Week 1 snap counts show Bills defense logged heavy workload; starters played many snaps

Starters such as Terrel Bernard, Christian Benford and C.J. Gardner-Johnson played every defensive snap; edge and interior defenders also logged heavy minutes, creating potential fatigue-management questions on a short week.

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- Defense: 79 snaps; offense: 58 snaps.
- Three defenders (ILB Terrel Bernard, CB Christian Benford, S C.J. Gardner-Johnson) played all 79 defensive snaps.
- Ed Oliver (65 snaps), Bradley Chubb (63 snaps) and Greg Rousseau carried heavy workloads among the front seven.
- Heavy snap totals on Sunday leave four days before Thursday's game at Highmark Stadium.
- Coaching staff may need to manage snaps for high-usage players to limit fatigue and injury risk.
- Special-teams and depth players got predictable shares; rotation choices may change this week.

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