By A to Z Sports,Wendell Ferreira

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In a vacuum, there is an easy argument to make that Jayden Reed and Christian Watson are the two best wide receivers on the Green Bay Packers’ roster right now. Well, both will be out for the next several weeks—Watson is still recovering from his knee injury, and Reed broke his collarbone last Thursday when the Packers beat the Washington Commanders.It’s obviously not easy to handle impactful losses like those, but the Packers still have several weapons to throw the ball to and might be uniquely equipped to overcome it.”Fortunately for us, we have a pretty deep wide receiver room,” head coach LaFleur said after the game in Week 2. “There are going to be opportunities for other guys to step up and take advantage of.”

Snap count observations for the wide receiver

As expected, Romeo Doubs has been the most frequent wide receiver on the field. Against the Commanders, he played on 74% of the offensive snaps and was targeted five times. Dontayvion Wicks played 54% of the snaps and led the WRs in targets, with six—only behind tight end Tucker Kraft, with seven. Malik Heath (32%) and Savion Williams (16%) were also used situationally.The most curious situation was first-round rookie Matthew Golden’s. He was targeted twice early on and couldn’t catch any of the passes. For the rest of the game, he wouldn’t be targeted again—nevertheless, he did have two carries for 15 rushing yards. Interestingly, Golden was second amongst wide receivers in snaps, playing 59% of the offensive plays.

More snap count notes from Week 2

> The Packers should have more from Micah Parsons after this mini-bye, but he was already the edge defender with the highest number of snaps on Thursday (47, or 68% of the defensive snaps). Behind him, Green Bay had Rasha Gary (62%), Lukas Van Ness (51%), Kingsley Enagbare (29%), and rookie Barryn Sorrell (12%), who made his NFL debut.> Matt LaFleur decided to rotate right tackles early on, but at some point the team just kept Anthony Belton. The rookie second-rounder played 75% of the snaps, versus 25% from Darian Kinnard.

> The Packers are using 12 personnel much more, and even 13 personnel eventually. So while Tucker Kraft stays on the field for almost every play (91%), Luke Musgrave and John FitzPatrick still managed to be on the field for 31% of the plays each. Among running backs, Chris Brooks (19%) has clearly positioned himself above Emanuel Wilson (7%) as the immediate backup. Brooks also led the team in special teams snaps (17).> The first game was more balanced, but the Packers leaned much more heavily on Karl Brooks to play defensive tackle alongside Devonte Wyatt against the Commanders. Brooks played 70% of the snaps, way ahead of Colby Wooden (30%) and Nazir Stackhouse (4%). Those numbers are likely to fluctuate throughout the season depending on specific gameplans.