Another week, another low-scoring effort from the Green Bay Packers’ offense. It feels like Groundhog Day around here, and things are starting to remind me of the end of the Mike McCarthy era. But before
we get all of our complaints in about the loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, let’s check in on the Packers’ snap counts from the game — including a defender who is now clearly a primarily offensive player for Green Bay.
Quarterbacks
- 66 snaps: Jordan Love
- 0: Malik Heath
Running Backs
- 49: Josh Jacobs
- 13: Emanuel Wilson
- 6: Chris Brooks (15 SPT)
Receivers
- 54: Christian Watson
- 44: Dontayvion Wicks
- 41: Romeo Doubs (4 SPT)
- 24: CB Bo Melton (13 SPT)
- 19: Malik Heath
- 6: Savion Williams (3 SPT)
Here’s the first big one this week. Cornerback Bo Melton was the WR4 in this game over both Malik Heath and Savion Williams. Last week, Williams took over as the primary slot receiver when Matthew Golden went down. Even with Golden in this one, the team went out of its way to make sure that Williams wasn’t on the field much on offense. Previously, Melton had only played seven snaps of offense all year.
Tight Ends
- 51: Luke Musgrave
- 14: John FitzPatrick
- 6: Josh Whyle (3 SPT)
Even though Luke Musgrave and John FitzPatrick split time as TE2s behind Tucker Kraft, it’s clear that the team wants to field Musgrave as their 11-personnel tight end post-Kraft’s injury. Musgrave had three receptions for 23 yards in his debut as the team’s starter this season.
Offensive Linemen
- 66: Rasheed Walker (2 SPT)
- 66: Jordan Morgan (2 SPT)
- 66: Zach Tom (2 SPT)
- 66: Aaron Banks (2 SPT)
- 39: Sean Rhyan (2 SPT)
- 27: Elgton Jenkins
- 3: Darian Kinnard (2 SPT)
- 0: Anthony Belton (2 SPT)
Elgton Jenkins went down with an ankle injury, leading to Sean Rhyan replacing the center before halftime. Darian Kinnard got a couple of snaps as a tight end in this game, but neither Kinnard or Anthony Belton played on the offensive line against the Eagles.
Defensive Ends
- 52: Micah Parsons
- 37: Rashan Gary
- 31: Kingsley Enagbare (10 SPT)
- 6: Barryn Sorrell (3 SPT)
- 0: Arron Mosby (17 SPT)
The Barryn Sorrell snaps keep tanking. At the moment, Arron Mosby, more of a special teams contributor than an actual defender, is having more of an impact than the rookie. Mosby hasn’t played a down of defense yet this year, but there’s a chance that he’s active on the 48-man gameday roster when Lukas Van Ness returns. This week, Mosby led the team in special teams snaps. If Mosby and Van Ness are active, assuming there are no other injuries, that likely means that Sorrell will revert to being a healthy scratch.
Defensive Tackles
- 39: Devonte Wyatt (2 SPT)
- 34: Colby Wooden (2 SPT)
- 31: Karl Brooks (7 SPT)
- 8: Warren Brinson (2 SPT)
- 4: Nazir Stackhouse
Warren Brinson out-snapped Nazir Stackhouse in the first game that the Packers have had five defensive tackles active for this season. Green Bay continuously has Stackhouse active on gamedays and Brinson inactive, but one injury forces Stackhouse into playing more than the handful of snaps that Green Bay wants to limit him to — forcing the line to wear out quickly. The move to keep five active makes sense, considering how much the Eagles wanted to run the ball.
Linebackers
- 60: Quay Walker (2 SPT)
- 59: Edgerrin Cooper (2 SPT)
- 28: Isaiah McDuffie (17 SPT)
- 0: Ty’Ron Hopper (15 SPT)
- 0: Kristian Welch (12 SPT)
Cornerbacks
- 60: Carrington Valentine (1 SPT)
- 60: Keisean Nixon (3 SPT)
- 0: Kamal Hadden (5 SPT)
Kamal Hadden! Signs of life! Hadden has been active for most of this season, but is usually just wearing a jersey on the sideline as an emergency cornerback. This week, he actually played some special teams, after being benched in the kicking game earlier in the year. Side note: The Packers are extremely thin at cornerback, considering they only have four players at the position and one of them (Bo Melton) is actually playing receiver.
Safeties
- 60: Xavier McKinney (3 SPT)
- 51: Evan Williams (7 SPT)
- 39: Javon Bullard (7 SPT)
- 1: Zayne Anderson (15 SPT)
- 1: Kitan Oladapo (7 SPT)
I must have missed it, but Zayne Anderson and Kitan Oladapo got their first defensive snaps in the season in this game. I’m guessing it was some end of half or long down and distance situation. I’ll let you guys know when I post the depth chart update later this week.
