CINCINNATI -- Injuries affected much of what the Cincinnati Bengals could accomplish in 2014.

Still, they had to play around those who were hurt. As a result, several backups, even a couple of rookies, saw more playing time than they probably were expected to have. As we continue reviewing the season, we're spending the next few days briefly analyzing the snap-count percentages for individual players at specific positions.

Injury-free in 2013, A.J. Green led all Bengals receivers in snaps taken that year. Part of 1,021 plays, he was on the field 93.1 percent of the time. In fact, until this season, he had been among the top two receivers on the team from a playing-time standpoint every other year of his career. The player in those three seasons who had either the most or second-most snaps among the pass-catchers was Gresham.

Jermaine Gresham likely would have slipped out of the top two this season had Green been healthier and had Tyler Eifert not dislocated his elbow in the season opener. Lost for the season, Eifert was part of just eight plays. He played well during them, catching three passes for 37 yards.

Brandon Tate was part of just 345 snaps his first three seasons with the Bengals. This season, he was in on 465 plays, good enough for the 45.7 snap-count percentage, his highest since with Cincinnati. Again, injuries to Green and Marvin Jones necessitated him being among those who received more action than expected when the year began.

One other player who might not have expected much action last July, but who certainly would have received much more, was the rookie James Wright. His 176 snaps all came ahead of a Week 13 knee injury at Tampa Bay that cost him the rest of the season. Just before the injury, his playing time was beginning to increase. He went over the 20-play mark in a game for the first time in Week 11. The following week, he was part of 39 plays. Then he played 22 the afternoon he caught three passes -- all third-down conversions -- in the 14-13 win against the Buccaneers.

The seventh-round pick was destined for more action and more playmaking opportunities had he been healthy in the remaining games.