The Detroit Lions had a letdown game on Thanksgiving against the Green Bay Packers. Let’s take a closer look at their personnel decisions by examining the team’s Week 12 snap counts.
Offense
Quarterbacks
Jared Goff: 84 (100%)
Teddy Bridgewater: N/A
Despite losing, the Lions logged 84 offensive snaps—the second most this season, just a hair behind the Raiders game (86).
Running backs
Jahmyr Gibbs: 60 (71%)
David Montgomery: 23 (27%)
Craig Reynolds: 1 (1%) — 13 special teams snaps (57%)
(FB) Malcolm Rodriguez: 6 (7%) — 16 (70%)
While some of this likely has to do with game situation—the Lions falling behind early and having to somewhat abandon the running game—it’s still quite telling that Jahmyr Gibbs out-snapped David Montgomery almost three-to-one.