Baltimore Ravens Snap Count Analysis, Week 13: Emery Jones makes debut in blowout loss

The Ravens’ offensive struggles hit a new low in Week 13 as they scored just 14 points and turned the ball over five times with four lost fumbles. The biggest notable development was the long-awaited debut of rookie offensive lineman Emery Jones Jr., who played 16 snaps and rotated some series with Andrew Vorhees at left guard. Jones struggled a bit but his insertion into the lineup could be permanent moving forward. Backups Corey Bullock and Joseph Noteboom each saw some minimal playing time as well.

Rasheen Ali surprisingly led all running backs in snaps (29), out-snapping Derrick Heny by five plays. Ali took on a bigger role with the Ravens playing catch-up in the second half, as he served as the primary third down back with Justice Hill now on injured reserve. Henry was effective with 60 rushing yards on 10 carries and 44 receiving yards and a touchdown but received just five attempts in each half after a successful opening drive. Keaton Mitchell also had a touchdown via an 18-yard scamper in the second half.

Mark Andrews played 41 snaps and Isaiah Likely trailed with 31 snaps at tight end. They combined for most of the team’s receiving production, with Likely have a season-high five catches for 95 yards. His performance was unfortunately overshadowed by a costly lost fumble at the goal line that negated what would have been his first touchdown catch of the season. Charlie Kolar caught the team’s first pass of the game but played only 10 snaps.

Zay Flowers played all but three snaps (95%) but caught only two of seven targets for six receiving yards with a lost fumble in the fourth quarter. Rashod Bateman played 44 snaps in his return from injury but was targeted only one time. Deandre Hopkins had two catches for 25 yards in 23 snaps, while Devontez Walker (17 snaps) maintained a role over Tylan Wallace — who was a healthy scratch.

The Ravens were on the field for 83 total snaps defensively. Four players played 100% of snaps on defense: Kyle Hamilton — despite nursing an ankle injury from last Sunday — Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey, and Alohi Gilman. Malaki Starks (80 snaps) was the only other defender to play more than 77% of snaps.

Next in the pecking order was Travis Jones, who played 64 snaps at defensive tackle. He finished with six tackles and a tackle-for-loss. Behind him on the front-seven was John Jenkins (47 snaps), and then a big gap to Brent Urban (20 snaps), C.J. Okoye (16 snaps), and Aeneas Peebles (four snaps). Peebles returned to action after being a healthy scratch for the past several weeks.

Edge rusher Carl Lawson was activated off the practice squad and played 26 snaps in his Ravens debut. Mike Green ‘s 61 snaps led all edge rushers again. Dre’Mont Jones saw another big workload with 54 snaps, while Kyle Van Noy took on a 45% snap share. David Ojabo was a healthy inactive scratch as Lawson replaced him.

Chidobe Awuzie (52 snaps) left the second quarter early with a possible concussion but returned to start the third quarter. He didn’t leave the field from there, as the Ravens needed him badly with Nate Wiggins (foot) out for the remainder of the game. Wiggins played 43 snaps before exiting in the second quarter as well and not returning. With Wiggins out, the Ravens moved Humphrey outside and Hamilton in the slot a lot, while also giving T.J. Tampa eight snaps at outside cornerback.