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Packers Snap Counts Versus The Saints

September 13, 2021 by Cheesehead TV




The Packers did not elevate anyone from the Practice Squad for the game.  Vernon Scott was inactive probably due to injury.  The healthy inactives were Jean-Charles, Jack Heflin, Jake Hanson (which suggests that he is not the second choice at center should anything happen to Myers), and Isaiah McDuffie.  The only one that surprised me was Heflin.

 

Player Snaps % STs
Jenkins 57 100  
Patrick 57 100 1 – 5%
Myers 57 100  
Newman 57 100 1 – 5%
Turner 57 100  
Nijman     1 – 5%
Kelly     1 – 5%
Runyan     1 – 5%
       
Rodgers 42 74  
Love 15 26  
       
Adams 40 70  
Lazard 39 68 5 – 23%
Valdes-Scantling 36 63  
M. Taylor 15 26 15 – 68%
A. Rodger 15 26 3 – 14%
Cobb 15 26  
       
Jones 28 49  
Dillon 16 28 13 – 59%
Hill 14 25 10 – 45%
       
Tonyan 28 49 2 – 9%
Dafney 19 33 11 – 50%
Lewis 15 26  
Deguara 5 9 6 – 27%
23 On Offense      

 

The offensive line gave up 15 pressures on 36 pass attempts, a 42% rate, per Pro Football Focus.  That is not good.  Jenkins and Myers each gave up one pressure, meaning the other three linemen were responsible for the bulk of the remaining 13 pressures (minus whatever number should be credited to Aaron Rodgers).  The line did little to help the running backs.  The Packers and Saints each had 3 possessions in the first half but the Packers ran a mere 17 plays: 13 passes (76.5%) and just 4 rushes.  On the second possession with the score 10-0, Dillon had consecutive carries of six yards each for the Packers only rushing first down.  Aaron Jones rushed twice on the first possession with a long of one yard.  The Packers gained just 5 first downs (one by penalty) and did not convert on third down (0 – 3) in the first half. 

Rodgers was only sacked twice and hit 7 times.  While he was pressured more than one would like, the ball seemed slow to come out.  It may be that Rodgers held the ball too long, but it might also be that the Saints, particularly All-Pro MLB Demario Davis (4.49 forty time) and LB Kwon Alexander, have the personnel to cause trouble with teams relying on underneath routes and misdirection.

Deguara was injured (concussion) on the second play of the second half.  He played 5 snaps out of a possible 19.  That probably explains Dafney’s snap count total.  It is interesting that Jordan Love and three wide receivers, Amari Rodgers, Cobb, and Malik Taylor all played the same number of snaps (15).  

 

Player Snaps % STs
Amos 60 97 2 – 9%
King 56 90  
Alexander 56 90  
Savage 51 82 5 – 23%
Sullivan 35 56 2 – 9%
Black 14 23 19 – 86%
Stokes 8 13 17 – 77%
Yiadom 6 10% 21 – 95%
       
Campbell 56 90  
Barnes 47 76 10 – 45%
Burks 7 11 21 – 95%
Summers     21 – 95%
       
P. Smith 38 61 5 – 23%
Gary 37 60 1 – 5%
Garvin 27 44 4 – 18%
Z. Smith 18 29  
Rivers 11 18 10 – 45%
       
Clark 41 66  
Lowry 38 61 1 – 5%
Keke 31 50 7 – 32%
Lancaster 29 47 8 – 36%
Slaton 16 26 6 – 27%
       
22 Defensive      

 

The Packers played 2.5 true defensive linemen per play but could not stop the Saints’ rushing attack.  New Orleans gained 140 yards in the first half alone on 25 rushes, good for a 5.6 yard average.  Even removing Winston’s three scrambles for 36, the Saints still gained 104 yards on 22 carries for a 4.72 yard average.  The Packers allowed consistent gains.  There were only two longish runs, one by Winston for 15 and another by Kamara for 14 yards.  It appears that the Packers largely went with the same rotation on the defensive line, though Keke received a higher percentage of snaps than he sometimes received last year.  Lowry remained the number two defensive lineman.  Lowry finished with 4 tackles (3 solo).  Slaton got a decent amount of snaps for a fifth-round rookie, and he finished with 2 solo tackles in 16 snaps.  PFF singled out Keke for praise on the defensive line.

The Packers managed zero sacks and just 3 QB hits, two by Gary and one by Preston Smith.  The outside linebackers gave up contain a few times, including Gary on a Winston scramble.  It seemed clear that the Packers only put Zadarius Smith on the field in obvious passing situations.  I thought Campbell was active while also being a little up and down at times, but he also seemed to fare well in coverage.  Per PFF, the Packers pressured Winston 10 times on 24 pass attempts, Winston usually had lots of time to throw the ball.  Winston averaged 3.14 seconds to release the ball.

Not surprisingly, the secondary did not hold up very well.  I thought Amos came up often to limit gains, something Clinton-Dix was very poor at.  Amos finished with a team high 9 tackles (7 solo).  Jaire Alexander was very good, as usual.  King allowed two touchdowns, and Sullivan allowed another (on a rub – but teams are going to try to do that).  Sullivan was also injured during the game.        

All statistics per nflgsis or Pro Football Focus in this interesting article.

 

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