Eagles-Rams snap counts: Jalen Carter totally dominated while nearly playing the entire game

Playing time analysis.

The official snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Divisional Round playoff win over the Los Angeles Rams are in! Let’s take a look and run through some analysis.

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OFFENSE

• Jalen Hurts did not miss a snap despite suffering a knee injury. Tough dude.
• Lane Johnson was not on the field for victory formation. Fred Johnson took that snap at right tackle.
• Despite missing just two snaps, A.J. Brown only had two catches for 14 yards. Both of them went for first downs. He was targeted seven times in total and would’ve had two more catches if not for drops.
• Dallas Goedert led the Eagles in receiving. His four targets resulted in four catches for 56 yards. Efficient. Eagles need to keep feeding him.
• DeVonta Smith’s four targets resulted in four catches for just 21 yards. But he became the Eagles’ new franchise leader in playoff receiving yards.
• Saquon Barkley logged 30 total touches, which is tied (with two other times) for the second-most he’s had this season. He produced 232 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. Pretty decent player.
• Jahan Dotson did not see a target despite playing 39 snaps. He should’ve been targeted at one point when he got wide open downfield.
• Not as much 12 personnel this week with Grant Calcaterra being limited to his second-lowest snap count percentage of the season. The only time he finished lower was in Week 18 when he was rested for part of the game.
• Johnny Wilson once again saw limited playing time as a blocking WR.
• Kenny Gainwell only played six snaps but made the most of his two touches by gaining 20 yards and two first downs.
• E.J. Jenkins has a very small role as TE3.
• Reed Blankenship was lined up deep behind victory formation as a precaution in the unlikely event of a fumble.

DEFENSE

• This was the first time Darius Slay played 100% of the Eagles’ defensive snaps since Week 11. It’s only the fourth time this season that he’s played the entire game on defense.
• Jalen Carter was an absolute force despite getting just two plays off. He filled up the box score with five total tackles, three quarterback hits, two sacks, two tackles for loss, and one pass deflection. Carter had a season-saving sequence late in the game by sacking Stafford to turn 3rd-and-2 at the plus 13-yard line into 4th-and-11. Then he also pressured Stafford into an incompletion on fourth down. Still had gas left in the tank to take over the game at the end. What a beast!
• Lots of nickel defense with Cooper DeJean nearly playing the entire game.
• There was thought that Oren Burks might share snaps with rookie Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Not the case. And understandably so with Burks playing relatively well.
• Josh Sweat played his highest snap count by far. His previous high was 51....