The Cardinals controlled the clock for most of Sunday's game against the Packers, and ended up with 20 more offensive snaps – 76 to 56 – than Green Bay. So there were fewer defensive snaps to be had. Still, the Cardinals leaned more, percentage-wise, on outside linebacker Josh Sweat than any game prior.
Sweat played 37 snaps, 66 percent of the work that was his highest percentage of the season. On the flip side, both Baron Browning (28) and Zaven Collins (26) played their fewest snaps of the season. (Although Collins had an impressive sack of Packers QB Jordan Love, power-walking his blocker backwards into Love, knocking Love down.)
Linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither also played 88 percent of the snaps (49), his highest percentage of the year, while fellow inside linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. played every snap.
Rookie cornerback Will Johnson played every snap for the first time in his career. His return has cut hard into fellow rookie Denzel Burke, who didn't play a defensive snap after playing just two in Indianapolis the week before.
Meanwhile, the offense generated four more pass plays of at least 20 yards – two each to Marvin Harrison Jr. and Zay Jones, and that doesn't include an 18-yard strike to Michael Wilson – and for only the second time this season, Harrison, Wilson and tight end Trey McBride all played at least 80 percent of the snaps.
