The Packers dominated the first half, gaining 18 first downs to 10 for the Patriots, and 256 yards to 127 for the Patriots.  Their time of possession was over 18 minutes with New England at 11 minutes and change.  The score didn't reflect that due to a turnover.

The number one offensive line was effective in the three to four drives it played.  The coaches finally gave Rasheed Walker the snaps with the starters at LT.  It is more difficult to judge players who only play against backups.  I think Walker passed this test.  The starters were Walker, Jenkins, Myers, Runyan, and Tom.  Walker played 17 snaps with the starters and Love, and 26 of the 41 snaps with Clifford at quarterback, with Telfort playing the balance of 15 LT snaps.  Nijman played every snap Clifford played.  Newman and Rhyan played LG and RG, respectively.  Hanson played 34 of the snaps when Clifford was at quarterback, with Schneider playing the remaining 7snaps.  

The pass protection was good for both Love and Clifford.  Pro Football Focus indicated that the offensive line only gave up one hurry.  The run blocking dropped off significantly when the starters began to depart, though the Packers still had Nijman and Walker at offensive tackle.

On the first drive the packers ran the ball 3 times for 16 yards, but a bad shotgun snap led to a turnover on 3rd and five.  Love had one imcomplete pass to Deguara.  The turnover gave the Patriots the ball at the Green Bay 18.  On the second drive, the Packers ran the ball twice for 6 yards, and Love attempted 5 passes, completing 3 for 23 yards.  On 3 and 4, Love threw an incompletion while attempting to hit Reed.  Love targeted Musgrave 3 times.  That forced a punt.

On the third drive, the Packers ran the ball twice for 9 yards (3 for 20 if one includes Love's scramble, but QB scrambles are always a separate category for me).  Love completed 2 passes on 2 targets for 63 yards.  He hit Doubs for 42 yards.  The pass was a little under thrown, and Doubs had drifted towards the sideline a bit, but he got both feet in bounds, at least after the Packers won that challenge.  He threw a 21-yard bullet to Reed who snatched it out of the air.  RBs gained 31 yards on 7 carries (Jones 1 for 6 yards, Dillon 6 for 25), while Love was 5 of 8 for 86 yards and a touchdown.  The Packers converted 1 of their 3 third down attempts, but one of them was due to the bad snap.

On the fourth drive, the Packers ran the ball 6 times for 36 yards.  Wilson had 4 carries for 28 yards, Taylor 2 carries for 8 yards and a touchdown.  The blocking was mostly very good, though Wilson had a 1 yard run on 1st and 10 and Taylor got stuffed for no gain on another 1st and 10.  Clifford connected on 2 of 3 passes for 21 yards.  Musgrave got just enough of the end to seal the edge, allowing Taylor to beat the defenders around left end and score the touchdown.  The Packers did not face a third down on this drive.

On their fifth drive, the Packers ran the ball 6 times for 14 yards.  They had successful runs by Wilson for 7 yards and Taylor for 2 yards on a 4th and one.  Taylor worked for those 2 yards.  All the other runs would be considered unsuccessful given the down and distance.  Clifford completed all three of his passes, including a nice 21-yarder to Dubose, but they failed to convert both 3rd down plays, leading to a punt.

On their 6th drive, which started at the Green Bay 9-yard line with just 51 seconds left in the half, Clifford completed 3 of 6 passes for 32 yards.  A somewhat questionable pass interference call on New England on a 2nd and 10 moved the ball another 23 yards.  After failing to convert 3rd and 5 at the New England 34, Carlson hit a 52-yard field goal to put the Packers up 17 to 14 at the half.  There were no runs on this drive, though the Packers still had 2 timeouts.

Love completed 5 of 8 passes for 84 yards (10.5 yards/attempt) with 1 touchdown and no interceptions.  He was not sacked, nor do I remember any quarterback hits, excluding hits on a scramble that was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, and another while he was attempting to recover an errant snap.  Love had a 137.5 passer rating.  He scrambled twice for twice for 11 yards, with a long of 11.  The errant shotgun snap looked off line, and Love appeared to be looking to the right side of the field when the snap occurred.  Officially, Myers was cited for a fumble on the play.  Clifford completed 13 of 19 for 137 yards, (7.2 yards/attempt) with no touchdowns or interceptions.  He had a passer rating of 89.1.  Clifford scrambled once for 2 yards.  Clifford was not sacked and New England did not have any official quarterback hits.  Nonetheless, despite a much less potent running attack, the Packers scored on 2 of their 3 possessions with Clifford at quarterback.  

Emanuel Wilson started out with 4 carries for 28 yards, but as the starters on the offensive line cycled out of the lineup, good holes and yards became scarcer, particularly up the middle.  Wilson finished with 63 yards on 15 carries, a 4.2-yard average, with a long of 14 and no touchdowns.  Wilson caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards, with a long of 11.  He looked very comfortable catching passes, made some nice decisions and cuts on his runs, and overall looked good.  Wilson at least cracked the special teams squad, but only got 2 snaps, whereas Patrick Taylor played 11 ST snaps after playing 12 in the first preseason game.  Taylor gained 12 yards on 4 carries, a 3-yard average, with a long of 8 and a touchdown.  Taylor powered for 2 yards on a 4th and 1, gaining the first down despite not much push from the offensive line.  His other two runs featured a lot clogged running lanes.  He checks all the boxes for RB #3, though Wilson is closing the gap and seems more explosive with the ball in his hands.  Dillon gained 25 yards on 6 carries with a long of 5.  He was very consistent, but all of his carries (and thus yards) came while the first string offensive line was on the field.  Dillon picked up a blitz well, pushing the defender into the ground.  Aaron Jones gained 6 yards on one carry.

