Playing time analysis.
The official snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 10 road win over the Dallas Cowboys are in! Let’s take a look and run through some analysis.
OFFENSE
- The Eagles pulled their starters early but Fred Johnson and Mekhi Becton had to play the entire game with only eight offensive linemen active. Jack Driscoll, Nick Gates, and Tyler Steen came in to finish out the game.
- The starters who were rested missed at least 14 snaps.
- Dallas Goedert caught two of his three targets for 25 yards and a touchdown in his first game played since Week 6.
- Saquon Barkley’s 15 total touches were his second-fewest this season. He previously had 12 in the Eagles’ Week 4 blowout loss. The Eagles are likely gearing him up for heavy usage on Thursday night against the Washington Commanders.
- Jahan Dotson had a back-shoulder grab for 27 yards on his sole target. He’s up to two catches for 63 yards over the past two games after only logging 35 yards over his first seven games. Hot streak!
- Kenny Gainwell and Will Shipley benefited from the Eagles managing Barkley’s touches.
- Johnny Wilson caught his sole target for a five-yard touchdown. Red zone weapon!
- The Eagles have made it a point to get Ainias Smith at least one designed touch each of the past two weeks.
- Kenny Pickett completed one of his two pass attempts for five yards. He missed Grant Calcaterra for what should’ve been a first down.
- Ben VanSumeren logged snaps as the Eagles’ fullback yet again.
DEFENSE
- With only three full-time safeties active, C.J. Gardner-Johnson remained in the game with Reed Blankenship coming out before him. He took advantage of playing in garbage time to get a pick off Trey Lance.
- Zack Baun led the team in tackles and had two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery despite not even playing the entire game. What a beast.
- Jalen Carter played his second-lowest snap count percentage this season. But it still wasn’t super low at 72%. For perspective, this would’ve been his second-highest snap count percentage last season.
- Isaiah Rodgers saw a good chunk of playing time filling in for Darius Slay, who was in and out of the lineup due to an ankle injury.
- Nick Sirianni’s comments about Jalyx Hunt earning more playing time weren’t just lip service. The rookie ended up logging the second-most snaps in the edge rusher rotation. Hunt wasn’t just limited to garbage time action, either. Check out these first half snaps from when the Eagles entered the third quarter up by just eight points:
Hunt logged one solo tackle and he managed to slightly deflect a Cooper Rush pass that created an interception opportunity for Nakobe Dean. Hunt had only played 17 defensive snaps prior to this game, with most of that action coming in garbage time.
- Nolan Smith was evaluated in the medical tent at...
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