The Green Bay Packers made one clear benching against the Pittsburgh Steelers, while they opened up competitions at two other positions. On top of that, the team returned receiver Christian Watson and
defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt from injury.
So how do all of these pieces of the puzzle fit in? Let’s go position-by-position through the Packers’ snap counts against the Steelers to explain where the roster stands right now.
Quarterbacks
- Jordan Love: 63 snaps
- Malik Willis: 0
Running Backs
- Josh Jacobs: 34 (1 SPT)
- Emanuel Wilson: 26
- Chris Brooks: 3 (21 SPT)
More of the same at running back this week, with Emanuel Wilson serving as the RB2 while Chris Brooks is a blocking back and special teams contributor as a blocker. Wilson has seen an uptick in snaps over the last couple of weeks, while Josh Jacobs has been coming off of an illness and a calf injury.
Receivers
- Romeo Doubs: 50 (4 SPT)
- Matthew Golden: 41
- Christian Watson: 35
- Malik Heath: 21 (6 SPT)
- Savion Williams: 12 (6 SPT)
If Christian Watson was on a pitch count in this game, it was a pretty high pitch count. For perspective, he played more snaps than starting running back Josh Jacobs in this one. He looked the part in his return from his 2024 torn ACL.
Tight Ends
- Tucker Kraft: 58 (2 SPT)
- John FizPatrick: 22
- Luke Musgrave: 12 (1 SPT)
The Packers had used Luke Musgrave as the team’s TE2 in recent weeks, after John FitzPatrick played that role for a couple of weeks earlier in the season. Now, it seems like it’s flipped back in favor of FitzPatrick, who is more of a blocker than a pass-catcher. When Green Bay is throwing the ball, they usually hit Tucker Kraft anyway.
Offensive Linemen
- Aaron Banks: 63 (7 SPT)
- Elgton Jenkins: 63 (7 SPT)
- Zach Tom: 62 (6 SPT)
- Rasheed Walker: 61 (7 SPT)
- Sean Rhyan: 34 (7 SPT)
- Jordan Morgan: 29 (7 SPT)
- Anthony Belton: 2
- Darian Kinnard: 1 (7 SPT)
Last week, the Packers called off the competition at the right guard competition, allowing Jordan Morgan to play every snap of the game there for the first time in 2025. This week, the rotation with Sean Rhyan came back, along with Anthony Belton spelling at left tackle for Rasheed Walker and Darian Kinnard coming in at right tackle for Zach Tom due to injuries.
Belton was the only offensive lineman not to play on the field goal protection unit, likely because he just returned to the gameday roster after missing several games with an ankle injury.
Defensive Ends
- Micah Parsons: 51
- Rashan Gary: 39
- Kingsley Enagbare: 26 (8 SPT)
- Barryn Sorrell: 10 (10 SPT)
- Arron Mosby: 0 (25 SPT)
Last week, Micah Parsons played 71.1 percent of the team’s defensive snaps against the Arizona Cardinals. This week, he was up to almost 90 percent of the Packers’ snaps. In total, he’s played 338 defensive snaps this year to Rashan Gary’s 303, despite starting the season on a pitch count.
Don’t expect Aaron Mosby to play any defense anytime soon. He’s more of a hybrid end-linebacker who really is just here to play special teams.
Defensive Tackles
- Colby Wooden: 34 (5 SPT)
- Karl Brooks: 32 (12 SPT)
- Devonte Wyatt: 32
- Nazir Stackhouse: 4 (5 SPT)
Devonte Wyatt, coming off a knee injury, played 18 second-half snaps compared to Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden, who each played 12. Nazir Stackhouse, who is the fourth defensive tackle with Warren Brinson out with an injury, only played one snap in the second half.
Linebackers
- Edgerrin Cooper: 57 (10 SPT)
- Quay Walker: 57 (5 SPT)
- Isaiah McDuffie: 22 (25 SPT)
- Ty’Ron Hopper: 0 (20 SPT)
- Nick Nieman: 0 (17 SPT)
Ty’Ron Hopper got on the field on defense, but it was on a two-point conversion that didn’t officially count as a defensive play in the NFL’s book. Nick Nieman, a reserve linebacker who is really a special teamer more than a defense, left the Steelers game with an injury. Without Nieman, the Packers only have four healthy linebackers, but they might be able to have defensive end Arron Mosby play the role of special teams contributor and emergency linebacker in Nieman’s place. Mosby has played off-ball linebacker previously at the NFL level.
Cornerbacks
- Keisean Nixon: 57 (7 SPT)
- Carrington Valentine: 57 (13 SPT)
- Nate Hobbs: 1
- Bo Melton: 0 (1 offense, 14 SPT)
- Kamal Hadden: 0
Here’s the biggest piece of news from this week. Carrington Valentine played every snap of defense against Pittsburgh, forcing Nate Hobbs, the Packers’ $48 million offseason signing, to the bench. Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur and defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley were adamant that they weren’t giving up on Hobbs in press conferences this week, despite his recent struggles.
That sure seems like a lie now.
Safeties
- Xavier McKinney: 57 (11 SPT)
- Javon Bullard: 47 (12 SPT)
- Evan Williams: 44 (11 SPT)
- Zayne Anderson: 0 (20 SPT)
- Kitan Oladapo: 0 (9 SPT)
Evan Williams had played all of the Packers’ safety snaps from Week 2 through Week 6, but the team is now rotating in Javon Bullard at the position, instead of just playing in the slot. Since Nate Hobbs returned to the lineup, Green Bay hasn’t consistently played just one defensive back unit throughout a game.
