October 09, 2023

Eagles fans were so loud at Rams game that they helped Jalen Carter, defense pick up the snap

Jalen Carter and the Eagles' pass rush were able to pick up on the Rams' snap because of all the noise from the traveling Philly crowd, the rookie DT said.

By Nick Tricome
PhillyVoice Staff

The Eagles' pass rush was struggling to get to Matthew Stafford from the outset on Sunday. He was getting the ball out too quick.

So the defensive line had two options as standout rookie Jalen Carter put it following the 23-14 win out in L.A.

"They're trying to move fast, get us tired," he said (via WIP's Eliot Shorr-Parks). "So we either need to get faster with our rushes and all, or that's it – just get back there faster."

And they got faster.

How?

"We learned their snap," Carter said. "We had a lot of fans out there so it was loud. So they had the little hand movement on the snap, and it was really like the second time they threw [the hand movement] is when they were gonna snap it. I used that as a point to get off faster."

It worked.

Jalen Carter says #Eagles fans were so loud that the Rams had to adjust how they snapped the ball

Carter figured it out and it helped him get to the QB

Credits Eagles fans for “helping them every week” pic.twitter.com/TvOQx4568n
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) October 8, 2023

Carter went on to sack Stafford twice in Sunday's win to continue his impressive debut stretch of now 3.5 sacks through his first five games.

Then, with the Rams down to their last chance late in the fourth quarter, Haason Reddick burst off the edge on back-to-back snaps to bring Stafford down on pivotal third and then fourth downs to ice it.

All with an edge from the Philly faithful, who have been traveling well everywhere all season.

"Oh yeah, the fans helped, for sure," Carter said. "The Eagles fans help every week. It's always packed. Away game, home game, it's whatever."

The home-field advantage has been following them everywhere, and you could just hear the proof of it on Sunday – which meant that the Rams couldn't, even though it was their stadium.

All of us Eagles fans at home were going crazy during this crowd shot

WHAT A CITY, WHAT A FAN BASE pic.twitter.com/Wnkhx2b1Dw
— Life of a Philly Fan (@PhillyFanLife) October 8, 2023