Philadelphia Eagles Snap Counts

Jordan Matthews and Ryan Mathews were out this week, leading to guys like Paul Turner, Dorial Green-Beckham, and Byron Marshall into bigger roles. The show was focused around Zach Ertz, who had a monster week. When Matthews is out, Ertz has been the go-to guy.

Ryan Mathews and Darren Sproles pretty much split carries this week, but Sproles had a slight edge in fantasy points. Dorial Green-Backham played 48% of the team snaps. Zach Ertz was out there this week, although you might not believe me. He played 86% of the snaps, but saw just three targets.

Philadelphia used a handful of new names this week, and all three of their tight ends. Zach Ertz played 93% of the team snaps, while Brent Celek and Trey Burton played 25%. Ryan Mathews played 41% of the team snaps this week, as Philly ran a lot of empty backfield sets.

Carson Wentz used his tight ends quite a bit this week against Washington. Zach Ertz played 86% of the snaps, but we also saw Trey Burton play 47% of the team snaps. Ryan Mathews was back this week playing 50% of the team snaps, and Darren Sproles played 39% before leaving the game.

Philadelphia has lost their rushing attack. Ryan Mathews is out, leaving Wendall Smallwood and Darren Sproles. Smallwood played just 30% of the snaps to Sproles 50%. Jordan Matthews was out, so we saw Paul Turner and Trey Burton slip into a larger role. It was DGB and Zach Ertz who mainly benefitted.

With Nelson Agohlor out, Dorial Green-Beckham played 81% of the snaps. This is a big step for him, given he was targeted on 13% of them. Darren Sproles out-snapped Wendell Smallwood, but more so in the second half. Jordan Matthews left the game, playing just 41% of the team snaps.

Philly was in a tough spot going over to Seattle, yet hung in there for such a young offense. Dorial Green-Beckham played 80% of the snaps this week, which was a high number. Ryan Mathews going down creates more of an opportunity for Wendell Smallwood and Darren Sproles to see increased snaps.

The Eagles had announced Darren Sproles as a RB1 coming into the week, which had all of us with wide eyes. While he did out-snap Ryan Mathews, it was him who had the bigger game. Zach Ertz played 75% of the snaps, and has the looks of a larger role over the last two weeks.

Zach Ertz played 83% of this week's snaps and was targeted on 13% of them. Ertz might be getting more involved in the offense. Darren Sproles has locked up the lead running back role, with 80% of this week's snaps. This has been a growing trend for sometime now, so look at him as a viable option.

Darren Sproles was the big winner for Philly this week when it came to snaps. He played 81%, which left Ryan Mathews on the bench most of the game. Dorial Green-Beckham played 65% of the snaps this week, and might pick up a few more if the Josh Huff news limits him moving forward.

After a week where Philly had Dorial Green-Beckham up in snaps, he played just 28. Now there are talks that Philly wants to trade for Torrey Smith. Ryan Mathews played 26 snaps, which was the same amount as Darren Sproles. Jordan Matthews played just 78% of the snaps, continuing to have an ineffective season.

Dorial Green-Beckham played 81% of the snaps, which is the most he has had since joining Philadelphia. The running back situation has been a little off for the last few weeks. Darren Sproles played 44% of the snaps and Ryan Mathews played just 21%. We saw Wendell Smallwood also play a handful of snaps.

Zach Ertz came back from injury this week, and played 85% of the snaps. He was targeted on just 6% of them, however. Ryan Mathews had a lack of snaps this week, playing just 25%. Darren Sproles played 34 snaps. Sproles remains a big part of this offense, especially given his usage rate.

Bye Week

Ryan Mathews certainly isn't healthy, or this is just one big committee here in Philadelphia. Darren Sproles played 37% of the snaps, which was the same as Wendell Smallwood. Dorial Green-Beckham, played 49% of the snaps, and was supposed to start getting more reps. Keep an eye out for him going forward.

The backfield was a mess in week 2. Ryan Mathews saw just 21 snaps, as Darren Sproles played 57%. We also saw some Kenjon Barner and Wendell Smallwood in there. Jordan Matthews and Nelson Agholor dominated wide receiver snaps yet again, as Dorial Green-Beckham played less than half of the team snaps.

Jordan Matthews and Nelson Agholor both led the way for receivers, as no third wide receiver saw over 40% of the snaps. It was Zach Ertz and Darren Sproles who saw the next amount in line. Sproles and Ryan Matthews were basically at a split backfield, which is more of an issue for Matthews.

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Philadelphia Eagles Snap Count Breakdown

The last year of Chip Kelly's reign in Philadelphia was filled with a wide variety of outcomes. Sam Bradford was the inconsistent quarterback that stirred the offensive drink. Bradford played 85 percent of the snaps in 2015, which is actually a solid rate based on his career, but isn't great by starting quarterback standards. Mark Sanchez was solid in spot start duty, he played the other 15 percent of the snaps. Neither impressed, which ultimately led to Sanchez heading to denver, and the Eagles drafting of Carson Wentz second overall in the 2016 draft.

There was no real rhyme or reason to the Eagles running game last year. Despite signing DeMarco Murray to a huge contract, he only ended up with 42 percent of the offensive snaps. Darren Sproles and Ryan Mathews were secondary pieces, but both had above 20 percent of the offensive snaps. Murray is now gone, and heading into 2016, it appears Mathews has a leg up on the rest of the competition.

Jordan Matthews played 80 percent of the Eagles snaps in 2015, and he played all over the field. While the Eagles did have a coaching change, Matthews is still the top option in the receiving game, and even if the pace is slower, he should see a similar amount of snaps. Nelson Agholor's play was very inconsistent, but that didn't stop the Eagles from playing him on over half of their offensive plays. Riley Cooper and Josh Huff also played a significant amount of time, for better or worse. Rueben Randle joined the team this offseason, and should fit into a relatively significant third receiver role.

Zach Ertz had what many consider a breakout year three. He only played 68 percent of the snaps, but they were all on receiving downs, and he flourished. Brent Celek was there once again for blocking downs and red-zone work, but for the most part, he stepped aside. Ertz should be the passing down specialist once again in 2016.