Breaking Down Snaps, Stats from Packers’ Loss to Eagles

The final tallies were 56 snaps for Christian Watson, 44 for Wicks, 42 for Doubs, 26 for receiver-turned-cornerback-turned-receiver Bo Melton and six for Williams. Combined, they caught 11-of-23 targets for 118 yards. Melton, who had played seven snaps on offense all season and had not been targeted with a pass, had a killer drop on fourth down. Doubs, who saw a lot of the Eagles’ premier cornerback, Quinyon Mitchell, caught 1-of-4 targets for 5 yards.

From a passing perspective, what do the Packers have other than downfield shots to Watson?

Tight Ends

Usually, Tucker Kraft played about 90 percent of the snaps. It wasn’t quite so heavy in Luke Musgrave’s first game atop the depth chart. He played 52 snaps, or 76 percent. John FitzPatrick played 14 and Josh Whyle played six in his Packers debut.

Musgrave caught 3-of-3 passes for 23 yards. His longest catch was 9. If that 9-yard catch would have been a 10-yard catch, the Packers would have avoided the fourth-down disaster and perhaps sent the game to overtime. Yards after the catch, however, is not his forte.

Offensive Line

Elgton Jenkins’ injury “doesn’t sound promising,” LaFleur said after the game. No, it did not.

Left tackle Rasheed Walker, left guard Aaron Banks, right guard Jordan Morgan and right tackle Zach Tom went the distance. Sean Rhyan replaced Jenkins for the final 41 snaps. That will be the new alignment, with Jacob Monk presumably the next man up. Darian Kinnard played four snaps as an extra tight end.

Love was sacked three times and pressured on 40.5 percent of his dropbacks, the second-highest rate of the season, according to Next Gen Stats.

Packers Snaps on Defense

The Packers played 63 snaps on defense.

Defensive Ends

Micah Parsons played 53 snaps. At times, it’s as if everyone is watching to see if No. 1 can do something spectacular. Rashan Gary played 38 snaps – or only five more than Kingsley Enagbare. It was a season low for Gary in terms of volume – he had played at least 40 in every game – and percentage (60.3).

With Lukas Van Ness missing a fourth consecutive game, Barryn Sorrell played seven snaps. He made his mark with two assisted tackles. Arron Mosby, who was promoted to the 53-man roster this week, played 18 snaps on special teams.

By the official stats, the Packers had zero sacks and zero quarterback hits. Parsons had four of the eight pressures, followed by Gary with two, Enagbare with one and linebacker Edgerrin Cooper with one.

Defensive Tackles

Colby Wooden was back in the lineup and played a key role for Green Bay’s superb run defense against Saquan Barkley. Wooden, who didn’t play a single defensive snap against the Eagles in Week 1 last season, played 37 after a shoulder injury limited him to 15 last week. He was excellent with five tackles, including one for a loss.

Devonte Wyatt led the unit with 41 snaps. He also had a tackle for loss. Karl Brooks played 32 and rookies Warren Brinson (nine) and Nazir Stackhouse (four) saw a little action.

Linebackers

Quay Walker played every snap and Edgerrin Cooper was on the bench for one. Walker had six tackles, including a team-high five solos and two for losses. Cooper had six tackles (two solos) and still has only one tackle for loss this season after having 13 last year. His forced fumble on the opening drive might have been the play of the game had the Packers won.

Playing a lot of base defense to keep Barkley contained, Isaiah McDuffie played 31 snaps on defense – a season-high 49.2 percent – and 18 more on special teams. Ty’Ron Hopper and Kristian Welch were limited to special teams.

Cornerbacks

Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine played every snap. They gave up a few catches but, by and large, delivered strong performances. Second-team All-Pro receiver A.J. Brown caught two passes for 13 yards.

According to Next Gen, Valentine was targeted four times and gave up one catch for 7 yards. On the Eagles’ only touchdown drive, Saquon Barkley made him look silly on a third-down checkdown. One-on-one in the open field, Barkley beat Valentine with a spin move for a catch-and-run gain of 41.

Safeties

Xavier McKinney went the distance, as usual. He led the team with seven tackles. Evan Williams played most of the snaps alongside him, getting 54 snaps. Both players had open-field tackles that might have saved touchdowns, and Williams had two tackles for losses.

The nine snaps that weren’t played by Williams went to Javon Bullard, who played 38 when combined with his work in the slot. Zayne Anderson and Kitan Oladapo played one snap apiece.