Studs and duds - Packers vs Commanders

[MadScientist]

Studs:
Love
Kraft
Parsons
Nixon

Duds:
Enegbare - fucking up the timing on what should have been a TD
Belton - holding on the TD to Reed.
Kick coverage

[Joemailman]

Best, worst PFF grades.

Top 5 offense

WR Malik Heath: 91.7
QB Jordan Love: 86.7
TE Tucker Kraft: 86.5
TE Luke Musgrave: 86.0
WR Dontayvion Wicks: 79.0

Heath ran only seven routes, but he made the most of his one target, making an elite catch along the sideline for 37 yards. Love completed 15 of 18 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns from clean pockets and was deadly off playaction. Kraft caught all six of his targets for 124 yards and produced 74 yards after the catch, while Love had a perfect 158.3 passer rating when targeting him. Musgrave caught both his targets for 32 yards and averaged 5.3 yards per route run. Wicks caught all four of his targets, had a contested catch, produced four first downs and drew a coverage penalty. Receiver Jayden Reed had a 95.6 grade but played only five snaps before breaking his collarbone.

Top 5 defense

DE Micah Parsons: 91.3
CB Keisean Nixon: 90.7
CB Carrington Valentine: 79.1
DE Kingsley Enagbare: 72.7
CB Nate Hobbs: 71.5

Parsons delivered a team-high eight pressures, including a sack and two quarterback hits, on 41 pass-rushing snaps. Nixon was targeted five times; he forced five incompletions. Valentine was targeted four times; he allowed one catch for seven yards. Enabgare produced two hurries on 15 pass-rushing snaps and a run stop. Hobbs was penalized for holding on a fourth down but tackled and covered well overall during a 32-snap debut.

Bottom 5 offense

LG Jordan Morgan: 41.0
TE John FitzPatrick: 50.4
WR Matthew Golden: 52.7
RB Chris Brooks: 53.8
RG Sean Rhyan: 55.6

Morgan allowed two hurries and earned a team-low run-blocking grade of 33.1. FitzPatrick was below average as a run blocker and was penalized once. Golden ran 23 routes and didn't have a catch, but he was open deep twice. Brooks was credited with a drop. Rhyan gave up a team-high three pressures.

Bottom 5 defense

DL Karl Brooks: 46.8
DE Lukas Van Ness: 52.9
S Xavier McKinney: 54.2
LB Edgerrin Cooper: 57.6
DE Rashan Gary: 60.2

Brooks had two pressures, including a sack, but he missed a tackle and struggled against the run. Van Ness played the run well but had just one quarterback hit on 27 pass-rushing snaps. McKinney broke up a pass, but he missed a tackle and was penalized in the end zone. Cooper had a sack, four pressures and nine total tackles, but he also missed two tackles and gave up seven completions into his coverage. Gary had four pressures and a sack but earned a middling grade as a pass-rusher.

Special teams (64.6 grade)

Rookie Savion Williams had a tackle covering a punt and earned an elite 90.3 special teams grade. Ty'Ron Hopper had a penalty but also two tackles, and Nick Niemann also had another tackle covering a kickoff. Brandon McManus missed a 48-yard field goal, and Daniel Whelan had a net punting average of only 35.8 yards and zero punts inside the 20-yard line. Kamal Hadden had a holding penalty, and the Packers missed four tackles covering kicks and punts.

Quarterback play

Jordan Love: 86.7

Love was excellent from clean pockets, completing 15 of 18 passes for 224 yards (12.4 yards per attempt) and two touchdowns. He was under pressure on 47.1 percent of dropbacks (16 of 34) but avoided a turnover worthy play. Both of his touchdown passes came off playaction. He hit 2 of 7 passes over 20 yards but was excellent in the medium area, completing 6 of 7 for 122 yards.

Stat to know

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was under pressure on 25 dropbacks. The Packers have produced pressure on 41 of 95 dropbacks through two games to start the season.

Rookie spotlight

Fourth-round pick Barryn Sorrell played only eight snaps, but he produced two pressures, including a sack. All eight of his snaps came as a pass-rusher. An encouraging start for No. 99. Second-round pick Anthony Belton played 51 snaps at right tackle -- he committed a touchdown-negating penalty, but he didn't allow a pressure and was fine in the run game in his starting debut.

[Joemailman]

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The secret superstar in Week 2:

Packers CB Keisean Nixon

[bobblehead]

Is it a secret when I said it like 5 times between the gameday thread and the aftermath....and I don't think I'm brilliant, I think EVERYONE saw it.