Welcome to the Week 14 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 13 Snaps | 2017 Snaps/Game | Opponent Wk 13 Snaps | 2017 Opp Snaps/Gm |
| 1 | N.Y. Jets (85) | New England (67.6) | Kansas City (85) | Cincinnati (68.8) |
| 2 | Houston (75) | Philadelphia (67.2) | Tennessee (75) | Kansas City (67.5) |
| 3 | Philadelphia (74) | Jacksonville (67.1) | Green Bay (74) | N.Y. Giants (67.1) |
| 4 | Tampa Bay (74) | Houston (66.8) | Seattle (74) | San Francisco (66.4) |
| 5 | San Francisco (73) | Denver (66.4) | Chicago (73) | Buffalo (65.8) |
San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans
Aside from holding the Bears to a pitiful 36 plays – which had more to do with Chicago’s ineptitude than San Francisco’s dominance – the 49ers have been a snap-infusing outfit. Heading into Week 13, only the Bengals were allowing more snaps. San Francisco’s games average the most combined plays, due in part to the league’s quickest seconds-per-snap pace. They have the seventh-highest pass rate, and Jimmy Garoppolo appears up-to-speed enough to finally put some juice behind it. The Texans face the 11th-highest pass rate, and the 49ers’ path of least resistance will clearly be through the air.
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