Jets Players' Play Counts at Buffalo

Game Plan, Injury Considerations Led to Adjustments in Running Backs' Offensive Reps & Touches

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One of the sidebars from Sunday's Jets-Bills play count amounts was running back usage. The first sign of a changeup was Stevan Ridley getting the start at tailback — his first start as a Jet and in fact his first since Week 6 of the 2014 season, when he started for the Patriots at Buffalo and injured his knee.

Chris Ivory, listed as probable with a knee injury, played and provided the Jets with their longest offensive play of the game and longest run of the season, a 58-yard dash in the second quarter.

After the game, Ivory attributed his reduced role to "just the game plan," as did head coach Todd Bowles.

"It was game-plan-related. We tried to give him a break a little bit, too, because he wasn't 100 percent, but he was good enough to play," Bowles said. "We could've given him more plays in there, but the game didn't dictate that way."

Ivory's 29 offensive plays weren't far off the 36 plays/game he was averaging in his first 14 games. And with Bilal Powell (ankle) inactive, Ridley's 25 plays, although his high as a Jet, were still a lot lower than the 45 offensive plays that Powell and Ridley had averaged together behind Ivory for the previous six games.

On the other hand, Ivory had six offensive touches, all runs, well off his season average of 19 touches/game, while Ridley had 11 touches (9 runs, 2 receptions)

Some other notes on the game:

■ The Jets' 75 defensive plays for the game were the most this season, which led to Sheldon Richardson logging a career-high 82 plays (75 defense, 7 special teams), the same amount as Antonio Cromartie (71 defense, 11 ST), which were individual defensive highs this season. (Several offensive linemen had 83-play games earlier in the year.)

■ Strategy considerations led to OLB Calvin Pace being charted with a season-high 57 defensive plays, ILB Erin Henderson putting in 45 plays, one off his season high at Dallas, and Demario Davis getting a season-low 16 defensive snaps (plus 12 more on specials).

■ When Muhammad Wilkerson left with a broken leg midway through the third quarter, Stephen Bowen came on at DE and put in a season-high 24 defensive plays.

The play counts below from the NFL play-by-play for the game include all offensive, defensive and special teams plays plus some penalty plays. The numbers sometimes are revised during the week.

OFFENSIVE LINE* POS OFF DEF ST  Total
Carpenter, JamesG57461
Ferguson, D'BrickashawT57461
Giacomini, BrenoT57461
Winters, BrianG57461
Mangold, NickC5757
Johnson, WesC44
Qvale, BrentT44
WIDE RECEIVERSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Marshall, BrandonWR5656
Decker, EricWR5656
Enunwa, QuincyWR441155
Thompkins, KenbrellWR4949
Kerley, JeremyWR5510
TIGHT ENDSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Davis, KellenTE1111
Cumberland, JeffTE32225
RUNNING BACKSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Ivory, ChrisRB2929
Ridley, StevanRB2525
Bohanon, TommyFB71421
QUARTERBACKSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Fitzpatrick, RyanQB5757
DEFENSIVE LINEPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Richardson, SheldonDE75782
Williams, LeonardDE72678
Harrison, DamonNT55257
Wilkerson, MuhammadDE52355
Bowen, StephenDE24327
Douzable, LegerDE11819
LINEBACKERSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Harris, DavidILB75681
Pace, CalvinOLB57562
Henderson, ErinILB45853
Davis, DemarioILB161228
Mauldin, LorenzoOLB15419
Reillly, TrevorILB1919
Lattimore, JamariILB1818
DEFENSIVE BACKSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Gilchrist, MarcusFS75580
Revis, DarrelleCB74579
Cromartie, AntonioCB711182
Pryor, CalvinSS64670
Skrine, BusterCB28432
Williams, MarcusCB151934
Miles, RontezSS11819
Walls, DarrinCB1717
Martin, RonaldSS1414
McDougle, DexterCB88
SPECIALISTSPOSOFFDEFSTTotal
Purdum, TannerLS88
Bullock, RandyK88
Quigley, RyanP88
TEAM577528160
DID NOT PLAY:* Smith, Geno; Ijalana, Ben
INACTIVE: Petty, Bryce; Milliner, Dee; Powell, Bilal; Bailey, Dion; Jones, Taiwan; Dozier, Dakota; Harris, Josh

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