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Eagles-Cowboys snap counts: Jalyx Hunt joins pass rush rotation
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Eagles-Cowboys snap counts: Jalyx Hunt joins pass rush rotation

The official tallies for the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 10 road win over the Dallas Cowboys are in! Let’s take a look and go through some analysis.

OFFENCE

  • 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 the game.
  • The starters 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 since Week 6.
  • Saquon Barkley’s fifteen touches were his second fewest this season. He previously had 12 in the Eagles’ blowout loss in Week 4. The Eagles will likely prepare him for heavy use Thursday night against the Washington Commanders.
  • Jahan Dotson had a 27-yard shoulder grab on his lone target. He has a maximum of two catches for 63 yards over the last two games after registering just 35 yards in his first seven games. Hot streak!
  • Kenny Gainwell and Will Shipley took advantage of the Eagles controlling Barkley’s touches.
  • Johnny Wilson caught his lone target for a five-yard touchdown. Red zone weapon!
  • The Eagles have made it a point to give Ainias Smith at least one designed touch each of the last two weeks.
  • Kenny Pickett completed one of his two pass attempts for five yards. He missed Grant Calcaterra for what should have been a first.
  • Ben VanSumeren took snaps again as the Eagles’ fullback.

DEFENSE

  • With only three active full-time safeties, CJ Gardner-Johnson remained in the game, while Reed Blankenship played ahead of him. He took advantage of playing in garbage time to beat 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 an animal.
  • Jalen Carter played his second-lowest percentage this season. But it still wasn’t super low: 72%. For perspective, this would have been his second-highest snap count percentage last season.
  • Isaiah Rodgers saw much of the 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 deserving more playing time weren’t just lip service. The rookie ended up logging the second-most snaps in the edge rusher rotation. Hunt didn’t just limit himself to action in the time of apostasy either. Check out this footage from the first half when the Eagles entered the third quarter with just an eight-point lead:

Hunt recorded one solo tackle and he managed to slightly deflect a pass from Cooper Rush, creating an interception opportunity for Nakobe Dean. Hunt had played just 17 defensive snaps prior to this game, and most of that action came in garbage time.

  • Nolan Smith was evaluated in the medical tent at one point, so his snap count was slightly lower than it would have been had he not missed time.
  • Jordan Davis played his second-lowest percentage this season.
  • Bryce Huff’s first snaps didn’t come until early in the second quarter. And he ended up with just 12 shots, after registering just six last week. But he did make the most of his limited action with one strip sack and one TFL.
  • Sydney Brown has recorded 20 bad times since returning from the PUP list. It seems like a great way to help him recover from his injury.

SPECIAL TEAMS

  • With the Eagles scoring six times, it was an active game for Braden Mann as the kickoff man. He also had four steps.
  • Jake Elliott made his two field goal attempts (39, 38) and his four extra point kicks.

DID NOT PLAY

INACTIVE: Eli Ricks, Tristin McCollum, Darian Kinnard, Trevon Keegan, Tanner McKee

  • Ricks has been a healthy scratch more often than not this season.
  • McCollum was a healthy scratch for the second week in a row.