John Simon

LB · BAL/HOU/IND/NE/TEN · 2013–2021

Born October 14, 1990 · College Ohio State · Drafted 2013, round 4, pick 129 (BAL) · 6-2, 260 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2013	BAL	4	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	HOU	7	12	1.5	6	2	0	1	0
2015	HOU	15	53	5.0	11	3	0	0	0
2015 playoffs	HOU	1	8	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2016	HOU	11	51	3.5	10	4	0	2	1
2017	IND	9	43	3.0	12	7	1	1	0
2018	NE	10	17	2.0	3	2	0	0	0
2018 playoffs	NE	3	4	0.5	1	1	0	1	0
2019	NE	15	44	4.0	7	3	1	4	1
2019 playoffs	NE	1	5	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2020	NE	16	53	2.0	4	4	0	3	0
2021	TEN	2	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Career	TEN	89	283	21.0	54	25	2	11	2

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	HOU	11	–	–	511	72.4
2017	IND	9	–	–	460	76.9
2018	NE	11	–	–	184	26.9
2018 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	81	45.0
2019	NE	16	–	–	472	47.5
2019 playoffs	NE	1	–	–	51	85.0
2020	NE	16	–	–	692	69.3
2021	TEN/PIT	3	–	–	48	24.2

Game logs

2021 game log (2 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
5	2021-10-10	@ JAX	W 37–19	3	0.0	0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ NE	L 13–36	3	0.0	0	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs MIA	W 21–11	4	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ SEA	L 30–35	8	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs LV	W 36–20	2	0.0	0
4	2020-10-05	@ KC	L 10–26	3	0.0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs DEN	L 12–18	4	1.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs SF	L 6–33	2	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ BUF	L 21–24	5	0.0	1
9	2020-11-09	@ NYJ	W 30–27	1	0.0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs BAL	W 23–17	5	1.0	1
11	2020-11-22	@ HOU	L 20–27	1	0.0	1
12	2020-11-29	vs ARI	W 20–17	4	0.0	0
13	2020-12-06	@ LAC	W 45–0	2	0.0	0
14	2020-12-10	@ LA	L 3–24	4	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	@ MIA	L 12–22	4	0.0	0
16	2020-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–38	3	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs NYJ	W 28–14	1	0.0	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	2	0.0	0	1
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	1	1.0	0	1
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	5	0.0	0	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	6	1.0	0	1
6	2019-10-10	vs NYG	W 35–14	2	0.0	1	1
7	2019-10-21	@ NYJ	W 33–0	3	1.0	0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	2	0.0	0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	1	0.0	0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	4	0.0	0	0
12	2019-11-24	vs DAL	W 13–9	1	0.0	0	0
13	2019-12-01	@ HOU	L 22–28	5	0.0	0	0
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	3	0.0	0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	3	0.0	0	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	3	1.0	0	0
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	3	0.0	0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	5	0.0	0	0

2018 game log (13 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
4	2018-09-30	vs MIA	W 38–7	5	1.0	0
5	2018-10-04	vs IND	W 38–24	1	0.0	0
8	2018-10-29	@ BUF	W 25–6	2	0.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs GB	W 31–17	2	0.0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	1	0.0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ NYJ	W 27–13	1	0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	1	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	1	1.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	1	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–12	2	0.0	0
P19	2019-01-13	vs LAC	W 41–28	2	0.0	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ KC	W 37–31 OT	2	0.5	0
P21	2019-02-03	@ LA	W 13–3	0	0.0	1

2017 game log (9 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ LA	L 9–46	6	0.0	0	0
2	2017-09-17	vs ARI	L 13–16 OT	5	1.0	0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs CLE	W 31–28	6	1.0	0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ SEA	L 18–46	4	0.0	0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs SF	W 26–23 OT	6	0.0	0	0
6	2017-10-16	@ TEN	L 22–36	11	1.0	1	1
7	2017-10-22	vs JAX	L 0–27	1	0.0	0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs TEN	L 16–20	1	0.0	0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ JAX	L 10–30	3	0.0	0	0

2016 game log (11 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	vs CHI	W 23–14	6	1.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs KC	W 19–12	6	1.5	0
3	2016-09-22	@ NE	L 0–27	3	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs TEN	W 27–20	3	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ MIN	L 13–31	5	0.0	1
6	2016-10-16	vs IND	W 26–23 OT	9	0.0	0
7	2016-10-24	@ DEN	L 9–27	3	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	vs DET	W 20–13	8	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	@ JAX	W 24–21	6	1.0	1
11	2016-11-21	@ LV	L 20–27	1	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs CIN	W 12–10	1	0.0	0

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2015-09-13	vs KC	L 20–27	4	0.0
3	2015-09-27	vs TB	W 19–9	1	0.0
4	2015-10-04	@ ATL	L 21–48	5	0.0
5	2015-10-08	vs IND	L 20–27	3	0.0
6	2015-10-18	@ JAX	W 31–20	2	1.0
7	2015-10-25	@ MIA	L 26–44	6	1.0
8	2015-11-01	vs TEN	W 20–6	7	0.0
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	3	1.0
11	2015-11-22	vs NYJ	W 24–17	3	0.5
12	2015-11-29	vs NO	W 24–6	3	0.0
13	2015-12-06	@ BUF	L 21–30	6	0.0
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	1	0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ IND	W 16–10	3	1.0
16	2015-12-27	@ TEN	W 34–6	1	0.0
17	2016-01-03	vs JAX	W 30–6	5	0.5
P18	2016-01-09	vs KC	L 0–30	8	0.0

2014 game log (7 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
6	2014-10-09	vs IND	L 28–33	3	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	@ TEN	W 30–16	0	0.0	0
9	2014-11-02	vs PHI	L 21–31	2	0.5	1
11	2014-11-16	@ CLE	W 23–7	1	0.0	0
13	2014-11-30	vs TEN	W 45–21	3	0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	@ IND	L 10–17	2	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs BAL	W 25–13	1	0.0	0

2013 game log (4 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2013-09-15	vs CLE	W 14–6	1
3	2013-09-22	vs HOU	W 30–9	1
4	2013-09-29	@ BUF	L 20–23	1
16	2013-12-22	vs NE	L 7–41	1