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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
