Falcons’ playtime percentage breakdown vs. Cowboys

After splitting up the snaps in the season opener, James Carpenter took the bulk of the action at left guard in the Falcons' historic 40-39 loss Sunday to the Dallas Cowboys.

Carpenter, who played his best game as a Falcons against Seattle, played 70 of the 75 offensive snaps (93%). Rookie Matt Hennessy, who played 23% of the snaps against Seattle, played just five plays (7%) against Dallas.

Matt Gono, who took over for Kaleb McGary, played 57 snaps (76%). McGary suffered a sprained left MCL.

Wide receiver Julio Jones, who’s trying to play through a hamstring injury, played 59 snaps (79%) and running back Todd Gurley played 48 snaps (64%).

On the defensive side, injuries to safety Ricardo Allen, defensive end/linebacker Takk McKinley and linebacker Foye Oluokun gave other players some significant playing time.

Also, defensive end/linebacker Dante Fowler, is clearly playing through an ankle injury, played 57 of 82 snaps (70%).

Here’s the percentage of playing time per player for the Falcons in their historic 40-39 loss to Dallas:

Offense Special Teams

C Lindstrom G 75 100% 7 19%

J Matthews T 75 100% 7 19%

M Ryan QB 75 100%

A Mack C 75 100%

J Carpenter G 70 93% 7 19%

C Ridley WR 63 84% 2 6%

R Gage WR 62 83%

J Jones WR 59 79% 2 6%

M Gono T 57 76% 7 19%

H Hurst TE 49 65% 9 25%

T Gurley RB 48 64%

L Stocker TE 29 39% 18 50%

K McGary T 19 25% 3 8%

O Zaccheaus WR 16 21% 19 53%

B Hill RB 15 20% 12 33%

K Smith FB 12 16% 21 58%

I Smith RB 11 15%

C Blake WR 9 12% 7 19%

M Hennessy G 5 7%

J Graham TE 1 1% 11 31%

DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS

I Oliver CB 82 100% 8 22%

A Terrell CB 82 100% 6 17%

D Dennard CB 79 96% 3 8%

D Kazee SS 77 94% 11 31%

D Jones LB 77 94% 8 22%

G Jarrett DT 68 83% 6 17%

K Neal FS 64 78% 15 42%

D Fowler DE 57 70%

S Means DE 51 62% 9 25%

M Walker LB 46 56% 22 61%

J Cominsky DT 43 52% 9 25%

T Davison DT 34 41% 10 28%

J Tuioti-Mariner DE 33 40% 22 61%

A Bailey DE 30 37% 6 17%

R Allen CB 19 23%

F Oluokun LB 18 22%

T McKinley DE 14 17%

D Senat DT 13 16%

L Reynolds LB 11 13% 21 58%

J Hawkins FS 4 5% 17 47%

SPECIAL TEAMS

S Neasman CB 29 81%

Y Koo K 16 44%

S Hofrichter P 11 31%

J Harris LS 11 31%

B Powell WR 10 28%

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