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Eagles snap counts: Jalen Carter puts together incredible stretch originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
A week after Jalen Carter played every Eagles defensive snap, he was well on his way to doing it again. But thanks to the Eagles’ 37-20 blowout win, the star defensive tackle got a bit of a breather.
Carter played 54 of 64 defensive snaps after playing all 66 against the Commanders in Week 11.
According to NFL NextGen Stats, Carter played the first 51 of 59 plays on Sunday night before the backups came in. That gave him an incredible streak of 114 consecutive snaps dating back to Week 10. That was the longest active streak in the NFL.
While Carter didn’t fill up the stat sheet on Sunday night — he had just one pressure — he garnered a ton of attention. Carter was double-teamed by the Rams on 22 of his 35 pass rushing snaps, per NextGen Stats. That was his second-highest double-team rate of the season and it freed up his teammates to win their 1-on-1s.
On the season, Carter has now played 548 of 678 possible snaps (81%). To put that into perspective, Fletcher Cox hit 81% just once in his 12-year career.
Here’s how the full DT rotation went on Sunday night: Jalen Carter 54 snaps (84%), Milton Williams 24 snaps (38%), Moro Ojomo 23 snaps (36%), Jordan Davis 15 snaps (23%), Thomas Booker 11 snaps (17%).
Other defensive notes
• Brandon Graham played 29 snaps before leaving the game with a season-ending torn triceps. While it’s obviously sad that Graham’s season and career might be over, it would be fitting in a way because he was playing incredibly well on Sunday. He had a sack, 3 quarterback hits, 2 TFLs and a pass breakup in those 29 snaps. If that was the end of his career, Graham was relentless until the end.
• Aside from losing a heart-and-soul player, the Eagles are going to miss Graham on the field. They are down to just three healthy edge rushers on the 53-man roster. Josh Sweat had a bit of an injury scare on Sunday but returned to the…
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Publish date : 2024-11-26 12:00:00
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