49ers snap count: Wide receivers washed away against Patriots

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SANTA CLARA – In the absence of Torrey Smith, the 49ers on Sunday used five different wide receivers.

It was difficult to tell.

Only two of the 49ers’ wideouts caught passes Sunday in the 49ers’ 30-17 loss to the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium.

On this day, Chris Harper and Quinton Patton ranked fifth and sixth on the team in receiving. Harper had two receptions for 35 yards, while Patton caught two passes for 17 yards. Patton played 54 snaps, while Harper was on the field for 33 offensive plays.

Afterward, 49ers coach Chip Kelly admitted the 49ers are far from being a team that offers an abundance of threats in the passing game. Smith missed the first game of his NFL career on Sunday due to a shoulder injury.

“That’s just not what we’re built for,” Kelly said. “Torrey wasn’t in (the game). We don’t have a go to wide receiver that’s going to elicit double coverage and then all of a sudden you’re going to get single matchups across the ball and then we can line up in empty sets all day long and throw the ball all over the lot. That’s just not the way we’re built right now.”

Slot receiver Jeremy Kerley started and played 42 snaps. He had six passes thrown his way but was held without a catch for the first time this season. Kerley remains as the 49ers’ top receiver this season with 40 catches for 424 yards.

Harper played 33 snaps, while rookie Aaron Burbridge was on the field for 29 plays and Rod Streater saw action on seven plays.

Here’s a look at the complete playing time of every 49ers player on offensive, defensive and special teams:

Offense
62 -- QB Colin Kaepernick, LT Joe Staley, LG Zane Beadles, C Daniel Kilgore, RG Joshua Garnett, RT Trent Brown
54 -- WR Quinton Patton
46 -- TE Vance McDonald
42 -- WR Jeremy Kerley
40 -- RB Carlos Hyde
33 -- TE Garrett Celek, WR Chris Harper
29 -- WR Aaron Burbridge
13 -- RB DuJuan Harris
9 -- RB Shaun Draughn
7 -- WR Rod Streater
4 -- TE Blake Bell

Defense
75 -- LB Nick Bellore
74 -- DL DeForest Buckner, SS Antoine Bethea
72 -- FS Eric Reid, CB Tramaine Brock
65 -- CB Jimmie Ward
57 -- LB Ahmad Brooks
54 -- LB Eli Harold
42 -- LB Gerald Hodges
41 -- DL Quinton Dial
38 -- DL Glenn Dorsey
37 -- DL Ronald Blair
35 -- CB Rashard Robinson
26 -- DB Jaquiski Tartt, LB Tank Carradine
14 -- CB Keith Reaser
12 -- LB Michael Wilhoite, DL Tony Jerod-Eddie
5 -- CB Dontae Johnson
3 -- DL Mike Purcell
1 -- LB Shayne Skov, DB JaCorey Shepherd

Special teams
26 -- Johnson, Skov
21 -- Bell, Wilhoite
17 -- Burbridge, Streater
15 -- Draughn, Bellore
13 -- Tartt, Shepherd
11 -- Kyle Nelson, Bradley Pinion, Celek, Reaser
10 -- Jerod-Eddie
9 -- Ward
8 -- Buckner, Dial
7 -- Phil Dawson, Reid, Brooks
6 -- McDonald, Harris
5 -- Marcus Cromartie, Kerley, Blair, Purcell
4 -- Brock
3 -- Andrew Tiller, Garnett, Brown, Staley, Beadles
2 -- Dorsey
1 -- Harold, Carradine

Did not play
QB Blaine Gabbert
C Marcus Martin

Not active
QB Christian Ponder
RB Mike Davis
OLB Aaron Lynch (ankle)
T John Theus
WR Torrey Smith (shoulder)
TE Je’Ron Hamm
DT Chris Jones

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