Eagles vs. Buccaneers snap counts: Why isn’t Dallas Goedert getting more playing time?

Here’s a breakdown of the snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ 27-21 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2 of the 2018 NFL season. There are some curious playing time decisions we need to address.

OFFENSE

Only three players played fewer offensive snaps than 2018 second-round pick Dallas Goedert on Sunday. Two of those players, Jason Peters and Mike Wallace, only played fewer snaps because they got hurt early in the game. Isaac Seumalo played fewer snaps because the Eagles use him in certain sets as a sixth offensive lineman.

Doug Pederson was asked about Goedert’s lack of playing time during his postgame press conference. The Eagles head coach gave a long-winded answer (via The…