The Green Bay Packers earned their lowest overall grade from Pro Football Focus since the bye week during Sunday’s 27-25 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.
A big part of the overall grade? The Packers finished with their lowest coverage grade on defense of the 2024 season as Sam Darnold sliced up a secondary missing Jaire Alexander and Evan Williams.
Based on grades from Pro Football Focus, here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ Week 17 loss to the Vikings:
Top 5 offense
1. WR Romeo Doubs: 76.5
2. QB Jordan Love: 72.3
3. RB Josh Jacobs: 71.8
4. RT Zach Tom: 71.3
5. LG Elgton Jenkins: 71.3
Doubs caught seven passes, created five first downs and averaged 1.87 yards per route run. Love didn’t have a turnover worthy play and was effective when not pressured or blitzed. Jacobs fumbled on the opening possession but created 54 yards after contact and scored another touchdown. Tom gave up a sack and three pressures but earned the offense’s top run-blocking grade. Jenkins allowed zero pressures and was the highest graded pass-blocker.
Top 5 defense
1. DL Devonte Wyatt: 91.8
2. LB Edgerrin Cooper: 80.1
3. DL Karl Brooks: 68.8
4. LB Isaiah McDuffie: 65.1
5. S Zayne Anderson: 65.0
Wyatt had four pressures, all hurries, on 10 pass-rushing snaps before exiting with a concussion. Cooper got picked on in coverage (seven catches for 91 yards), but he delivered a career high six stops and earned an elite run defense grade (91.5). Brooks had a sack, a hurry, a batted pass and two run stops. McDuffie had a run stop and didn’t give up a catch in coverage. Anderson didn’t allow a catch over 11 snaps before exiting.
Bottom 5 offense
1. WR Jayden Reed: 46.1
2. TE Luke Musgrave: 47.1
3. RG Sean Rhyan: 59.1
4. C Josh Myers: 60.2
5. WR Dontayvion Wicks: 62.8
Reed dropped a fourth down pass and finished with only one catch for six yards on four targets and 24 routes run. Musgrave caught one pass for four yards on eight routes run and was poor as a blocker. Rhyan gave up a pressure, got flagged for holding negating a touchdown run and was the offensive line’s lowest graded run blocker. Myers gave up four pressures, including a sack. Wicks failed to make a diving catch in the first half and had a procedural penalty negating a first down.
Bottom 5 defense
1. DE Kingsley Enagbare: 37.4
2. S Javon Bullard: 37.7
3. DE Arron Mosby: 41.4
4. LB Eric Wilson: 47.6
5. DL Colby Wooden: 48.2
Enagbare didn’t have a pressure over 20 pass-rushing snaps and gave up a catch into his coverage. Bullard gave up six completions on six targets for 72 yards and two touchdowns into his coverage, but he did make 11 tackles without a miss. Mosby had two pressures, including a hit, but he earned a poor run defense grade. Wilson missed a tackle and gave up four catches for 60 yards. Wooden didn’t have a pressure over 16 pass-rushing snaps or a run stop over 13 run-defending snaps.
Special teams
Edgerrin Cooper had another special teams tackle but was flagged for a (questionable) offsides penalty on a field goal. Kingsley Enagbare and Zayne Anderson also had tackles covering kicks or punts. Karl Brooks had a penalty on special teams. Daniel Whelan had a 50-yard punt and one punt put inside the 20. His net was 42.3 yards.
Quarterback play
Jordan Love: 72.3
Love didn’t have a big-time throw or turnover worthy play. He was 16 of 22 for 148 yards and a touchdown from clean pockets but just 3 of 8 for 37 yards and three sacks under pressure. He completed just 1-of-5 passes thrown 20 yards or more in the air. The play-action passing game was almost non-existent (2 of 4 for 19 yards). When not blitzed, Love completed 6 of 9 passes for 71 yards, but he averaged only 5.4 yards per attempt when blitzed.
Stat to know
Sam Darnold completed 26 of 30 passes for 315 yards and three touchdowns when not pressured. The Packers got pressure on only 14 of his 44 dropbacks. Darnold averaged only 4.6 yard per attempt and threw an interception when pressured.