Welcome to the Week 16 edition of Snaps, Pace, & Stats, where we examine trends in snap totals and no-huddle usage. It is meant to be a 30,000-foot view of upcoming games, with the goal of identifying which matchups will – and which will not – be played on fertile fantasy soil.
(For brevity’s sake, all references to pass or run rates/percentages are in terms of neutral game situations. Unless otherwise stated, we will reference one-score situations (plus/minus seven points) to get a truer representation of game plan.)
Up in pace
| Rank | Week 15 Snaps | 2017 Snaps/Game | Opponent Wk 15 Snaps | 2017 Opp Snaps/Gm |
| 1 | N.Y. Giants (81) | Philadelphia (68.4) | Philadelphia (81) | Cincinnati (68.4) |
| 2 | Arizona (80) | Denver (67.1) | Washington (80) | N.Y. Giants (66.6) |
| 3 | Baltimore (74) | Jacksonville (67.1) | Cleveland (74) | Buffalo (66.5) |
| 4 | Denver (74) | Pittsburgh (66.8) | Indianapolis (74) | Kansas City (66.1) |
| 5 | Miami (73) | San Francisco (66.4) | Buffalo (73) | San Francisco (65.9) |
Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Texans
One of two Christmas Day games to wrap up fantasy championship week should deliver both points and play volume. The Steelers average the fourth-most snaps (66.8), with even more over the last month (70.3). During that time, they’ve scored the sixth-most points per game (29.3) and surrendered the third-most (28.3). Pittsburgh has thrown at the league’s highest rate over the last four weeks (67 percent) and their opponents have passed against them at the seventh-highest (61-percent). With Antonio Brown out, a huge slice of what should be a large pie is up for grabs.
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