As always, we’ll start by telling you that Christian McCaffrey (68) still played 100% of the snaps – the Panthers have shown for the past two seasons that unless Carolina has a big lead late in the fourth quarter, which was the only time in the first quarter of the season the bellcow back has given way to backup Reggie Bonnafon.

After a season-high 17 snaps for Chris Hogan (8) last week, he was back to less than half of that as the team relied on Curtis Samuel (61), DJ Moore (60) and Jarius Wright (47) for most of the wide receiver snaps in Houston – Wright was the most productive with five catches for 59 yards in fewer snaps, although Samuel was responsible for a 36-yard pass interference penalty in the first quarter.

With Chris Manhertz entering the concussion protocol, both Ian Thomas and Alex Armah got 10 snaps, likely splitting the 30 that would have gone to the Panthers blocking tight end had he played the entire game. Greg Olsen (66) only sat out two snaps and Taylor Moton left for one play after being poked in the eye.

Bruce Irvin (27) made his season debut and was behind Brian Burns (38) and Mario Addison (53) in the edge rusher rotation as the Panthers also utilized Christian Miller (19) and Marquis Haynes (12) on the outside, especially after Burns exited briefly in the first half with a bruised wrist. While Vernon Butler (11) made the start with Kawann Short missing another game, he played the fewest snaps of any defensive lineman – but his forced fumble helped salt the game away in the fourth quarter.

With Eric Reid (66) injuring his ankle, Colin Jones (3) subbed in for a few snaps and the Panthers turned to special teamer Natrell Jamerson (2) for a couple of snaps on the outside while Ross Cockrell (69), who played 100% of the snaps, moved to the inside corner position. With Cockrell starting for Donte Jackson on the outside, Javien Elliott (42) saw the field for over 60% of the snaps after not playing at all last week in Arizona.

Shaq Thompson led the team with 12 tackles and a sack on 97% of the defensive snaps.

Check out the full snap counts here:

Player Position Offensive Snaps Percentage Defensive Snaps Percentage Special Teams Percentage G Little T 68 100% 4 16% D Williams T 68 100% 4 16% M Paradis C 68 100% 4 16% G Van Roten G 68 100% 4 16% C McCaffrey RB 68 100% K Allen QB 68 100% T Moton T 67 99% 4 16% G Olsen TE 66 97% C Samuel WR 61 90% D Moore WR 60 88% J Wright WR 47 69% A Armah FB 10 15% 13 52% C Manhertz TE 10 15% 4 16% I Thomas TE 10 15% C Hogan WR 8 12% 10 40% D Daley G 1 1% J Bradberry CB 69 100% 3 12% L Kuechly LB 69 100% 3 12% R Cockrell CB 69 100% 2 8% T Boston FS 69 100% S Thompson LB 67 97% 3 12% E Reid SS 66 96% 3 12% M Addison LB 53 77% G McCoy DT 46 67% 3 12% J Elliott CB 42 61% 7 28% B Burns LB 38 55% 7 28% D Poe NT 38 55% 3 12% J Carter LB 27 39% 11 44% B Irvin LB 27 39% 1 4% C Miller LB 19 28% K Love NT 19 28% E Obada DE 13 19% 12 48% M Haynes LB 12 17% 19 76% V Butler DE 11 16% 3 12% C Jones FS 3 4% 21 84% N Jamerson CB 2 3% 20 80% R Gaulden SS 18 72% A Smith LB 18 72% R Bonnafon RB 17 68% R McCloud WR 13 52% J Scarlett RB 10 40% J Slye K 9 36% J Jansen LS 9 36% M Palardy P 9 36% T Larsen C 4 16%