You can see the full list of playing time totals below, but a few highlights
Offense
—TE Cooper Helfet, making his first start, was on the field a lot (83 percent), while just-signed backup RaShaun Allen played 15 percent of snaps.
—A week after being inactive, rookie WR Paul Richardson was on the field for 59 percent of Seattle’s offensive plays. Meanwhile Ricardo Lockette played just three snaps (4%) on offense.
—Two other players making their 2014 debuts played sparingly: WR Kevin Norwood, 11%, and RB Christine Michael (10%)
—With FB Derrick Coleman out, Robert Turbin saw his workload increase, playing 42 percent of the snaps.
Defense
—One of the big questions coming into the game was how the Seahawks would handle their D-line rotation with Jordan Hill and Cassius Marsh out. Greg Scruggs, who was active for the first time, did pick up part of the slack with 20 percent playingtime, but more than that, the Seahawks just increased the work loads of everyone else, most notably Michael Bennett, who was on the field for 44 of 49 snaps. While 90% represents a big increase for Bennett, 49 plays isn’t a ton for the defense, so it wasn’t actually that much of a change in workload for him or others who saw their percentages go up like Brandon Mebane (76%) and Tony McDaniel (61%).
—Two weeks after being left out of the linebacker rotation, Malcolm Smith was on the field for every defensive snap thanks to Bobby Wagner’s injury.
—After beginning the game as Seattle’s nickel corner, Marcus Burley had a busy day (76%) following Tharold Simon’s injury. Simon, meanwhile, played 19 snaps in his debut before the injury.
Special teams
—DeShawn Shead (86%), Brock Coyle (86%), Mike Morgan (86%), Jeron Johnson (82%), Kevin Pierre Louis (61%), Malcolm Smith (50%) and O’Brien Schofield (43%) saw the most action on special teams. Because of injuries, however, the Seahawks also asked for minor contributions from people who haven’t been regular contributors on special teams like Robert Turbin (18%) and Kevin Norwood (11%), which played a small role in a bad day for that unit.
Offense
G J.R. Sweezy 100% (71 snaps)
T Russell Okung 100%
G James Carpenter 100%
T Justin Britt 100%
QB Russell Wilson 100%
C Stephen Schilling 93%
WR Jermaine Kearse 90%
TE Cooper Helfet 83%
WR Doug Baldwin 82%
RB Marshawn Lynch 75%
WR Paul Richardson 59%
RB Robert Turbin 42%
TE RaShaun Allen 20%
T Alvin Bailey 15%
WR Kevin Norwood 11%
RB Christine Michael 10%
WR Bryan Walters 8%
C Patrick Lewis 7%
WR Ricardo Lockette 4%
Defense
LB Malcolm Smith 100% (49 snaps)
CB Richard Sherman 100%
S Earl Thomas 100%
LB K.J. Wright 100%
S Kam Chancellor 96%
DE Michael Bennett 90%
LB Bruce Irvin 86%
CB Marcus Burley 76%
DT Brandon Mebane 76%
DE Cliff Avrill 69%
DT Tony McDaniel 61%
DT Kevin Williams 53%
CB Tharold Simon 39%
DE Greg Scruggs 20%
DE O’Brien Schofield 16%
CB DeShawn Shead 7%
S Jeron Johnson 4%
Special teams only
LB Mike Morgan 86%
LB Brock Coyle 86%
LB Kevin Pierre-Louis 61%
K Steven Hauschka 36%
P Jon Ryan 29%
LS Clint Gresham 29%
S Steven Terrell 29%
T Garry Gilliams 14%
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