Carter played one more snap that night. He then played seven snaps against the Browns last Thursday before coming out for the night. No need to provide video proof of Carter’s ability to the Patriots.
The Browns saw it in the two days of practice with the Eagles leading up to the game. That’s where Carter, rotating in with the first-team defensive line, showed how he can take over a game. In one practice alone, Carter had two “sacks,” recovered a fumble and deflected a pass.
Next up, the Colts will see plenty of Carter in the joint practice Tuesday.
And this is another way the joint practices help the Eagles more than the actual game. The teams in the joint practices are the only ones that have access to the practice video, and the Eagles don’t play either the Browns or the Colts this season.
So the Eagles can deploy Carter however they want and not have to worry about the Patriots getting it − unless Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a spy filming Eagles’ practices. But Belichick has certainly learned his lesson from the Spygate controversy nearly 20 years ago, right?
