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Bills 20, Vikings 16: offense, defense, special teams snap counts

NFL teams must cut down their rosters to 53 players two weeks from today. Here's how much each Buffalo Bills player has played this preseason to date as they're evaluated by Doug Marrone and company.

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Last night, the Buffalo Bills defeated the Minnesota Vikings 20-16 to improve to 2-0 this preseason. With the first round of NFL roster cuts set to take place 10 days from now, on August 27 (and the second cut-down is four days later, by the way), an updated look at the Bills' total snap counts on offense, defense and special teams is a useful tool for determining which players are getting the longest looks from Buffalo's coaching staff.

The table below includes a column for snaps taken against Minnesota, but for each unit the table is sorted first by player position, then by total snaps taken this preseason.

OFFENSE
Player Snaps (MIN) Snaps (YTD)
QB Jeff Tuel 12 67
QB EJ Manuel 26 61
QB Kevin Kolb 43 43
RB Zach Brown 19 47
RB Tashard Choice 25 46
RB Kendall Gaskins 9 29
RB Fred Jackson 15 28
RB C.J. Spiller 13 18
FB Frank Summers 19 30
FB Drew Smith 9 27
WR Robert Woods 32 65
WR Marcus Easley 43 63
WR Chris Hogan 37 59
WR Marquise Goodwin 35 52
WR Brandon Kaufman 17 52
WR DeMarco Sampson 15 43
WR Da'Rick Rogers 10 33
WR T.J. Graham (DNP) 27
WR Brad Smith 11 11
WR Terrell Sinkfield 0 6
TE Chris Gragg 34 90
TE Nick Provo 12 43
TE Lee Smith 21 37
TE Dorin Dickerson 16 31
TE Scott Chandler 13 13
OT Sam Young 38 88
OT Cordy Glenn 43 78
OT Erik Pears 43 78
OT Thomas Welch 22 68
OT Tony Hills 16 21
OT Zebrie Sanders 0 9
OG Antoine Caldwell 38 92
OG Doug Legursky 38 88
OG Kraig Urbik 43 78
OG Colin Brown 43 78
OG Zack Chibane 0 6
C Eric Wood 43 78
C David Snow 26 62
C Ryan Turnley 12 29
DEFENSE
Player Snaps (MIN) Snaps (YTD)
DL Corbin Bryant 26 58
DL Torell Troup 23 51
DL Jarron Gilbert 27 50
DL Jay Ross 20 44
DL Alan Branch 21 43
DL Marcell Dareus 22 37
DL Alex Carrington 20 37
DL Kyle Williams 17 27
DL Izaan Cross 15 26
OLB Jerry Hughes 24 54
OLB Marcus Dowtin 25 48
OLB Jamie Blatnick 31 46
OLB Manny Lawson 25 41
OLB Kourtnei Brown (DNP) 21
OLB Mario Williams (DNP) 8
OLB Jamaal Westerman 8 8
LB Arthur Moats 35 67
LB Nigel Bradham 30 62
LB Chris White 35 53
LB Brian Smith 27 43
LB Bryan Scott 13 29
LB Kiko Alonso (DNP) 19
LB Keith Pough 11 11
CB Don Unamba 33 53
CB Ron Brooks 23 52
CB Nickell Robey 35 51
CB Stephon Gilmore 29 45
CB Jumal Rolle 24 43
CB T.J. Heath 19 37
CB Kip Edwards 12 36
CB Crezdon Butler (DNP) 31
S Jonathan Meeks 20 55
S Da'Norris Searcy 31 54
S Duke Williams 16 44
S Aaron Williams 27 43
S Jordan Dangerfield 24 37
S Dominique Ellis 19 27
S Mark LeGree 4 15
SPECIAL TEAMS
Player Snaps (MIN) Snaps (YTD)
RB Tashard Choice 5 12
RB Kendall Gaskins 0 5
RB Zach Brown 0 3
FB Frank Summers 7 15
FB Drew Smith 4 4
WR Marcus Easley 12 24
WR Chris Hogan 5 16
WR Da'Rick Rogers 6 16
WR Marquise Goodwin 5 13
WR DeMarco Sampson 5 12
WR Robert Woods 7 10
WR Kevin Elliott 7 7
WR Terrell Sinkfield 1 3
WR Brad Smith 2 2
WR T.J. Graham (DNP) 1
TE Chris Gragg 9 15
TE Nick Provo 4 12
TE Lee Smith 4 11
OT Cordy Glenn 3 7
OT Erik Pears 3 7
OT Sam Young 3 7
OT Thomas Welch 3 7
OT Tony Hills 1 5
OG Kraig Urbik 3 7
OG Colin Brown 3 7
OG Doug Legursky 1 5
OG Antoine Caldwell 1 5
OG Zack Chibane 1 5
C David Snow 1 5
C Ryan Turnley 1 5
DL Jay Ross 3 7
DL Marcell Dareus 2 6
DL Alex Carrington 1 3
DL Torell Troup 3 3
DL Jarron Gilbert 1 3
DL Kyle Williams 2 2
DL Corbin Bryant 1 2
DL Izaan Cross 0 1
OLB Jamie Blatnick 13 30
OLB Marcus Dowtin 9 19
OLB Jerry Hughes 4 13
OLB Manny Lawson 6 9
OLB Kourtnei Brown (DNP) 2
LB Chris White 15 36
LB Arthur Moats 12 24
LB Bryan Scott 11 23
LB Nigel Bradham 9 19
LB Brian Smith 11 19
LB Kiko Alonso (DNP) 4
LB Keith Pough 2 2
CB Ron Brooks 11 23
CB T.J. Heath 8 19
CB Nickell Robey 5 14
CB Kip Edwards 3 11
CB Crezdon Butler (DNP) 7
CB Jumal Rolle 3 4
CB Stephon Gilmore 2 3
CB Don Unamba 1 2
S Jonathan Meeks 14 27
S Duke Williams 13 25
S Dominique Ellis 9 23
S Da'Norris Searcy 10 10
S Aaron Williams 6 9
S Jordan Dangerfield 1 4
K Dustin Hopkins 6 15
K Rian Lindell 2 10
P Shawn Powell 12 22
LS Garrison Sanborn 12 25