Let's get to it:: GREG GRANDS FROM CORAL SPRINGS, FL: Why are they not playing Chase Claypool anymore? I notice the last three weeks he hasn't been on the field much, meanwhile all the other wide receivers are dropping balls left and right. Why not have Claypool on the field for his big play capabilities? ANSWER: In terms of snap counts, Chase Claypool's have been relatively consistent for a while now compared to the other wide receivers. In most games, Claypool finishes third in snap counts, with JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson being first and second, respectively. Against Washington, however, Claypool's offensive snaps were fourth, behind Smith-Schuster, Johnson, and Washington. What have declined, in Claypool's case, are his targets and receptions within those games. Against Washington, Claypool was targeted only four times and he finished with two catches for 38 yards, and against the Bills he was targeted six times and he finished with three catches for 15 yards. Opposing defenses are catching onto Claypool's abilities as a receiver, and they're paying closer attention to him and using better defensive backs against him. Another factor at play is trying to prevent Claypool from "hitting the rookie wall," because at Notre Dame he never played more than 13 games in any season, and in 2020 he already has played in 13 with the most significant ones still to come. When asked whether Claypool had hit the rookie wall, Coach Mike Tomlin said, "I'm not acknowledging that he has, but I'm acknowledging that there is a potential for that, and one of the ways you help a young man work through that is reduce his number of snaps, which is what you see us doing."