SimiFehoko

Oct 12

The former first-round pick was a healthy inactive, and it was recently announced that he would be traded to the Houston Texans.

Arizona used a straightforward rotation over the first four weeks. Michael Wilson played in 11, 12 and 13 personnel, Harrison in 11 and 12 personnel and Kendrick Bourne in 11 personnel. Brooks played 13 snaps and Simi Fehoko played 12, with nearly half of their snaps coming in garbage time. With Harrison inactive, fifth-round rookie Reggie Virgil was active for the first time in his career. Brooks largely took over as Arizona's X receiver, catching two passes for 16 yards. Fehoko rotated in for Brooks at times on early downs, while Virgil saw significant playing time in garbage time. Brooks will likely see the most playing time in the short term, but the Cardinals are currently 1-4, and they could slowly but surely shift to some of their younger players. If that happens, we could see Virgil take over as the X receiver at some point this season.

Sep 21

This week, the 11 personnel usage was the same, with all three seeing at least 29 of the 30 snaps. The first difference was in single-receiver sets, where Wilson took seven of eight snaps after last week’s split. In two-receiver sets, Harrison only played in seven of 10 snaps, excluding kneel-downs. Harrison often played 100% of 12 personnel snaps last season, and only fell to 70% or fewer when he was injured. Simi Fehoko was the receiver taking snaps from Harrison in 12 personnel. Most of the plays he missed this week were run plays, so his target rate was a much bigger problem than his snap rate, but the fact that his snaps subtly decreased could be something worth monitoring going forward.