Packers Snap Counts vs. Broncos: Darian Kinnard takes over at right tackle

There were a bunch of injuries against the Denver Broncos, including Green Bay Packers receiver Christian Watson and defensive end Micah Parsons. With so many moving parts, it might have been hard to keep track of who was playing where. Let’s go position-by-position and break down how the Packers’ rotations actually worked on Sunday.

Quarterbacks

• Jordan Love: 63 snaps
• Malik Willis: 0

Jordan Love had a well below average game for his standards against a tough defense, posting just a 68.3 passer rating against the Broncos. Somehow, though, the game was still close on the offense’s final drive, so Malik Willis never had to be inserted in garbage time.

Running Backs

• Josh Jacobs: 34
• Chris Brooks: 17 (14 SPT)
• Emanuel Wilson: 12 (6 SPT)

Both Josh Jacobs (knee swelling) and Emanuel Wilson (illness) came into Sunday with questionable statuses, but they ended up suiting up against Denver. Chris Brooks is starting to chip away at Wilson’s playing time, which is relevant with a MarShawn Lloyd decision on the horizon. If the Packers don’t activate Lloyd to the 53-man roster next week, they’ll have to shut down the 2024 third-round pick for the remainder of the season, meaning that Lloyd will have played just one game in two full seasons as a professional. It’s going to be hard for Green Bay to keep four running backs on the roster, though, so they can only likely keep two of Brooks, Wilson and Lloyd.

Receivers

• Romeo Doubs: 48 (2 SPT)
• Jayden Reed: 41
• Dontayvion Wicks: 27
• Christian Watson: 25
• Matthew Golden: 22
• CB Bo Melton: 9 (9 SPT)

Before Christian Watson went down with his chest injury, the outside receivers for the Packers were Watson and Romeo Doubs, primarily, and Jayden Reed filled the role of the slot receiver. Dontayvion Wicks seems to be earning a couple of more reps than first-round rookie Matthew Golden, despite Golden actually leading the team in receiving in this game.

Tight Ends

• John FitzPatrick: 43 (6 SPT)
• Luke Musgrave: 33 (1 SPT)
• Josh Whyle: 2

Another player added to the injury list today was tight end Josh Whyle, who left the game in the first quarter with a concussion. If he isn’t able to go next week against the Chicago Bears, the Packers will have to end up elevating one of their two practice squad tight ends: McCallan Castles or Drake Dabney.

The team continues to oscillate between John FitzPatrick and Luke Musgrave as their “TE1.” This has been normal since Tucker Kraft went down with his ACL tear against the Carolina Panthers.

Offensive Linemen

• Rasheed Walker: 63 (6 SPT)
• Aaron Banks: 63 (6 SPT)
• Sean Rhyan: 63 (6 SPT)
• Anthony Belton: 63 (6 SPT)
• Darian Kinnard: 40 (6 SPT)
• Zach Tom: 25 (2 SPT)
• Jordan Morgan: 0 (6 SPT)
• Jacob Monk: 0 (6 SPT)

Right tackle Zach Tom went down with a knee injury, leading to Darian Kinnard hopping into the lineup. Kinnard usually only gets playing time in six-offensive-line sets, which he did twice on Sunday before Tom’s injury. Without Kinnard available to play tight end, the Packers disbanded their extra lineman looks.

Defensive Ends

• Micah Parsons: 39
• Kingsley Enagbare: 38 (6 SPT)
• Rashan Gary: 38
• Lukas Van Ness: 20
• Arron Mosby: 2 (20 SPT)

Despite the injury, Micah Parsons actually played more snaps than any other defensive end on the Packers’ roster in this game. Lukas Van Ness only played 3 snaps in the first half, but he had to play 17 in the second half once Parsons went down with his knee injury. Moving forward, the team will likely have a three-man rotation between Kingsley Enagbare, Rashan Gary and Van Ness to end the year.

Arron Mosby, who mostly plays special teams for the Packers, got his first snaps on defense for the 2025 season in this game. With Parsons likely going on the injured reserve soon, rookie Barryn Sorrell probably won’t be a healthy scratch (like he was today) moving forward.

Defensive Tackles

• Karl Brooks: 48 (10 SPT)
• Colby Wooden: 42 (6 SPT)
• Warren Brinson: 21 (4 SPT)
• Jordon Riley: 15 (4 SPT)

For the second straight week, the Packers made Nazir Stackhouse and Quinton Bohanna healthy scratches. Green Bay only kept four defensive tackles on the 48-man gameday roster, with Warren Brinson filling in as the team’s backup defensive tackle and Jordon Riley, a nose tackle, playing limited snaps in a situational run-stopping role.

Linebackers

• Edgerrin Cooper: 65 (4 SPT)
• Quay Walker: 62 (4 SPT)
• Isaiah McDuffie: 24 (20 SPT)
• Ty’Ron Hopper: 0 (16 SPT)
• Kristian Welch: 0 (14 SPT)

There’s not much to write about here, as Edgerrin Cooper and Quay Walker remain the team’s starting linebackers, and Isaiah McDuffie fills the role of the third linebacker in 4-3 looks.

Cornerbacks

• Carrington Valentine: 65
• Keisean Nixon: 65 (4 SPT)
• Nate Hobbs: 9 (2 SPT)
• Kamal Hadden: 0 (7 SPT)

The full-time outside cornerbacks on this team are still Carrington Valentine and Keisean Nixon. Nate Hobbs split slot reps with safety Javon Bullard, who struggled at times during this game. Really, the whole secondary probably played their worst game of the year on Sunday, as they could have had five interceptions and allowed a below-average passing game to torch them throughout.

Safeties

• Xavier McKinney: 65 (11 SPT)
• Evan Williams: 46 (7 SPT)
• Javon Bullard: 32 (7 SPT)
• Zayne Anderson: 19 (16 SPT)
• Kitan Oladapo: 0 (15 SPT)

Evan Williams dropped out of the game with a knee injury, leading to Zayne Anderson taking over at the position. This kept Javon Bullard in the slot, rather than allowing him to play further off the ball. In general, Anderson has been higher on the safety depth chart than Kitan Oladapo throughout their Packers careers. Oladapo is the team’s third slot defender and fifth safety, as it stands today.