Week 15 Cheeseboard!
A four cheese week for clipping the Seahawks of their wings
In what was at the time a playoff preview, the Packers waltzed into Lumen Field in Seattle and laid the smackdown on a depleted Seahawks team — just as they should have. The defense teed off to the tune of seven sacks and an interception in route to 30-13 win on Sunday Night Football.
As such in a performance like that, there are plethora of cheese candidates as Jordan and I hand out four cheese this week.
Week 15 Candidates
The Packers O-Line: Helped Packers produced 369 yards of offense, including 140 rushing yards. PFF Grades - Sean Rhyan (63.5), Rasheed Walker (69.5), Elgton Jenkins (71.6), Josh Myers (76.1), Zach Tom (83.1)
Edgerrin Cooper: 7 tackles (6 solo), 2 TFL, 1 sack, 2 QB hits, 2 pass breakups and 1 INT on 34 snaps. NFC Defensive Player of the Week (93.8 PFF grade)
Carrington Valentine: 3 tackles (1 solo), 2 pass breakups and 1 INT. 3 catches on 4 targets for 32 receiving yards (90.2 PFF grade)
Kingsley Enagbare: 5 tackles (all solo), 3 TFL, 2 sacks and 2 QB hits (70.7 PFF grade)
Josh Jacobs: 26 carries, 94 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 fumble // 4 catches, 42 receiving yards (60.5 PFF grade)
Jordan Love: 20-for-27, 229 passing yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs // 1 carry, 4 rushing yards (66.9 PFF grade)
Romeo Doubs: 3 catches on 5 targets, 40 receiving yards, 2 TDs (78.7 PFF grade)
Week 15 Cheeses
🧀 Edgerrin Cooper 🧀
Cooper’s return to the field Sunday night was truly magnetic to watch after missing the last three games with a hamstring injury. There wasn’t anything arguably the Packers’ best rookie needed to do more of in order to spur on the team’s disruptive defensive performance. Cooper barreled down on Geno Smith not once, but twice on blitzes. He stalled out runs. He blanketed his matchups while in coverage. He even had two tackles on special teams. A complete performance by the rookie, who will look to continue making his mark down the stretch.
🧀 Packers O-Line 🧀
The holes opened up by the Packers offensive line were large enough for an 18-wheeler to drive through them, nonetheless Josh Jacobs. The line’s performance from the start helped Jacobs have a fantastic first half and set the tone for how the battle was going to be in the trenches — a battle ultimately won by the Packers. It would’ve been hard to single out a lineman when they all played well and Jordan Love was kept upright all night, so all five starting starting lineman get a cheese.
🧀 Carrington Valentine 🧀
With no Jaire Alexander once again, Carrington Valentine took it upon himself to lift the Packers’ performance through the secondary with what ended up being his best performance of the season. The sophomore nabbed his first career NFL interception deep in the end zone — one play after breaking up a potential interception while covering Jackson Smith-Njigba. Seeing his second-most snaps on the season, Valentine is coming on late, just as he did last year.
🧀 Kingsley Enagbare 🧀
Kingsley Enagbare continues to make his rise since the Packers traded away veteran edge rusher Preston Smith. While seeing just 22 snaps on the night, Enagbare was efficient, especially in terrorizing backup Seahawks QB Sam Howell once he entered the game. Enagbare’s two sacks came within two plays of each other in Howell’s first first full drive under center and helped result in a three-and-out. Enagbare now only ranks behind Rashan Gary on the team with his 4.5 sacks.
Cheeseboard through Week 15
Josh Jacobs 🧀 x5
Xavier McKinney 🧀 x4
Edgerrin Cooper 🧀 x3
Tucker Kraft 🧀 x3
Jayden Reed 🧀 x3
Zach Tom 🧀 x3
Kingsley Enagbare 🧀 x2
Rashan Gary 🧀 x2
Elgton Jenkins 🧀 x2
Jordan Love 🧀 x2
Quay Walker 🧀 x2
Eric Wilson 🧀 x2
Daniel Whelan 🧀 x2
Jaire Alexander 🧀
Karl Brooks 🧀
Kenny Clark 🧀
Romeo Doubs 🧀
Brian Gutekunst 🧀
Elgton Jenkins 🧀 x2
Matt LaFleur 🧀
Josh Myers 🧀
Keisean Nixon 🧀
Sean Rhyan 🧀
Carrington Valentine 🧀
Lukas Van Ness 🧀
Rasheed Walker 🧀
Christian Watson 🧀
Evan Williams 🧀
Malik Willis 🧀
De’Vonte Wyatt 🧀