The Green Bay Packers played one of their worst games on offense and one of their worst games all season by grade at Pro Football Focus in Sunday’s 22-10 playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles NFL playoffs.
While Josh Jacobs looked elite again, he was pretty much alone among the best on offense, and the Packers didn’t get enough disruptive or game-breaking plays from the defense to survive the calamity in attack.
Based on Pro Football Focus’ grades, here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ NFC Wild Card Round loss to the Eagles:
Top 5 offenses
1. Running back 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 running 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 after catching all four targets for 46 yards, including 19 after the catch. Walker gave up just two carries on 41 pass-blocking snaps. Kraft caught all five targets and converted both of his sneak attempts to tight end for first downs. Melton caught a pass for 16 yards and was effective as a blocker.
Top 5 in defense
1. DL Karl Brooks: 86.8
2. LB Edgerrin Cooper: 78.4
3. S Javon Bullard: 75.6
4. DL Colby in wood: 66.5
5. DE Kingsley Enagbare: 66.0
Brooks produced three rushing runs and one run stop on 19 snaps. Cooper had one quarterback hit, eight total tackles with just one miss and a team-high four stops, continuing the stellar finish 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 rushed snaps. Enagbare had one pressure and four tackles and had the highest run defense grade on the defense.
Down 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 scored 1.8 for pass block and 38.9 for run block. Wilson rushed just six yards three times and caught just one of three targets with a drop. Telfort gave in to two pressures, including a quarterback hit, and was penalized once. Jenkins gave up two pressures in his only four snaps before his injury. Myers struggled in the running game and allowed two pressures on 61 total snaps.
Defense of the last 5
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 made three stops against the run, but also missed a tackle, took a crucial penalty and had just one rush on 14 pass snaps. Valentine missed a team-high three tackles, including one on a touchdown, and gave up four catches on four targets in his coverage while earning the team’s lowest run defense rating. Cox Jr. had just one pressure on 15 passing snaps. McDuffie had a poor run defense grade on 22 snaps against the run. Van Ness made two running stops, but had no pressure as a passer.
Special teams
Incredibly enough, 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 miss. John FitzPatrick was flagged for holding a kickoff return, Keisean Nixon missed a kickoff return and Brandon McManus missed a 38-yard field goal.
Quarterback play
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Jordan Love: 54.7
Love played his second worst game of the season according to PFF rating. He threw two interceptions from clean pockets and completed just 3 of 10 passes thrown for 10 yards. He had one big throw (probably the 29-yarder to Dontayvion Wicks) and four turnover-worthy plays (three interceptions, plus the near-interception on the first throw of the game). Two of his passes were dropped. One of them was shot. He took two sacks and was under pressure on 15 of his 36 dropbacks (41.7 percent). The Packers only attempted three play-action passes and four screens. The love was not good and he received little help.