Sunday night was not pretty. The Los Angeles Rams were crushed by Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles in their own building, losing a lopsided one, 37-20.
The offense put up 20 points, but that included a garbage-time touchdown where the Rams scored a touchdown with 1:07 left in the game to cut the deficit by six points. After a strong performance by Matthew Stafford and the offense last week in New England, the Rams could do nothing for three quarters against the Eagles.
The snap counts show not much is changing in terms of the personnel rotations, either. Kyren Williams remains the No. 1 running back despite fumbling it twice, Davis Allen is still leading the tight ends despite not being targeted in the last two games and Tutu Atwell is still barely playing.
On defense, the Rams were in their base personnel more often against the Eagles, but not much else has changed on that side of the ball. Here’s a look at the snap counts on offense and defense.
Offense
The wide receiver rotation has been mostly unchanged since Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua returned. Kupp remains the WR1 in snap share, with Demarcus Robinson and Nacua tied for the second-most snaps (80%) among the team’s wideouts. That left very few opportunities for anyone else. Tutu Atwell only played 17 snaps, and it seemed like most of those came when the game was already decided. Tyler Johnson only played 13 snaps, too.
At running back, Sean McVay isn’t going away from Williams, even with his recent fumbling issues. Williams played 58 of 64 snaps despite fumbling it twice, leaving only six snaps and one touch for Blake Corum. For whatever reason, McVay refuses to get Corum involved, even though he’s looked good when given the opportunity.
At tight end, Allen is still the top tight end, playing 31 snaps compared to 19 for Colby Parkinson. For the second straight week, Allen didn’t see a single target so he hasn’t been involved as a receiver. Hunter Long played 13 snaps, as well, but like Allen, he wasn’t targeted.
Defense
The Rams weren’t in nickel and dime packages as much as they have been in recent weeks, partly because the Eagles were such a run-heavy offense. Omar Speights and Christian Rozeboom each played the majority of the game, with 56 and 55 snaps, respectively. The Rams tried to counter the Eagles’ rushing attack with more base personnel but it didn’t exactly work.
In the secondary, Quentin Lake, Darious Williams and Kamren Curl played every snap again. Cobie Durant played 59% of the snaps as the second corner on the outside, but he exited early with cramping and was replaced by Ahkello Witherspoon, who played 52% of the snaps. Kamren Kinchens played 51% of the defensive snaps and Jaylen McCollough was out there for only 12 plays in dime packages.
Byron Young played 63 of a possible 73 snaps, leading the Rams’ edge rushers. Jared Verse played 58 snaps and Michael Hoecht played 44 snaps, so there wasn’t any significant change at that position. No other edge rusher played a single snap.
Along the defensive line, Kobie Turner played 71% of the snaps, the only player who played more than half the game. Braden Fiske’s snap share dropped to a season-low 44%, lower than both Bobby Brown III and Tyler Davis, who each played 48%. Jonah Williams played five snaps. That was likely just because the Eagles were in a run-heavy game script, and Davis is a bigger defender in the middle than Fiske.