Kraft played the most snaps but was not targeted.  Then again, according to Pro Football Focus, Kraft only ran one pass route.  [I am wondering if that's a misprint because PFF has his snaps count incorrect.]  Luke Musgrave caught 2 of 3 passes for 13 yards with a long of 10.  [I believe Musgrave was targeted a fourth time but the play was wiped out by a penalty.]  PFF indicated he ran 16 routes.  Austin Allen was not targeted and PFF indicates that he did not run a route.  Deguara caught one of 2 passes for zero yards while running 2 routes.  Allen got a longer look on STs.  Pearson only blocked.  He had a holding penalty called on him, and left the game with an injury. 

Christian Watson ran 9 routes but was not targeted.  Doubs ran 9 routes and caught both of his targets for 52 yards, with a long of 42.  Reed ran 6 routes and caught of 2 targets for 19 yards with a touchdown.  Wicks played 9 snaps but ran no routes.  Malik Heath caught all 5 of his targets for 75 yards, with a long of 25.  He caught tough passes, took big hits but still caught the ball, and when he caught a 10-yard slant just short of the first down marker, he fought successfully to get the extra yard or two he needed.  He blocks ferociously.  He played special teams.  Heath is going to be very difficult to cut.  Toure palyed 23 snaps and had 1 target and no receptions.  He was injured while he was a returner on special teams, and was seen on the sidelines with ice on his left knee.  Dubose caught 2 of 4 targets for 27 yards with a long of 21.  He has looked good.  Watts caught one pass for 9 yards.  Chrest caught one pass for 6 yards, but played no STs.  Dre Miller played only STs.

Wooden had 3 tackles (1 solo) and a QB hit.  Brooks had 1 solo tackle, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 QB hit.  I personally credited him with 2 pressures.  Jonathan Ford had 2 solo tackles including a tackle for loss.  Wyatt had 1 solo tackle.  Slaton had no statistics.  Slayton had 1 solo tackle.  Kenny Clark did not play.  The Packers allowed 4.83 yards per carry to running backs, and 9 yards on 3 scrambles to quarterbacks.  They allowed a 15 and a 23 yard run as the two explosive runs.

 Phillips has gotten little attention but is always active.  He led the Packers with 6 tackles (5 solo) and a pass defensed (batted down).  Eric Wilson had 3 tackles (2 solo).  Enagbare in just 14 snaps had 2 solo tackles including a tackle for loss, 2 sacks, 1 pass defensed, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.  He has taken a clear jump and is OLB #3.  He also had a tackle on special teams.  Van Ness, Quay Walker and K. Banks each had 2 solo tackles with Banks adding a pass defensed.  McDuffie and Brenton Cox each had one solo tackle with Cox adding a QB hit.  Hollins had 1 QB hit.  The packers finished with 6 QB hits and 2 sacks.  The pass rush has looked good from all of the outside linebackers, except perhaps for Van Ness.  Brooks, Slaton, and Ford and Wooden have gotten some push.

I wonder if the Packers were taking a longer looks at other player on special teams or if McDuffie and Eric Wilson, who normally play a lot of ST snaps, were held back while Devondre Campbell is out?  

Valentine came down to earth a bit but still looked pretty good.  He had 2 solo tackles and 2 passes defensed, and a PI or 2.  Kiondre Thomas had a questionable Pass Interference penalty called on him.  He had 2 solo tackles and a pass defensed.  Jean-Charles had 3 tackles, 2 solo.  Anthony Johnson had 4 tackles, one solo.  He was not in coverage but arguably he was the one who failed to tackle Boutte on his 42-yard TD reception caught between the hashmarks, much of which was yards after the catch.  Owens had 1 pass defensed.  Carpenter had 2 assisted tackles.  Moore had one assisted tackle.  Carpenter, Nixon, Leavitt, and Savage had no statistics.  Ford had 2 assisted tackles and Dre Miller had one special teams tackle. 

Carlson made all of his kicks.  One snap from Ozrech was a little high, but O'Donnell got it down on time.  Whelan punted twice for 63 yards with no returns.  Both were inside the 20, but the Patriots took possession at the 17 and 15 yards lines, respectively, so that is far less impressive.  O'Donnell punted once for 43, no return.  Toure returned 2 punts for 3 yards and 2 kickoffs for 36 yards.  There might have been penalty on every return.  Indeed, this refereeing crew called penalties on most of the returns, and easily threw the flag on pass interference calls.

Photo courtesy of Wm. Glasheen, USA Today Sports

WR: 2.62

TE: 1.38

RB: 1.00

DL: 2.38

LB: 3.60

DBs: 5.02