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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last week, Micah Parsons played 71.1 percent of the team’s defensive snaps against the Arizona Cardinals. This...
