The official snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 2 loss to the Atlanta Falcons are in. Let’s take a look and analyze them.

ATTACK

• Jordan Mailata hasn’t missed a snap since Oct. 30, 2022. The Eagles pulled their starting players late in the game with a big lead.
• Landon Dickerson looked a little battered at one point, but he didn’t miss a shot.
• This actually marks the first time in DeVonta Smith’s career that he has played 100 percent of the snaps in back-to-back games. DeVonta led the Eagles in targets with 10, and caught seven passes for 76 yards and one touchdown.
• Despite missing only two snaps, Dallas Goedert ranked fourth on the team in targets with just four. His three grabs went for 38 yards. Why haven’t the Eagles been able to get him involved more? Is he bad? Does Hurts just not want to throw to him? Are the coaches forgetting about him? What’s going on? How can Britain Covey get two more targets than Goedert?
• After 26 touches in Week 1, Saquon Barkley had 26 here. And he would have had 27 if he hadn’t dropped the pass at the end. Frankly, the Eagles didn’t use him enough, considering how good he looked.
• Jahan Dotson played 42% of the Eagles’ snaps in Week 1 before moving up to 79% this week. That said, he’s only been targeted once. That’s two targets in two games. Hurts doesn’t seem to trust him yet.
• Grant Calacterra tied his single-game catch record with two, and tied his fourth-highest single-game yardage with 19 yards.
• Despite playing just 32% of the snaps, Covey was second on the Eagles in targets with six. He caught them all for just 23 yards (3.8 average). Several plays were clearly designed targets for Covey rather than him being a checkdown option or a read in progression. The Eagles also had some weird personnel usage last year, so it’s probably not all on the offensive coordinator! More bizarre decision-making from Nick Sirianni.
• Johnny Wilson has a small role as a blocking receiver, though he has also seen two targets in two games (the same number as Dotson). Unlike Week 1, Wilson did not play on special teams in Week 2. This is likely due to the fact that he entered the game with a hamstring injury and was questionable to play.
• Parris Campbell was temporarily removed from the practice squad to provide more receiver depth. He did not see a target and did not play on special teams.
• With Saquon hitting one run for 10 yards and then another for 11 yards on Philly’s second drive, the Eagles had 1st-and-10 at Atlanta’s 15-yard line. Then Kenny Gainwell had two runs for just six yards total. That brought up 3rd-and-4 where Hurts threw an incomplete to Wilson in the end zone along the left sideline. And then Sirianni went for it and Hurts’ incomplete threw a turnover on downs. I get that Saquon might need a breather… but that doesn’t mean Gainwell doesn’t deserve multiple touches in a high-leverage situation! Those were his only two touches of the entire game! Again, more bizarre offensive personnel usage. Covey and Gainwell accounted for 44.44% of the Eagles’ non-QB red zone touches in this game. Why!
• EJ Jenkins has played a very small role as the third tight end, with the Eagles only able to temporarily remove him from the practice squad this season.
• Fred Johnson played a snap late in the game and declared himself tackle-eligible. Barkley ran for three yards on that play to set up 3rd-and-3, where Barkley dropped the game-sealing pass.

DEFENSE

• Quinyon Mitchell remained the starting cornerback opposite Darius Slay. He did not shift inside to play nickel.
• Zack Baun and Nakobe Dean were once again clearly the two best linebackers.
• Avonte Maddox was once again the Eagles’ best slot option and the Eagles played a lot of nickel.
• Jalen Carter’s snap count percentage was about the same as last week. He had one assisted tackle and no other stats in this game. A pretty disappointing start to the year for him. And Carter for some reason wasn’t on the field for the Falcons’ first drive? UPDATE: This is why Carter didn’t start:

• Josh Sweat was the Eagles’ leading edge rusher in terms of playing time. He’s the only Eagles edge rusher to produce a QB hit this season with two in two games. Hooray?
• Bryce Huff played just 45% of the Eagles’ defensive snaps in Week 1. He ranked fourth among Eagles edge rushers in playing time. Huff jumped to 52% this week, which ranks him second among Eagles edge rushers in playing time. Despite the increase, he failed to log a single stat that even showed up in the box score. Huff has one assisted tackle and zero other stats through two games this season. That’s pretty disturbing!

• Jordan Davis managed to block a Kirk Cousins ​​pass early, but otherwise didn’t stand out much. His snap count percentage dropped 5% from Week 1.
• Brandon Graham had a sack that was wiped out by a weak defensive holding penalty that had no impact on the game. On one hand, it’s cool for BG that he still looks like he can play in Year 15. On the other hand, it’s bad that he looks like their best pass rusher at this point in his career.
• Milton Williams is the Eagles’ only defensive lineman with a sack this season, coming up with a big third-down stop to force the Falcons into a red-zone field goal.
• Nolan Smith played 46% of the snaps in Week 1 before dropping to 38% in Week 2. It’s hard to say coaches are happy with what they’re seeing from the 2023 first-round pick.
• Trevor Booker recorded two tackles for loss despite only playing nine snaps! The rest of the defense combined for just 1 TFL (Williams). Maybe they should play him more!
• Kelee Ringo again played a very small role in defense.
• Cooper DeJean was down to one snap after playing six in Week 1. Vic Fangio clearly doesn’t trust him to play much. That could change as the season progresses… but probably sooner rather than later.

SPECIAL TEAMS

• Will Shipley had no offensive role this week, but he did make a nice special teams tackle on kickoff coverage.
• Jalyx Hunt made his NFL debut playing only on special teams.
• Braden Mann again kicked off.

NOT PLAYED

INACTIVE: AJ Brown, Devin White, Tanner McKee, Darian Kinnard, Trevor Keegan, Byron Young, Eli Ricks

ACTIVE: Kenny Pickett, Isaiah Rodgers

• Brown told ESPN he will be out for a few more weeks due to the hamstring injury he suffered in practice. Not good!

• White was a healthy scratch. The Eagles gave him $3.5 million guaranteed in the offseason.
• Ricks was a healthy player who made just one appearance on special teams in Week 1.
• Despite spending most of training camp as the first-team outside cornerback opposite Darius Slay, Rodgers hasn’t even played. It’s a little odd not to see him back for kick returns, to say the least.