Eagles Snap Counts: Rasul Douglas Has an Efficient Evening

This is pretty crazy. Eagles backup cornerback Rasul Douglas played just two snaps in Thursday's 18-12 win over the Falcons.

He got the most out of them.

Douglas finished the game with one pass defensed and one interception, which ruined a Falcons' fourth-quarter trip to the red zone. Coaches always tell their reserves to stay ready, and this is why. Douglas was able to make a big impact on the game despite playing two snaps.

Other defensive snap notes:

- Jordan Hicks, in his return from an Achilles tear last season, played all 70 defensive snaps. He filled up the stat sheet too: 7 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 QBH, 1 PD.

- Even though he missed training camp and the preseason, Brandon Graham still played 46 snaps (66 percent). He got a lot of snaps inside. Michael Bennett played 45 in his Eagles debut.

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- Fletcher Cox played 65 snaps (93) percent and was a beast. Cox played that many snaps just twice all last regular season. The Eagles used Graham and Bennett inside so much that Destiny Vaeao played just 27 snaps and Haloti Ngata played 17.

- Kamu Grugier-Hill played 28 snaps and Nate Gerry played 26. The Eagles will get Nigel Bradham back from suspension for next week's game.

Offensive snap notes
- Nelson Agholor (68 of 72 snaps) and Mike Wallace (66 of 72) played a ton. That's probably going to be the case until Alshon Jeffery gets back. Wallace didn't have a catch on three targets.

- The surprising thing, though, was that Shelton Gibson got just four snaps, while DeAndre Carter got 53 in his NFL debut. The Eagles elected to keep Agholor outside and put Carter in the slot instead of putting Gibson outside and Agholor in the slot. I didn't expect that.

- Zach Ertz barely left the field. He didn't have a good game but missed just two snaps. Rookie Dallas Goedert played 17 snaps in his NFL debut.

- At running back, Jay Ajayi and Darren Sproles each had 29 snaps, while Corey Clement had 13. That seems like an awful lot for Sproles.

Here are full snap counts:

Offense
Stefen Wisniewski - 72 snaps (100 percent)
Brandon Brooks - 72 (100)
Lane Johnson - 72 (100)
Nick Foles - 72 (100)
Jason Kelce - 71 (100)
Jason Peters - 71 (100)
Zach Ertz - 70 (97)
Nelson Agholor - 68 (94)
Mike Wallace - 66 (92)
DeAndre Carter - 53 (74)
Darren Sproles - 29 (40)
Jay Ajayi - 29 (40)
Dallas Goedert - 17 (24)
Corey Clement - 13 (18)
Isaac Seumalo - 5 (7)
Shelton Gibson - 4 (6)
Josh Perkins - 4 (6)
Markus Wheaton - 2 (3)
Wendell Smallwood - 1 (1)
Halapoulivaati Vaitai - 1 (1)

Defense
Rodney McLeod - 70 snaps (100 percent)
Malcolm Jenkins - 70 (100)
Jordan Hicks - 70 (100)
Jalen Mills - 67 (96)
Flecher Cox - 65 (93)
Ronald Darby - 65 (93)
Brandon Graham - 46 (66)
Michael Bennett - 45 (64)
Sidney Jones - 45 (64)
Corey Graham - 40 (57)
Derek Barnett - 40 (57)
Chris Long - 39 (56)
Kamu Grugier-Hill - 28 (40)
Destiny Vaeao - 27 (39)
Nate Gerry - 26 (37)
Haloti Ngata - 17 (24)
Bruce Hector - 7 (10)
Rasul Douglas - 2 (3)
LaRoy Reynolds - 1 (1)

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