Browns’ defensive snap counts, stats, and notes: Week 9 - Communication

Chris Pokorny is the founder of Dawgs By Nature and provides editorial oversite. A lifelong Browns fan and traveler, Chris' coverage of the team includes travel tips for road games and so much more. Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on defense for the Cleveland Browns ' Week 9 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Week 9 Defensive Snap Counts

----------%DLMyles Garrett4477%4 tackles, 1 assist (5 combined). 3 sacks, 3 TFL, 5 QH.DLZa'Darius Smith2951%1 tackle (1 combined). 1 TFL, 1 QH.DLOgbo Okoronkwo2849%3 tackles (3 combined). 2 TFL.DLDalvin Tomlinson2646%2 tackles, 1 assist (3 combined). 2 TFL, 3 QH.DLShelby Harris2646%4 assists (4 combined). 0.5 sack, 1 QH.DLIsaiah McGuire2646%2 tackles, 1 assist (3 combined). 1 TFL.DLMike Hall2544%1 tackle, 1 assist (2 combined). 1 QH.DLMaurice Hurst1323%No stats registered.DLSam Kamara1119%No stats registered.%LBMohamoud Diabate5291%2 tackles, 2 assists (4 combined). 1 pass defended.LBDevin Bush4681%6 tackles, 2 assists (8 combined). 1 sack, 1 TFL.LBWinston Reid1526%1 assist (1 combined).LBNathaniel Watson611%No stats registered.LBKhaleke Hudson24%No stats registered.%CBDenzel Ward5189%1 tackle (1 combined). 2 passes defended.CBMartin Emerson4884%4 tackles, 1 assist (5 combined).CBGreg Newsome3968%1 pass defended.CBCameron Mitchell1119%1 tackle, 1 assist (2 combined).CBMike Ford24%No stats registered.%SGrant Delpit5698%5 tackles, 2 assists (7 combined).SJuan Thornhill4477%2 tackles, 3 assists (5 combined).SRodney McLeod2035%No stats registered.SRonnie Hickman712%No stats registered. DL: It wasn't the Browns' defensive line that was responsible for the loss to the Chargers. Myles Garrett had three sacks on the day (although all of them came within a four-play stretch), and then the now-departed Za'Darius Smith (77.8), Dalvin Tomlinson (89.1), and Isaiah McGuire (78.8) were the team's top-three graded defenders, according to PFF.LB: Even though the Browns' front seven didn't appear to be the reason for their downfall against the Chargers, the team still missed their anchor in Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, as Mohamoud Diabate tries to take on a bigger role for these next couple of weeks. Winston ReidNathaniel Watson had some snaps, but not a significant amount.CB: This has been a great, lockdown season for Denzel Ward. And yet, it's frustrating that two communication errors led to wide-open touchdowns. Was it on Ward or Juan Thornhill? They each took the blame.

The Browns' safety plan this week obviously gets lumped into the negative, due to the Thornhill/Ward situation. And still, it has to be so stunning that with a defensive front that generates as many pressures as Cleveland does, that the defense has one interception all season (and that was from a linebacker).