Four forced fumbles, including three by non-starters Aaron Mosby and Kristian Welch, helped the Green Bay Packers beat the Baltimore Ravens in their preseason finale on Saturday at Lambeau Field.
Matt LaFleur’s team managed to overcome the quarterback weakness and won convincingly 30-7.
Here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ preseason win over the Ravens, according to Pro Football Focus:
Top 5 crimes
1. WR Malik Heath: 82.4
2. Running back Nate McCrary: 81.7
3. OT Caleb Jones: 78.8
4. OT Player Travis Glover: 76.5
5. TE Henry Pearson: 75.9
Heath caught four of his five targets, including a contested touchdown catch, and all four of his catches resulted in first downs or scores. McCrary gained 43 yards after contact, forced three fumbles and created two runs of 15-plus yards. Jones was solid in the running game and did not allow a pressure on nine pass-blocking snaps. Telfort did not allow a pressure on 18 pass-blocking snaps as a left quarterback. Pearson caught one pass for four yards and received the team’s highest grade for run-blocking.
Best Defense 5
1. LB Kristian Welch: 94.3
2. DE Arron Mosby: 92.0
3. LB Chris Russell Jr.: 90.3
4. CB Gemon Green: 81.1
5. CB Kalen King: 80.8
Welch had three stops and defended two passes, including an interception, earning him an elite pass coverage grade. Mosby had a strip sack and an interception in 17 plays. Russell had two sacks and was solid in coverage, allowing just two receptions for 10 yards. Green had two stops and only one reception for nine yards in 25 plays in coverage. King forced a fumble, stopped the ball three times and allowed just 13 receiving yards on five passes thrown in his coverage.
Bottom 5 offense
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1. Quarterback Michael Pratt: 42.0
2. Quarterback Sean Clifford: 42.7
3. WR Grant DuBose: 45.8
4. Striker Joel Wilson: 46.4
5. TE Messiah Swinson: 50.9
Pratt threw brilliantly but also threw an interception in a disappointing second half. He completed just one pass of more than 10 yards — a touchdown to Bo Melton. Clifford didn’t complete a pass under pressure and made a turnover-worthy play. DuBose didn’t catch a single target while running 17 routes and had the lowest run-blocking grade on the team. Wilson dropped a pass. Swinson had a needy run-blocking grade.
Defense of the lower 5
1. LB Ralen Goforth: 41.4
2. CB L.J. Davis: 41.8
3. S Benny Sapp III: 43.5
4. S. Kitan Oladapo: 48.0
5. DL Keonte Schad: 50.3
Goforth didn’t throw a tackle and received a low run defense grade before leaving with an injury. Davis received the lowest pass defense grade. Sapp didn’t throw two tackles. Oladapo was below average in the run game. Schad stopped one but struggled in the run game.
Special teams
Henry Pearson had a pair of special teams tackles, but also missed one. Emanuel Wilson, Gemon Green and Kristian Welch also had tackles. The Packers missed five special teams tackles, including one each by Pearson, Kalen King and Benny Sapp III. Daniel Whelan fielded a punt inside the 20-yard line, and Anders Carlson missed a 32-yard field goal.
Playing the quarterback
Sean Clifford: 42.7
Michael Pratt: 42.0
Both quarterbacks played turnover-worthy games, combining to complete 53.8 percent of their passes and average 5.1 yards per attempt. Clifford really struggled under pressure, completing 0 of 5 passes and escaping once on six pressured dropbacks. The only notable throw was Pratt’s touchdown pass to Bo Melton.
Statistics to know
Packers running backs gained 125 yards on the first down, forced seven fumbles and averaged 3.21 yards after contact. Nate McCrary, Ellis Merriweather and Emanuel Wilson combined for six 10-yard carries and 10 first downs.
