The Green Bay Packers are back at the top of the NFC North after their win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Before we start breaking down any analysis from this game, let’s take a look at the team’s snap
counts to set the table for the week ahead. With some key players returning from injury, plus the Packers losing defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, there were some changes to their depth chart this week.
We’ll break this down position-by-position. As always, the snap counts below are for each player’s offensive or defensive contributions. Special teams snaps are in parentheses.
Quarterback
- Jordan Love: 52 snaps
- Malik Willis: 0
Running Back
- Josh Jacobs: 37
- Chris Brooks: 8 (15 SPT)
- Emanuel Wilson: 8 (5 SPT)
Now that starting running back Josh Jacobs is healthy, Emanuel Wilson’s snap count is starting to drop again. His special teams snaps are up, as he’s filled in as a backup returner with Savion Williams out, but those should drop back down when Williams returns from his injury. If the Packers end up activating MarShawn Lloyd, it could put Wilson’s roster spot at risk, like how the elevation of Jayden Reed meant the end of Malik Heath on the 53-man roster.
Receiver
- Christian Watson: 44
- Romeo Doubs: 42 (4 SPT)
- Jayden Reed: 25
- CB Bo Melton: 9 (11 SPT)
- Dontayvion Wicks: 5
- Mathew Golden: 5
The only surprise here is that Jayden Reed was able to be so active in his return to the team. Moving forward, the Packers’ outside receivers will be Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson with Reed in the slot. Cornerback Bo Melton, Dontayvion Wicks and Matthew Golden will rotate in as the WR4-WR6 with Savion Williams being the WR7.
Tight End
- John FitzPatrick: 29 (4 SPT)
- Josh Whyle: 21 (7 SPT)
- Luke Musgrave: 21
Luke Musgrave made some plays down the field this week, but he was still third in the pecking order in terms of the tight end rotation. As of now, the team is really gameplanning their tight end usage, with John FitzPatrick mostly being used on run downs and Musgrave mostly being used on passing downs.
Offensive Line
- Anthony Belton: 52 (4 SPT)
- Aaron Banks: 52 (4 SPT)
- Rasheed Walker: 52 (4 SPT)
- Sean Rhyan: 52 (4 SPT)
- Zach Tom: 52 (4 SPT)
- Darian Kinnard: 6 (4 SPT)
- Jordan Morgan: 0 (4 SPT)
- Jacob Monk: 0 (4 SPT)
The starting offensive line of Rasheed Walker-Aaron Banks-Sean Rhyan-Anthony Belton-Zach Tom (left to right) again played every snap of this game. Darian Kinnard got six looks on offense, but as the team’s sixth offensive lineman, essentially playing a tight end role.
Defensive End
- Micah Parsons: 59
- Rashan Gary: 39
- Kingsley Enagbare: 37 (8 SPT)
- Barryn Sorrell: 11
- Arron Mosby: 0 (20 SPT)
When Lukas Van Ness returns to the gameday roster, the Packers will have an interesting problem to solve. Arron Mosby plays a ton of special teams snaps, and well, but the team doesn’t use him on defense. Meanwhile, Barryn Sorrell rotates in a bit on defense, but he has slowly been phased out of the kicking game. Would the team healthy scratch Sorrell to keep up a special teams contributor in Mosby? We’re about to find out.
Rashan Gary continues to share the load with Kinsgley Enagbare, who not only is playing roughly as many snaps as Gary on defense but is also contributing on special teams — notably as a protection player on the punt team.
Defensive Tackle
- Karl Brooks: 46 (5 SPT)
- Colby Wooden: 42 (5 SPT)
- Warren Brinson: 26 (3 SPT)
- Jordon Riley: 14 (3 SPT)
It looks like the Nazir Stackhouse experiment is over. After weeks of having five defensive tackles up on gameday, the Packers elected to make Stackhouse a healthy scratch on Sunday, allowing Jordon Riley, who was claimed earlier in the week, to suit up for the team. Quinton Bohanna, who was added mid-week, should also get some looks down the stretch, too.
For the most part, this lineup looked like what we expected following the injury to Devonte Wyatt. Karl Brooks was the team’s starting under tackle, with Colby Wooden starting as the nose tackle. Warren Brinson filled in behind Brooks, while Riley filled in behind Wooden.
Linebacker
- Edgerrin Cooper: 68 (1 SPT)
- Quay Walker: 68 (3 SPT)
- Isaiah McDuffie: 36 (20 SPT)
- Ty’Ron Hopper: 1 (17 SPT)
- Kristian Welch: 0 (7 SPT)
The Packers played more than half of their snaps in this game in their 4-3 base defense, which is why Isaiah McDuffie’s snaps were so high. Ty’Ron Hopper’s one snap in this game came in a goal-line look. Kristian Welch, a heavy special teams contributor, left the game early with a concussion. If he’s out next week, look for Jamon Johnson to get called up from the practice squad to backfill for Welch’s snaps, who is backfilling for the injured Nick Niemann.
Cornerback
- Carrington Valentine: 67
- Keisean Nixon: 65 (3 SPT)
- Nate Hobbs: 9
- Kamal Hadden: 0 (10 SPT)
Carrington Valentine and Keisean Nixon continue to start at outside cornerback, but Nate Hobbs was sprinkled in on defense in his return from his knee injury. Hobbs played two outside cornerback snaps when Nixon was pulled following a penalty, but his other seven snaps game in the slot on obvious passing downs.
Safety
- Xavier McKinney: 68 (8 SPT)
- Evan Williams: 67 (15 SPT)
- Javon Bullard: 25 (5 SPT)
- Zayne Anderson: 0 (17 SPT)
- Kitan Oladapo: 0 (13 SPT)
Javon Bullard is no longer rotating in at the safety position and only played about one-third of today’s snaps because of how frequently the Packers played their base defense (without a nickel defender). On top of that, Hobbs stole some of those slot snaps away from Bullard, too.
