% 26 42% -32%
C Khalil Wilkes 3 5% 25 40% 35%
T D.J. Fluker 25 42% 25 40% -2%
T King Dunlap 25 42% 25 40% -2%
G Chad Rinehart 25 42% 22 35% -6%
TE Ladarius Green 28 47% 21 34% -13%
WR Brelan Chancellor 8 13% 20 32% 19%
WR Keenan Allen 25 42% 20 32% -10%
T Jeremiah Sirles 0 0% 19 31% 31%
QB Philip Rivers 9 15% 19 31% 16%
WR Malcom Floyd 23 39% 19 31% -8%
RB Marion Grice 9 15% 18 29% 14%
WR Tevin Reese 6 10% 17 27% 17%
WR Dontrelle Inman 27 45% 17 27% -18%
G Rich Ohrnberger 42 70% 17 27% -43%
WR Micah Hatfield 5 8% 17 27% 19%
TE Antonio Gates 9 15% 17 27% 12%
WR Seyi Ajirotutu 25 42% 15 24% -18%
WR Javontee Herndon 22 37% 14 23% -14%
WR Torrence Allen 0 0% 13 21% 21%
TE John Phillips 9 15% 13 21% 6%
TE David Johnson 21 35% 12 19% -16%
RB Branden Oliver 26 44% 12 19% -24%
WR Eddie Royal 13 22% 11 18% -4%
RB Ryan Mathews 0 0% 11 18% 18%
TE Jake Byrne 9 15% 10 16% 1%
C Nick Hardwick 9 15% 9 15% -1%
TE Michael Flacco 4 7% 8 13% 6%
RB Donald Brown 14 23% 8 13% -11%
QB Kellen Clemens 42 70% 7 11% -59%
RB Kerwynn Williams 0 0% 7 11% 11%
RB Danny Woodhead 11 18% 6 10% -9%
TE Ryan Otten 2 3% 2 3% 0%
RB Zach Boren 4 7% 2 3% -3%
G Craig Watts 3 5% 0 0% -5%
T Nick Becton 3 5% 0 0% -5%
G D.J. Johnson 1 2% 0 0% -2%

The top guys in snaps this week are the two backup tackles, Smith & Harris, that are competing for what is likely one spot on the final 53-man roster. Brelan Chancellor also received an unexpectedly (at least for me) large amount of playing time.

The defense bounced back with a much stronger effort than they showed against Seattle. The player that saw the most time on the field was Kavell Conner. He can be expected to continue to see a lot of playing time as Manti Te'o continues to provide is unique combination of ineffective and unavailable.

Pos. Name W2 Snaps "% of Total W2" W3 Snaps "% of Total W3" "WoW% Change"
LB Kavell Conner 24 41% 45 60% 19%
DE Tenny Palepoi 36 61% 36 48% -13%
DB Steve Williams 24 41% 35 47% 6%
CB Crezdon Butler 12 20% 34 45% 25%
SS Darrell Stuckey 24 41% 33 44% 3%
CB Richard Marshall 17 29% 33 44% 15%
DT Chas Alecxih 5 8% 30 40% 32%
LB Andrew Gachkar 13 22% 29 39% 17%
LB Jeremiah Attaochu 20 34% 27 36% 2%
DE Doug Worthington 0 0% 27 36% 36%
LB Reggie Walker 10 17% 26 35% 18%
DT Ryan Carrethers 24 41% 25 33% -7%
DE Cordarro Law 10 17% 24 32% 15%
LB Donald Butler 26 44% 24 32% -12%
DB Alden Darby 21 36% 23 31% -5%
DB Adrian Phillips 23 39% 23 31% -8%
SS Marcus Gilchrist 26 44% 23 31% -13%
CB Shareece Wright 26 44% 23 31% -13%
FS Eric Weddle 11 19% 23 31% 12%
DE Kendall Reyes 16 27% 23 31% 4%
CB Brandon Flowers 18 31% 23 31% 0%
DT Corey Liuget 13 22% 23 31% 9%
LB Victor Aiyewa 10 17% 23 31% 14%
DT Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe 17 29% 22 29% 0%
LB Melvin Ingram 33 56% 20 27% -29%
LB Tourek Williams 41 70% 18 24% -46%
DB Greg Ducre 6 10% 17 23% 12%
DB Lowell Rose 3 5% 17 23% 18%
LB Colton Underwood 3 5% 16 21% 16%
LB Jarret Johnson 0 0% 16 21% 21%
DB Chris Davis 11 19% 13 17% -1%
LB Thomas Keiser 10 17% 12 16% -1%
CB Brandon Ghee 23 39% 9 12% -27%
LB Adrian Hamilton 3 5% 9 12% 7%
DT Kwame Geathers 22 37% 7 9% -28%
DB Jason Verrett 0 0% 7 9% 9%
LB Dwight Freeney 0 0% 7 9% 9%
DE Damik Scafe 0 0% 0 0% 0%
FS Jahleel Addae 19 32% 0 0% -32%
DE Sean Lissemore 6 10% 0 0% -10%
LB Manti Te'o 35 59% 0 0% -59%
DE Lawrence Guy 0 0% 0 0% 0%
DB Marcus Cromartie 7 12% 0 0% -12%

Interestiingly, Ryan Carrethers saw reduced playing time despite injuries to Kwame Geathers and Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe. Encouragingly, we got to see a nice bit of playing time from a healthy Freeney, Verrett, Flowers and Liuget all of whom exited the game still healthy.

We got an extended look at the guys vying for the ast open spots in the secondary. It will be interesting to see who is still on the team come tomorrow.