Week 7: Eagles Snap Count Analysis

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Here’s a look at how Chip Kelly and his staff divvied up playing time Sunday against the Cowboys.

Overall Snaps Snap % LeSean McCoy 75 94% Bryce Brown 8 10%

Bryce Brown spelled LeSean McCoy less than usual. This was the fewest (eight snaps) Brown has played all year and the most McCoy (75 snaps) has played. McCoy struggled to get going with 18 carries for 55 yards. Brown had two rushes for 4 yards. He’s had a disappointing season with 99 yards on 35 carries (2.8 YPC). Brown has not had a run of over 9 yards.

Overall Snaps Snap % DeSean Jackson 79 99% Jason Avant 76 95% Riley Cooper 67 84% Brent Celek 55 69% Zach Ertz 23 29% Jeff Maehl 15 19% Damaris Johnson 2 2%

The Eagles’ passing game was horrendous. DeSean Jackson played all but one snap (ankle), but had just three catches for 21 yards on eight targets. Riley Cooper was the team’s leading receiver with six grabs for 88 yards.

Prior to Sunday, Zach Ertz’s snaps had increased in four straight games. But he was on the field just 29 percent of the time vs. Dallas and had three catches for 33 yards. Brent Celek had one catch for 9 yards on four targets. Nick Foles had him open on a corner route in the first half, but overthrew him.

Jason Avant played a season-high 76 snaps. He was targeted 12 times and had three grabs for 32 yards.

Overall Snaps Snap % Fletcher Cox 59 77% Cedric Thornton 47 61% Vinny Curry 26 34% Isaac Sopoaga 24 31% Bennie Logan 21 27% Clifton Geathers 11 14%

Vinny Curry’s snaps have increased in five straight games. He played a season-high 26 snaps vs. Dallas and had one of the team’s two sacks.

Overall Snaps Snap % DeMeco Ryans 77 100% Mychal Kendricks 77 100% Connor Barwin 77 100% Trent Cole 59 77% Brandon Graham 18 23%

DeMeco Ryans, Mychal Kendricks and Connor Barwin each played 100 percent of the snaps. Trent Cole was replaced by Brandon Graham at times. Graham played 23 percent of the snaps.

Overall Snaps Snap % Nate Allen 77 100% Cary Williams 77 100% Bradley Fletcher 77 100% Earl Wolff 73 95% Brandon Boykin 43 56% Kurt Coleman 4 5%

Nate Allen, Bradley Fletcher and Cary Williams all played the whole game. Earl Wolff got banged-up after a collision with Dez Bryant, but only missed four snaps.

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