Snap Counts: Jalen Mills Gets Bulk of Work in Slot

ARLINGTON, Texas -- With Ron Brooks out, the plan was to have Malcolm Jenkins play the slot and have Jaylen Watkins come in at safety. 
 
Apparently the plan changed. 
 
Because seventh-round rookie Jalen Mills was the Eagles' primary slot corner in Sunday's 29-23 loss to the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. He played 47 snaps (60 percent) on Sunday night, while Watkins played just 15 snaps (19 percent). 
 
Jenkins continued his iron man streak, playing all 78 snaps. He was joined by Nolan Carroll, Rodney McLeod and Jordan Hicks. 
 
For the second straight week, Brandon Graham (65 snaps, 82 percent) led the way for Eagles defensive ends. Connor Barwin for the second week in a row saw his snaps drop. He was at 53 (68 percent) on Sunday. Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz previously said he wanted to cut down Barwin's reps in an attempt to make him more productive. 
 
On offense, Nelson Agholor played more than any other receiver (71 snaps, 91 percent). To show for it, he had three catches on four targets for 25 yards. Dorial Green-Beckham's 51 snaps are the most he's had this season. 
 
Darren Sproles, who became a workhorse on Sunday, led the way for running backs with 63 snaps, while Ryan Mathews had just eight. Kenjon Barner had six. Wendell Smallwood had just one snap and it wasn't a good one. He fumbled the ball away in the fourth quarter on his one offensive play. 
 
Sproles had 86 yards rushing, the most he’s had since 2011 and the fourth-best rushing performance of his career. 
 
Stefen Wisniewski played 69 snaps (88 percent) after the injury to Allen Barbre (9 snaps) early. 
 
Here's a full look at snap counts from Sunday: 
 
Offense
Brandon Brooks - 78 snaps (100 percent)
Halapoulivaati Vaitai - 78 (100)
Jason Kelce - 78 (100)
Jason Peters - 78 (100)
Carson Wentz - 78 (100)
Nelson Agholor - 71 (91)
Jordan Matthews - 70 (90)
Stefen Wisniewski - 69 (88)
Zach Ertz - 63 (81)
Darren Sproles - 63 (81)
Dorial Green-Beckham - 51 (65)
Brent Celek - 23 (29)
Josh Huff - 19 (24)
Trey Burton - 12 (15)
Allen Barbre - 9 (12)
Ryan Mathews - 8 (10)
Kenjon Barner - 6 (8)
Matt Tobin - 3 (4)
Wendell Smallwood - 1 (1)
 
Defense
Malcolm Jenkins - 78 snaps (100 percent) 
Nolan Carroll - 78 (100)
Rodney McLeod - 78 (100)
Jordan Hicks - 78 (100)
Nigel Bradham - 77 (99)
Leodis McKelvin - 73 (94)
Brandon Graham - 64 (82)
Fletcher Cox - 64 (82)
Beau Allen - 54 (69)
Connor Barwin - 53 (68)
Jalen Mills - 47 (60)
Vinny Curry - 32 (41)
Destiny Vaeao - 28 (36)
Mychal Kendricks - 19 (24)
Jaylen Watkins - 15 (19)
Marcus Smith - 15 (19)
Stephen Tulloch - 3 (4)
Steven Means - 2 (3)

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