Trent Murphy’s increased playing time leads to increased results

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times - Monday, September 19, 2016

Not much changed in personnel usage from week-to-week for the Washington Redskins. Not surprisingly, their outcome on the field didn’t change either.

The snap counts from Sunday’s 27-23 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys showed an uptick in play for rookie wide receiver Josh Doctson, continued limited usage of tight end Niles Paul in favor of veteran Vernon Davis and lots of work for Ziggy Hood following the first-play injury to Kedric Golston. Golston will have an MRI of his hamstring done, according to Redskins coach Jay Gruden. Linebacker Trent Murphy went from playing 22 percent of the snaps in Week 1 to 50 percent on Sunday, putting together his best pro game.

Here are the full snap counts from Sunday:

Offense: QB Kirk Cousins (67/67, 100%), LT Trent Williams (67/67, 100%), LG Shawn Lauvao (67/67, 100%), C Kory Lichtensteiger (67/67, 100%), RG Brandon Scherff (67/67, 100%), RT Morgan Moses (67/67, 100%), TE Jordan Reed (58/67, 87%), WR DeSean Jackson (51/67, 76%), WR Jamison Crowder (48/67, 72%), WR Pierre Garcon (46/67, 69%), RB Matt Jones (39/67, 58%), RB Chris Thompson,(28/57, 42%), TE Vernon Davis (27/67, 40%), WR Josh Doctson (19/67, 28%), WR Ryan Grant (12/67, 18%), TE Niles Paul (7/67, 10%).

Defense: CB Josh Norman (68/68, 100%), S David Bruton (68/68, 100%), FS DeAngelo Hall (66/68, 97%), CB Bashaud Breeland (62/68, 91%), ILB Will Compton (61/68, 90%), OLB Ryan Kerrigan (57/68, 84%), ILB Mason Foster (55/68, 81%), OLB Preston Smith (50/68, 74%), DL Ziggy Hood (47/68, 69%), CB Dashaun Phillips (46/68, 68%), DE Chris Baker (46/68, 68%), OLB Trent Murphy (34/68, 50%), DT Cullen Jenkins (29/68, 43%), DE Ricky Jean Francois (28/68, 41%), ILB Su’a Cravens (20/68, 29%), CB Greg Toler (4/68, 6%), FS Will Blackmon (3/68, 4%), LB Terence Garvin (2/68, 3%), LB Houston Bates (1/68, 1%), NT Kedric Golston (1/68, 1%).

Special teams (10 or more snaps): Bates (22/27, 81%), Garvin (17/27, 63%), Paul (17/27, 63%), SS Deshazor Everett (17/27, 63%), Murphy (16/27, 59%), Cravens (15/27, 56%), Blackmon (14/27, 52%), Foster (13/27, 48%), SS Duke Ihenacho (12/27, 44%), CB Quinton Dunbar (11/27, 41%), Ty Nsekhe (10/27, 37%).