The Green Bay Packers played what Pro Football Focus considered their best game of the 2024 season during Sunday night’s dominant 30-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field.
The Packers, who led 14-0 and 20-3 in the first half, earned their best grade on offense, defense and overall this season.
The grades correlate well with the result: the Packers led by at least two scores for the majority of the contest and were up 17 points when Geno Smith exited in the third quarter. A final takeaway and touchdown locked in a three-score win for the visiting Packers.
Based on grades from Pro Football Focus, here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ Week 15 win over the Seahawks:
Top 5 offense
1. RT Zach Tom: 83.2
2. WR Romeo Doubs: 78.7
3. WR Dontayvion Wicks: 78.0
4. C Josh Myers: 76.1
5. WR Jayden Reed: 75.7
Tom gave up two hurries but earned an elite run-blocking grade. Doubs made a contested catch and caught two touchdown passes. Wicks caught two passes, both generating first downs. Myers gave up just one hurry and was good in the run game. Reed turned his eight touches into 61 yards — he gained 44 after the catch and rushed three times for 27 yards.
Top 5 defense
1. LB Edgerrin Cooper: 93.8
2. CB Carrington Valentine: 90.2
3. DL TJ Slaton: 83.1
4. DL Kenny Clark: 79.5
5. CB Eric Stokes: 77.8
Cooper produced three pressures (including a sack), four stops (including two tackles for loss) and two pass breakups (including an interception). Valentine had an interception, a pass breakup and two stops. Slaton had two stops against the run and drew a holding penalty. Clark had five pressures, including a QB hit, plus a run stop. Stokes gave up only two completions for 10 yards over 44 coverage snaps.
Bottom 5 offense
1. TE Ben Sims: 55.8
2. RB Josh Jacobs: 60.5
3. RG Sean Rhyan: 63.5
4. QB Jordan Love: 66.9
5. LT Rasheed Walker: 69.5
Sims earned an average run blocking grade. Jacobs gained 80 yards after first contact but lost a fumble and average fewer than 4.0 yards per carry. Rhyan gave up a team-high three pressures and had a false start penalty in the red zone. Love had a couple of poor throws but played well overall. Walker earned the team’s highest pass-blocking grade but was only OK in the run game.
Bottom 5 defense
1. LB Quay Walker: 44.2
2. DL Karl Brooks: 47.1
3. CB Keisean Nixon: 54.5
4. S Evan Williams: 55.8
5. DL Colby Wooden: 57.7
Walker gave up a catch in coverage and earned a low run defense grade over 22 snaps before exiting with an injury. Brooks delivered six pressures, but he missed a tackle and struggled against the run inside. Nixon gave up four catches on four targets and committed two penalties. Williams was credited with giving up two catches for 40 yards. Wooden had 12 pass-rush opportunities but didn’t produce a pressure.
Special teams
Edgerrin Cooper had a pair of tackles covering kickoffs but also missed a tackle on special teams. Robert Rochell had a tackle and downed a punt inside the 10. The Packers didn’t have a penalty on special teams. Brandon McManus made all six kicks and had a tackle. Daniel Whelan had a punt downed inside the 10-yard line. Ben Sims earned an elite grade for his blocking on kickoff returns. Bo Melton also missed a tackle.
Quarterback play
Jordan Love: 66.9
Love completed 11 of 14 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown from clean pockets, completed nine of 13 passes for 95 yards and a touchdown under pressure and didn’t have a turnover worthy play. He had one pass batted down, and he scrambled once for four yards. On passes thrown over 20 yards, Love was 3-of-6 for 84 yards and a score — plus a big-time throw. He undershot a few deep balls, however, and the passing game didn’t connect on a couple of intermediate attempts, including what should have been an easy one to Romeo Doubs.
Stat to know
Geno Smith was under pressure on 10 of his 23 dropbacks, while Sam Howell was under pressure on 12 of 19. Add them up — 22 pressured dropbacks on 42 attempts. This was a big-time performance from the Packers defensive front, which produced 34 total pressures.