Aug. 18, 2011; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets defensive back LaRon Landry (30) celebrates with New York Jets defensive back Antonio Cromartie (31) after a tackle against the New York Giants during the first quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE
Following on from the offensive side of the ball, lets flip the attention over to the defensive side of the ball. With a lot more moving parts and a few players vying for time, I find this one much more interesting to look at. So lets take a look at the numbers first and then can get down to the conclusions to be taken away:
| 100% 63/63 | David Harris, Yeremiah Bell, Laron Landry | Defense |
| 95 % 60/63 | Calvin Pace | Defense |
| 94% 59/63 | Antonio Cromartie | Defense |
| 86% 54/63 | Kyle Wilson, Bart Scott | Defense |
| 84% 53/63 | Muhammed Wilkerson | Defense |
| 79% 50/63 | Darrelle Revis | Defense |
| 51% 32/63 | Quinton Coples | Defense |
| 49% 31/63 | Kenrick Ellis | Defense |
| 41% 26/63 | Mike DeVito | Defense |
| 25% 16/63 | Aaron Maybin, Garrett McIntyre, Marcus Dixon | Defense |
| 16% 10/63 | Josh Mauga | Defense |
| 14% 9/63 | Isaiah Trufant, Ellis Lankster, Bryan Thomas | Defense |
Demario Davis, Nick Bellore, Josh Bush saw 0% of defensive snaps. Bryan Thomas is extremely low there, but he was struggling with an injury this week. I'm a little surprised to see Trufant only in on 9% of the plays as it seemed as though he was a lot more active. Can we expect Landry (coming back from injury) and Bell (getting up there in age) to play 100% of the snaps? we can't but Eric Smith is a couple of weeks away from full fitness yet I believe. Calvin put in a good shift, and I thought he had a decent game. Revis obviously left the game in the 4th with an injury. I thought Coples was involved on more than 50% of the plays, but this shows why our eyes can be deceptive.
What are your thoughts?
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