The Eagles’ Week 8 snap counts offered a pretty clear picture of where the roster is headed, even in a loss to Washington: more looks for the young pieces, fewer meaningful answers in a few spots, and a whole lot of usage that didn’t exactly translate into much.
On offense, Jordan Mailata remained the only Eagle to play every single offensive snap this season. He’s also logged 11.79% of the team’s special teams snaps, which is a neat little extra note for a player already carrying a massive workload.
The starting offensive line has now stayed intact for the last three games, and that group has played 100% of the offense in each of those contests. The continuity is there. The results, not so much.
At receiver, Darius Cooper led the group in snaps for the second straight week. He finished second on the team with six targets, but those only turned into two catches for 19 yards.
Right behind him was Makai Lemon, who was one snap shy of Cooper for the second game in a row. Lemon drew a team-high nine targets and caught six of them for 57 yards.
He’s now up to 17 targets, 13 catches, 124 yards, and a touchdown, which is a step forward - just not quite the superstar leap some people seem ready to declare.
Dallas Goedert was another case of the numbers not matching the matchup. Washington has allowed the second-most fantasy points to tight ends this season, and Goedert still managed only four targets, though he caught all four for 30 yards.
The backfield belonged to Elijah Mitchell with Saquon Barkley limited by hamstring and back injuries. Mitchell handled more carries than Barkley by two fewer attempts and finished with four more yards.
He also saw six targets, turning those into four catches for three yards. Not exactly efficient.
Hollywood Brown made the most of his chances, catching both of his targets for 17 yards. Elijah Moore, meanwhile, continued to disappear. He has gone targetless in four of his six games this season.
Johnny Mundt’s role keeps shrinking. Since Week 5, his snap percentage has dropped every week: 32.3% to 29.7% to 24.2% to 18.8%. At this point, the usage trend is hard to ignore.
Eli Stowers put up three catches for 53 yards, but that line came with a giant asterisk. Forty-six of those yards came in garbage time on the final two plays with Washington in prevent defense. Still, he did make a real seven-yard grab earlier in the game when things were still competitive, and that’s the kind of rep the Eagles should probably keep giving him as they move toward evaluation mode.
Grant Calcaterra’s presence was once again hard to justify. Jaydon Blue also got some offensive snaps late, though he didn’t do much beyond that and also looked ineffective as a kick returner.
There were a couple of interesting wrinkles in the run game. Willie Lampkin lined up at fullback on a Saquon Barkley carry, which was at least a fun look, even if the block itself wasn’t great. Fred Johnson also checked in as a sixth offensive lineman on Barkley’s touchdown run.
Defensively, Andrew Mukuba briefly left after being checked for a concussion. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. started in place of the injured Jihaad Campbell and led the Eagles in total tackles, while also grading well by Pro Football Focus.
Jalen Carter was better than he was in Week 7 against Dallas, though he still wasn’t the force the Eagles need him to be. Nolan Smith, back after missing Week 7, led the edge rushers and is now tied with Carter for the team lead with four sacks.
Jordan Davis has posted his two highest snap percentages of the season over the last two weeks, but the production hasn’t followed. He’s managed just one solo tackle in that span.
The Eagles even ended up highlighting Moro Ojomo’s tackle for loss on social media, which says plenty about how thin the list of good news has gotten.
Jonathan Greenard played his highest percentage of snaps this season and finished with a solo tackle and nothing else. He has just one quarterback hit on the year.
Arnold Ebiketie returned to a more normal rotational edge role after injuries had pushed him into a bigger one. Jalyx Hunt’s playing time is still being limited by injuries.
Kenny Moore and Marcus Epps, both previously demoted out of a defensive role, shared time on the field. Ty Robinson, meanwhile, looks like someone the Eagles need to keep getting on the field simply to see what they have. Michael Carter II appeared to re-aggravate his abdomen injury.
On special teams, Mason Reiger saw plenty of action after being temporarily elevated from the practice squad, making his NFL regular-season debut. A.J. Epenesa was limited to special teams after having a rotational defensive role earlier, which raises the question of whether the Eagles might try to move him before the deadline or simply cut him and sign Reiger or Keyshawn James-Newby instead.
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