• Aaron Jones: 9 carries, 41 yards, 1 touchdown; 2 receptions, 86 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown
• Romeo Doubs: 4 receptions, 26 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns.
The Bears' three-man committee: When it comes to fantasy football, the biggest fear for a backfield is to see snaps distributed like this.
- Khalil Herbert received every snap for the Bears on their first drive, but after that point, it was a free-for-all.
- The only clear tendency was that Roschon Johnson was the primary third-down back. Johnson played on third downs with the starters in the Bears' last preseason game, so this wasn’t a surprise.
- Herbert ended up with the most carries with nine. They resulted in 27 yards.
- It was Johnson who scored the team’s only rushing touchdown, while Johnson also led the team in receptions with six.
- Johnson should be a waiver wire target. It probably doesn’t make sense to put any Bears running back in your starting lineup, but Johnson could play more if the season progresses.
The Packers five-man wide receiver rotation: Green Bay used five different wide receivers throughout the game but none of them supassed 50 receiving yards.
- Christian Watson is typically one of the Packers' outside wide receivers, but he missed the game with an injury.
- Romeo Doubs is expected to be an every-down player, but he was also dealing with injuries and was on a snap count.
- Jayden Reed is the Packers' third wide receiver, and that’s the role he played in this game.
- Reed played in 30 of a possible 33 snaps in 11 personnel and rarely played in any other personnel grouping.
- Reed led the wide receiver room in receiving yards with 48 on two receptions.
- He was the clear slot receiver, as expected, with 22 of his snaps coming from the slot. The other four wide receivers combined for 24 snaps in the slot.
- Samori Toure was the only other wide receiver who caught a pass, catching two for 18 yards.
- Dontayvion Wicks nad Malik Heath also got significant playing time with no receptions.
Luke Musgrave reaches 50 receiving yards: The Packers rookie tight end caught three passes and was one of the most successful fantasy tight ends of the week.
- He didn’t receive 100% of snaps with the starters, as he often did in the preseason, but it was still a high majority of snaps.
- Musgrave was a clear starter in every personnel group.
- Most importantly, he was the clear receiving tight end. The other tight ends combined for six routes.
- Musgrave was on the field for all but four passing plays. He stayed in to block on three passing plays.
- He should be one of the top waiver wire targets at the position. Few tight ends available have the role and upside Mugrave has.
Miscellaneous Notes
- The snaps for the Bears wide receivers and tight ends went as expected, with D.J. Moore, Darnell Mooney, Chase Claypool and Cole Kmet playing the vast majority of snaps.
- It was surprising to see Chicago stay in 11 personnel for most of the game, which was at least partially due to the game script.
- Aaron Jones was dealing with a hamstring injury late in the game, but he doesn’t believe it was pulled. He should be fine, but it’s a situation worth monitoring.
Table Notes
• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.
• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.
• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.
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