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Snap counts are cool, quick information to let you know how often a player was on the field for the Green Bay Packers, but they don’t really tell you much about how the Packers are playing these players. So to better understand the roster, and hopefully educate you all on what Green Bay is doing, I’m going to personally chart where players lined up/what roles they played for the Packers this year.
To get the cleanest data I can, I’m going to include plays that were called back for penalties (because they happened) and exclude kneeldowns (because they don’t matter from a depth chart perspective).
Let’s go through the offensive and defensive personnel from the Packers’ Week 1 opener against the Detroit Lions and figure out how the depth chart stacks out going into Week 2.
Personnel Splits – Offense
Yes, the Packers played more one- or two-receiver sets (29 snaps) than three-receiver sets (18) against the Lions. This wasn’t just because they were up, though. To start the game, here were Green Bay’s first nine personnel groupings: 12, 21, 12, 12, 11, 13, 21, 11, 21 and 12.
Head coach Matt LaFleur’s Packers are getting bigger and bigger on the offensive side of the ball over the years, be it at the skill positions or on the line. Now, their personnel deployment is starting to reflect that. That could mean a lot of lost snaps for slot receivers moving forward.
Quarterback
We really don’t need to talk about this.
Running Back
Josh Jacobs is an absolute bellcow. Before the final drive of the game, Jacobs received 35 of Green Bay’s 39 single-back looks versus the Lions. The other four went to Chris Brooks, who, like tight end John FitzPatrick, also contributed in a fullback-type role in offset pistol looks and splitback shotgun looks. Emanuel Wilson got just one real snap: A carry to test out whether Detroit was going to call its timeouts or let the Packers run out the clock at the end of the game.
Wide Receiver
Slot Receiver
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