Teams don’t usually give a player a 40 million dollar contract and then sit him for more than half a game. After the Philadelphia Eagles’ loss against the San Francisco 49ers, defensive end Josh Sweat is just as confused as we are.
Why would the Eagles give Sweat a lucrative three-year contract only for Sweat to play 40 percent of defensive snaps on Sunday?
No, this isn’t a rhetorical question. We’d really like to know.
Sweat played less than both Derek Barnett (64 percent) and Ryan Kerrigan (46 percent), and no matter how you look at it, his lack of playing time just doesn’t make sense.