The Green Bay Packers played one of their worst games on offense and one of their worst games of the entire season by grade at Pro Football Focus during Sunday’s 22-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL playoffs.
While Josh Jacobs looked elite again, he was pretty much alone among standouts on offense, and the Packers didn’t get enough disruptive or game-changing plays from the defense to survive the calamity on offense.
Based on grades from Pro Football Focus, here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ NFC Wild Card Round loss to the Eagles:
Top 5 offense
1. RB Josh Jacobs: 91.1
2. WR Jayden Reed: 76.5
3. LT Rasheed Walker: 65.9
4. TE Tucker Kraft: 62.9
5. WR Bo Melton: 62.8
Jacobs gained 74 yards after first contact and forced 12 missed tackles in the run game and caught all three targets for 40 yards and forced two more missed tackles in the passing game. Reed averaged 2.09 yards per route run after catching all four targets for 46 yards, including 19 after the catch. Walker gave up only two hurries over 41 pass-blocking snaps. Kraft caught all five targets and converted both of his tight end sneak attempts for first downs. Melton caught one pass for 16 yards and was effective as a blocker.
Top 5 defense
1. DL Karl Brooks: 86.8
2. LB Edgerrin Cooper: 78.4
3. S Javon Bullard: 75.6
4. DL Colby Wooden: 66.5
5. DE Kingsley Enagbare: 66.0
Brooks produced three hurries and a run stop across 19 snaps. Cooper had a quarterback hit, eight total tackles with just one miss and a team-high four stops, continuing the brilliant end to his rookie season. Bullard had two tackles and a stop and allowed just two catches for four yards in coverage from the slot. Wooden had two pressures, including a shared sack, on just nine pass-rushing snaps. Enagbare had a pressure and four tackles and earned the defense’s top run defense grade.
Bottom 5 offense
1. OL Travis Glover: 27.7
2. RB Emanuel Wilson: 45.0
3. OL Kadeem Telfort: 45.7
4. LG Elgton Jenkins: 48.6
5. C Josh Myers: 49.4
Glover committed three penalties before being pulled at left guard. He earned a 1.8 pass-block grade and 38.9 run-blocking grade. Wilson rushed three times for just six yards and caught just one of three targets with a drop. Telfort gave up two pressures, including a quarterback hit, and was penalized once. Jenkins gave up two pressures during his only four snaps before injury. Myers struggled in the run game and allowed two pressures across 61 total snaps.
Bottom 5 defense
1. DL TJ Slaton: 37.7
2. CB Carrington Valentine: 38.5
3. DE Brenton Cox Jr.: 43.9
4. LB Isaiah McDuffie: 51.2
5. DE Lukas Van Ness: 55.4
Slaton had three stops against the run but also missed a tackle, had a crucial penalty and managed just one hurry on 14 pass-rushing snaps. Valentine missed a team-high three tackles, including one on a touchdown, and gave up four catches on four targets into his coverage while earning the team’s lowest run defense grade. Cox Jr. had just one pressure on 15 pass-rushing snaps. McDuffie earned a poor run defense grade across 22 snaps against the run. Van Ness had two run stops but didn’t have a pressure as a pass-rusher.
Special teams
Rather incredibly, the Packers earned their best special teams grade of the season. Ty’Ron Hopper, Chris Brooks, Bo Melton and Isaiah McDuffie all made tackles covering punts and kicks, and the Packers didn’t have a miss. John FitzPatrick was flagged for holding on a kickoff return, Keisean Nixon fumbled a kickoff return and Brandon McManus missed a 38-yard field goal.
Quarterback play
Jordan Love: 54.7
Love played his second-worst game of the season by PFF grade. He threw two interceptions from clean pockets and completed only 3-of-10 passes thrown over 10 yards. He had one big-time throw (likely the 29-yarder to Dontayvion Wicks) and four turnover worthy plays (three interceptions, plus the near interception on first throw of the game). Two of his passes were dropped. One was batted down. He took two sacks and was under pressure on 15 of his 36 dropbacks (41.7 percent). The Packers attempted only three play-action passes and four screens. Love wasn’t good and he got little help.
