Eagles Snap Counts: Graham Jumps Ahead Of Hunt
Here’s a look at snap counts for the Eagles during their Week 3 loss against the Cardinals. We’ll go position-by-position.
| Overall Snaps | Snap % | |
|---|---|---|
| LeSean McCoy | 51 | 80% |
| Bryce Brown | 10 | 16% |
| Stanley Havili | 12 | 19% |
Brown spelled McCoy a little bit more than usual. McCoy finished with 16 touches, including 13 carries for 70 yards. Of course, only four of those carries came in the first half as the Eagles called 25 pass plays and five runs in the first two quarters.
Brown had four carries for 28 yards, including a 17-yarder, which was his best run of the season. Chris Polk was once again active but did not play any offensive snaps. It’s tough to figure why Dion Lewis is still on the roster. He appeared to be a healthy scratch. Perhaps the Eagles are holding on to him in the event that McCoy suffers a long-term injury? It seems clear now that they have pegged Brown as McCoy’s backup.
| Overall Snaps | Snap % | |
|---|---|---|
| DeSean Jackson | 63 | 98% |
| Jason Avant | 56 | 88% |
| Damaris Johnson | 56 | 88% |
| Mardy Gilyard | 6 | 9% |
| Brent Celek | 54 | 84% |
| Clay Harbor | 11 | 17% |
Considering that the Eagles were without Jeremy Maclin and Riley Cooper, the guess going in was that perhaps they’d play with more two tight-end sets. Brent Celek and Clay Harbor were off to good starts in the first two weeks. But that was not the case. As you can see, the Eagles played with three wide receivers or more on 88 percent of their snaps. We’ll get a better idea when the All-22 tape comes out, but it sure seemed like there were several occasions where Michael Vick couldn’t find anyone open.
Johnson finished with five catches for 84 yards. He was the team’s most targeted receiver (11). Jackson had three catches for 43 yards, but needed 10 targets to compile those numbers. Avant had three catches for 38 yards, and Gilyard was targeted once.
As for the tight ends, Brent Celek had two catches for 36 yards on six targets, including one 34-yard gain. Harbor saw his least playing time of the season and was not targeted.
| Overall Snaps | Snap % | |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Landri | 39 | 63% |
| Jason Babin | 33 | 53% |
| Trent Cole | 32 | 52% |
| Fletcher Cox | 31 | 50% |
| Cedric Thornton | 28 | 45% |
| Cullen Jenkins | 28 | 45% |
| Darryl Tapp | 28 | 45% |
| Brandon Graham | 17 | 27% |
| Phillip Hunt | 12 | 19% |
We had speculated last week about Graham seeing a bump in playing time, and he did, taking snaps away from Hunt. Graham played 17 snaps to Hunt’s 12. Graham’s snaps have gone up in each of the first three weeks – from four to nine to 17.
Landri saw the most snaps of any defensive lineman. Cox left the game for a period in the first half because of migraines. Jenkins started, but saw fewer snaps than Cox. It looks like that will probably be the case most weeks.
Babin had 1.5 sacks. Tapp, Cole and Graham each had 0.5.
| Overall Snaps | Snap % | |
|---|---|---|
| DeMeco Ryans | 62 | 100% |
| Mychal Kendricks | 55 | 89% |
| Brian Rolle | 16 | 26% |
| Akeem Jordan | 14 | 23% |
Ryans was once again an every-down player, staying on the field for all 62 defensive snaps. As far as I could tell, Kendricks only came out in dime situations. Jordan started the game at WILL, but suffered a hamstring injury and was replaced by Rolle.
| Overall Snaps | Snap % | |
|---|---|---|
| Nnamdi Asomugha | 62 | 100% |
| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | 59 | 95% |
| Brandon Boykin | 32 | 52% |
| Brandon Hughes | 10 | 16% |
| Nate Allen | 62 | 100% |
| Kurt Coleman | 62 | 100% |
Asomugha, Allen and Coleman played all 62 snaps. For some reason, the Eagles seem to have a package where they replace Rodgers-Cromartie with Hughes for a handful of snaps. I’ve noticed that in each of the last two games. Hughes also played in dime, ahead of Curtis Marsh, who was active.
Boykin was on the field for 32 snaps in nickel and dime packages.
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