Josh Tupou...under the radar contributor ???

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(10-04-2018, 09:48 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Tupou snap counts....

Week 1: 0%
Week 2: 0%
Week 3: 30%, and McCaffrey ran wild all over the Bengals D
Week 4: 17%

The week he played the most, the Bengals D was the most atrocious. So I am going to decline to call him an under-the-radar contributor.

On a related note. How does Tupou and others get more snaps? Less snaps for Atkins and Dunlap, who are at 71.4% and 74.3% on the year. Think about that. Nearly 30% of the time, the Bengals are taking their best DL off the field for second and third stringers. (Tupou was a third stringer.)
-Myles Garrett is playing 96.1%
-Cameron Jordan is playing 93.0%
-JJ Watt is playing 90.6%
-Aaron Donald is playing 87.8%

Meanwhile Dunlap is playing 74.3% and Atkins is playing 71.4% in order to give Glasgow/Billings/Tupou/M Johnnson more snaps. That's MADNESS.

Week 3 was also his first regular season action.  Not having Brown also negatively impacted the D against Carolina's run D.

The Bengals are 25th in ToP.  More defensive snaps means more subs.  You also have to look at the depth behind those guys.  Guys who play that many snaps have to take plays off.  As a coach, you have to decide if you're backup at 100% effort is better than your starter at 70% effort.