Eagles Snap Counts: Babin Still Ahead Of Graham

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Here’s a look at snap counts for the Eagles during their Week 9 loss against the Saints. We’ll go position-by-position.

Overall Snaps Snap % LeSean McCoy 64 81% Stanley Havili 18 23% Bryce Brown 11 14%

LeSean McCoy had one of his best games of the year with 19 carries for 119 yards. For the first time all season, the Eagles kept all four running backs – McCoy, Bryce Brown, Chris Polk and Dion Lewis – active. Lewis did not play at all. Brown played just 11 snaps, but made the most of them with four carries for 49 yards. Polk played special teams only and came up with the forced fumble in the third quarter on kickoff coverage. Stanley Havili played slightly less than normal.

Overall Snaps Snap % Jeremy Maclin 77 97% DeSean Jackson 77 97% Jason Avant 44 56% Riley Cooper 6 8% Brent Celek 73 92% Clay Harbor 25 32%

Nothing really noteworthy at wide receiver. Riley Cooper played just six snaps as the team’s fourth wide receiver. Damaris Johnson was active, but did not play offensively.

Celek was involved in both Eagles turnovers. He was probably held on the first one – a Michael Vick interception that bounced off his hand. And Celek fumbled in the fourth quarter with the team trying to stage a late-game comeback. He finished with five catches for 47 yards. Harbor saw his most action since Week 2. He had three catches for 20 yards.

Overall Snaps Snap % Trent Cole 37 66% Jason Babin 33 59% Cullen Jenkins 32 57% Fletcher Cox 25 45% Cedric Thornton 22 39% Derek Landri 21 38% Brandon Graham 21 38% Phillip Hunt 18 32% Mike Patterson 15 27%

Last week, the Jason Babin/Brandon Graham split was 33/31. This week, it was 33/21, as Babin saw significantly more playing time. Each player had a sack/forced fumble. Other than the two sacks, the Eagles were credited with just one hit on Drew Brees.

Mike Patterson saw his first action of the season, playing 15 snaps. Phillip Hunt didn’t play any defensive snaps last week, but filled in for Darryl Tapp (whose wife was giving birth) at right defensive end behind Trent Cole this week.

Overall Snaps Snap % DeMeco Ryans 56 100% Mychal Kendricks 56 100% Akeem Jordan 35 62% Casey Matthews 1 2%

The only thing notable here is that the Eagles were in their base defense with Akeem Jordan on the field for 62 percent of the snaps. Fourteen of Brees’ 21 completions went to tight ends and running backs. The Saints ran 25 times for 140 yards (5.6 YPC).

Overall Snaps Snap % Nnamdi Asomugha 56 100% Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 54 96% Brandon Boykin 21 38% Curtis Marsh 1 2% Kurt Coleman 56 100% David Sims 56 100%

David Sims filled in for Nate Allen. He missed a tackle on the Chris Ivory touchdown and got matched up with Jimmy Graham on several occasions. Sims led the Eagles with eight tackles, although many of those were after completed passes.

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