Jordan Raanan has the snap counts from Sunday’s game.
Little by little, Riley Cooper is losing snaps. The Eagles embattled wide receiver was on the field for 62 of the 81 offensive snaps on Sunday. That’s 77 percent of the plays. The Eagles’ third wide receiver Jason Avant logged 63 snaps.
Jeff Maehl, meanwhile, played a season-high 20 offensive plays and there seemed to be more packages that involved the former Oregon receiver than before. Maehl did not catch a pass. Neither did Cooper, who was targeted once.
Cooper’s playing time has been in a gradual decline. He played 100 percent of the snaps Week 1, 95 percent in Weeks 2 and 3, 83 percent in Week 4 and 77 percent this Sunday.
It likely has to do with his lack of production. Cooper has just eight receptions for 93 yards and a touchdown in five games. Despite playing the most snaps among Eagles receivers this season he is sixth on the team in receiving yards and fifth in receptions.
It will be interesting to see if this trend continues.
