Jay Ajayi keeps playing more and more. So someone had to lose snaps.
On Sunday against the Giants, that someone was rookie Corey Clement.
Clement played just 10 snaps in the Eagles' 34-29 win over the Giants at MetLife Stadium. It was the fewest snaps he's played since the Carolina game back on Oct. 12, when he also played 10 snaps.
While Clement didn't play a ton, he got the ball on half of his snaps. He had four carries for 17 yards and one catch for one yard.
For the third straight week, Ajayi led the Eagles' running backs in snaps. He's clearly getting in rhythm as the Eagles' top back (see story). He played 35 of 68 offensive snaps (51 percent) against the Giants. He was followed by LeGarrette Blount (17 snaps), Clement (10) and Kenjon Barner (6).
The entire offensive line and Nick Foles played all 68 snaps. That includes Chance Warmack, who started in place of the injured Stefen Wisniewski.
Trey Burton played just 11 snaps, his fewest in a game since the Chargers game in Week 4. But he made the most of them, catching a wide open touchdown in the second quarter. Zach Ertz played 60 snaps, Brent Celek played 23.
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On defense, Malcolm Jenkins, Rodney McLeod and Nigel Bradham didn't leave the field, playing all 88 snaps.
The 88 snaps the defense played was easily the most of the season. The previous high was 82 against the Panthers. The Eagles' defense couldn't get off the field and gave up 504 total yards to Eli Manning and the Giants (see story). The 88 snaps was the second-highest total under Jim Schwartz. The only other time with more was 89 against the Giants in their second meeting last year.
After Patrick Robinson with a concussion left after 47 snaps, veteran safety Corey Graham ended up playing 54 snaps (61 percent) and made the clinching play at the end (see story). That's the most he's played all season. He played just 10 snaps last week.
Najee Goode got eight snaps at linebacker in the team's base package. That was a little surprising because Joe Walker returned from injury. Walker didn't get on the field on defense.
Here are full snap counts:
Offense
Lane Johnson - 68 snaps (100 percent)
Halapoulivaati Vaitai - 68 (100)
Chance Warmack - 68 (100)
Brandon Brooks - 68 (100)
Jason Kelce - 68 (100)
Nick Foles - 68 (100)
Alshon Jeffery - 61 (90)
Zach Ertz - 60 (88)
Torrey Smith - 51 (75)
Nelson Agholor - 49 (72)
Jay Ajayi - 35 (51)
Brent Celek - 23 (34)
LeGarrette Blount - 17 (25)
Mack Hollins - 13 (19)
Trey Burton - 11 (16)
Corey Clement - 10 (15)
Kenjon Barner - 6 (9)
Isaac Seumalo - 4 (6)
Defense
Malcolm Jenkins - 88 snaps (100 percent)
Nigel Bradham - 88 (100)
Rodney McLeod - 88 (100)
Jalen Mills - 85 (97)
Ronald Darby - 84 (95)
Fletcher Cox - 70 (80)
Brandon Graham - 63 (72)
Mychal Kendricks - 61 (69)
Corey Graham - 54 (61)
Patrick Robinson - 47 (53)
Vinny Curry - 46 (52)
Derek Barnett - 42 (48)
Tim Jernigan - 41 (47)
Chris Long - 39 (44)
Beau Allen - 32 (36)
Destiny Vaeao - 23 (26)
Najee Goode - 8 (9)
Jaylen Watkins - 7 (8)
Kamu Grugier-Hill 2 (2)