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Pittsburgh Steelers snap totals vs. the Arizona Cardinals in Week 6

The Pittsburgh Steelers defense got another workout against the Cardinals at Heinz Field Sunday, but take a look at how the snap totals evened out after the game.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers were able to win back-to-back games for the second time this season by defeating the Arizona Cardinals at Heinz Field, and they did so with some unique combinations due to injury.

There are obvious snap totals which were much higher than expected, players like Landry Jones who saw his first NFL regular season action of his career, and there were some surprises as to players who didn't play as much as expected for one reason or another.

When looking at the offensive snap totals, again it was DeAngelo Williams who seemed to draw the short straw as he saw just two offensive snaps. Despite Todd Haley declaring Williams to see an increased role in the offense, it simply hasn't happened. Most were thinking Williams playing more snaps would help keep Le'Veon Bell fresh throughout the duration of the season, but Mike Tomlin and company seem at ease with Bell's high snap totals.

On the defensive side of the football, it was interesting to see how the team handled the vacancy of Ryan Shazier on the defensive side of the football. In what used to be Sean Spence's job, with Vince Williams playing sparingly in specific situations. Now, or at least in Week 6, the job was a 50-50 split between the two inside linebackers.

The Steelers now prepare to play the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 7 for a 1:00 p.m. EDT kickoff. The complete snap totals run down is below, courtesy of Pro-Football Reference.

Steelers Snap Counts

Off. Def. ST
Pos Num Pct Num Pct Num Pct
Marcus Gilbert T 57 100% 0 0% 5 17%
David DeCastro G 57 100% 0 0% 5 17%
Ramon Foster G 57 100% 0 0% 5 17%
Heath Miller TE 57 100% 0 0% 1 3%
Cody Wallace C 57 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Le'Veon Bell RB 55 96% 0 0% 0 0%
Antonio Brown WR 54 95% 0 0% 4 14%
Alejandro Villanueva T 43 75% 0 0% 6 21%
Martavis Bryant WR 35 61% 0 0% 0 0%
Markus Wheaton WR 34 60% 0 0% 0 0%
Michael Vick QB 30 53% 0 0% 0 0%
Landry Jones QB 27 47% 0 0% 0 0%
Matt Spaeth TE 15 26% 0 0% 14 48%
Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 15 26% 0 0% 11 38%
Kelvin Beachum T 14 25% 0 0% 0 0%
Roosevelt Nix FB 11 19% 0 0% 20 69%
Will Johnson FB 6 11% 0 0% 17 59%
DeAngelo Williams RB 2 4% 0 0% 0 0%
Lawrence Timmons LB 1 2% 72 100% 4 14%
Robert Golden FS 0 0% 72 100% 20 69%
William Gay CB 0 0% 72 100% 4 14%
Michael Mitchell FS 0 0% 72 100% 4 14%
Antwon Blake CB 0 0% 71 99% 5 17%
Cameron Heyward DE 0 0% 66 92% 9 31%
Ross Cockrell CB 0 0% 58 81% 0 0%
Stephon Tuitt DE 0 0% 50 69% 8 28%
James Harrison LB 0 0% 50 69% 4 14%
Bud Dupree LB 0 0% 48 67% 4 14%
Arthur Moats LB 0 0% 46 64% 7 24%
Sean Spence LB 0 0% 42 58% 18 62%
Vince Williams LB 0 0% 31 43% 18 62%
Steve McLendon NT 0 0% 26 36% 5 17%
Leterrius Walton DE 0 0% 9 13% 0 0%
Cam Thomas DE 0 0% 7 10% 0 0%
Brandon Boykin CB 0 0% 0 0% 21 72%
Shamarko Thomas SS 0 0% 0 0% 20 69%
Terence Garvin LB 0 0% 0 0% 20 69%
Chris Boswell K 0 0% 0 0% 12 41%
Jordan Berry P 0 0% 0 0% 10 34%
Greg Warren LS 0 0% 0 0% 10 34%
Jordan Todman RB 0 0% 0 0% 10 34%
Anthony Chickillo LB 0 0% 0 0% 5 17%
Doug Legursky C 0 0% 0 0% 5 17%
Dri Archer RB 0 0% 0 0% 4 14%
Sammie Coates WR 0 0% 0 0% 3 10%
Daniel McCullers NT 0 0% 0 0% 1 3%