Hue Jackson reacts to a call on Sunday afternoon. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns and Steelers played to a 21-21 tie on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium. It was a little anticlimactic.

The great thing about opening week, though, win, lose or draw, is that a team's coaching staff has to finally show their hand -- not completely, but most of it.

One of the best ways to see who a team trusts and who they value is to look at snap counts, especially over the season as playing time starts to trend upwards or downwards.

The Browns played 89 offensive snaps on Sunday and 84 defensive snaps. The full breakdown is below, but first, here's a look at some of the key snap count takeaways (counts provided by NFL):

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David Njoku played a lot

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David Njoku is unable to haul in a pass while getting hit against the Steelers. (John Kuntz, cleveland.com)

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This will make a lot of people happy. One of the complaints a season ago was that Njoku wasn't on the field enough. He played 78 offensive snaps (88 percent) on Sunday. The other three tight ends on the roster combined to play 52 snaps.

Njoku was targeted seven times and caught three of them for 13 yards.

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Antonio Callaway didn't play much

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Callaway played a lot early when Gordon was on the bench, but only ended up with 15 snaps. The bulk of the wide receiver snaps went to Jarvis Landry (81) and Josh Gordon (69). Rashard Higgins logged 54 snaps. It appears it's going to be Callaway early on who loses out when the Browns use Njoku and Duke Johnson in the slot or outside.

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Small committee

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Carlos Hyde celebrates his touchdown on Sunday. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

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It was mostly Carlos Hyde and Duke Johnson lined up in the backfield on Sunday. Hyde played 47 snaps and Johnson 41, though not all of those were in the backfield.

Rookie Nick Chubb played just four snaps and carried the ball on three of them. The other one was a pass play where he went the wrong way picking up a blitzer and got Tyrod Taylor hit.

If Chubb isn't a reliable pass blocker, he won't see much additional time.

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Joe Schobert led the linebackers

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Joe Schobert returns a fumble against the Steelers. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

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Linebacker playing time will be interesting, and it was Schobert who the Browns couldn't take off the field on Sunday, playing all 84 defensive snaps.

Christian Kirksey played 61 and Jamie Collins played 51.

Rookie Genard Avery, who spent a lot of time lined up as a defensive end in nickel packages, played 43 snaps.

When the Browns take one of the starters off for Avery, it looks like it will be either Collins or Kirksey.

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Denzel Ward played every snap

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Denzel Ward celebrates an interception. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

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The starting corners usually play all or most of the defense's snaps, and Ward was out there for every single one.

Terrance Mitchell's final tally on the day was 67 (80 percent). The reason? Damarious Randall played all but one snap. There were times when Randall jumped up and either played corner or played in the slot and Jabrill Peppers went back as the deep safety.

Peppers played 35 snaps and Derrick Kindred played 62.

Briean Boddy-Calhoun, the starter at nickel and the backup free safety, logged 62 snaps, including filling in for Randall.

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Along the defensive line

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Myles Garrett. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

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Myles Garrett never left the field. That's not a big surprise and it's something Hue Jackson wants to see.

"I showed him a stat of all of the top defensive ends," Jackson said, "how much they have been playing. Last year he played 71-percent and if I am not mistaken the top guy this past year was in the 98 percentile. So I think he was chasing that."

Emmanuel Ogbah (27 snaps) left the game with injury and it was mostly Chris Smith (57) in his place. They combined to equal the 84 defensive snaps. There wasn't much rotation on the ends of the line.

Inside, Larry Ogunjobi played 79 snaps. Trevon Coley was next on the interior with 42, and a big piece of that is the ability of some of the edge players to move inside with a linebacker -- mostly Avery -- lining up at end.

Only six defensive lineman played on Sunday, and one of them, Devaroe Lawrence, played just two snaps.

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Offensive snap counts (89 total plays)

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Kevin Zeitler G 89 (100 percent)

Chris Hubbard T 89 (100 percent)

Joel Bitonio G 89 (100 percent)

Desmond Harrison T 89 (100 percent)

JC Tretter C 89 (100 percent)

Tyrod Taylor QB 89 (100 percent)

Jarvis Landry WR 81 (91percent)

David Njoku TE 78 (88 percent)

Josh Gordon WR 69 (78 percent)

Rashard Higgins WR 54 (61 percent)

Carlos Hyde RB 47 (53 percent)

Duke Johnson RB 41 (46 percent)

Darren Fells TE 38 (43 percent)

Antonio Callaway WR 15 (17 percent)

Orson Charles TE 8 (9 percent)

Seth DeValve TE 6 (7 percent)

Nick Chubb RB 4 (4 percent)

Earl Watford G 3 (3 percent)

Derrick Willies WR 1 (1 percent)

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Defensive snap counts (84 total plays)

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Joe Schobert LB 84 (100 percent)

Myles Garrett DE 84 (100 percent)

Denzel Ward DB 84 (100 percent)

Damarious Randall CB 83 (99 percent)

Larry Ogunjobi DT 79 (94 percent)

Terrance Mitchell CB 67 (80 percent)

Derrick Kindred SS 62 (74 percent)

Briean Boddy-Calhoun CB 62 (74 percent)

Christian Kirksey LB 61 (73 percent)

Chris Smith DE 57 (68 percent)

Jamie Collins LB 51 (61 percent)

Genard Avery LB 43 (51 percent)

Trevon Coley DT 42 (50 percent)

Jabrill Peppers FS 35 (42 percent)

Emmanuel Ogbah DE 27 (32 percent)

Devaroe Lawrence DT 2 (2 percent)

T.J. Carrie CB 1 (1 percent)

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Special teams

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Kindred 32

Charles 31

Fells 28

Chubb 28

Tanner Vallejo 28

Peppers 24

Boddy-Calhoun 22

Denzel Rice 22

Carrie 20

DeValve 17

Willies 16

Charley Hughlett 16

Britton Colquitt 16

Randall 14

Mitchell 11

Zane Gonzalez 8

Tavierre Thomas 5

Zeitler 4

Hubbard 4

Bitonio 4

Harrison 4

Watford 4

Callaway 4

Schobert 4

Garrett 4

Ogunjobi 4

Kirksey 4

Collins 4

Ogbah 4

Greg Robinson 4

Higgins 1

Smith 1