Packers PFF grades: Best, worst players from preseason win over Cardinals

By admin — In News — August 29, 2026

   ​The Green Bay Packers finished the preseason on a high note, completing a memorable fourth comeback and beating the Arizona Cardinals by a 42-38 final score on Friday night at Lambeau Field.Who played well and who struggled for Matt LaFleur’s team in the preseason finale?Based on grades from Pro Football Focus, here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ preseason win over the Cardinals:Top 5 offenseWR J. Michael Sturdivant: 88.0WR Kisean Johnson: 81.1QB Kyle McCord: 79.9OL Brant Banks: 71.2OL Donovan Jennings: 70.0Sturdivant and Johnson combined to catch 10 passes for 164 yards and three touchdowns, including four contested catches and three passes thrown over 20 yards. McCord threw four touchdown passes without a turnover. More on him later. Banks didn’t allow a pressure and was decent as a run blocker over 26 snaps at right tackle. Jennings was the team’s highest rated pass blocker over 23 snaps at left guard.Top 5 defenseDL Jaden Crumedy: 82.7EDGE Nyjalik Kelly: 80.0EDGE Arron Mosby: 76.9CB Kamal Hadden: 70.3LB Kristian Welch: 66.2Crumedy had two pressures, including a quarterback hit resulting in an interception, and he also produced a batted down pass and a run stop. Kelly had a team-high four pressures and four stops, plus an interception. Mosby had an interception in the fourth quarter, plus two run stops and three pressures. Hadden didn’t allow a reception against his coverage and was solid against the run. Welch missed three tackles but was solid against the run, and he made seven total tackles.Bottom 5 offenseTE Drake Dabney: 35.8TE Messiah Swinson: 38.6OL Darian Kinnard: 41.6TE McCallan Castles: 49.7OL Travis Glover: 52.5Dabney and Swinson both dropped passes, and they combined for one catch on three targets for four yards, despite running 30 total routes. Dabney also gave up a quarterback hit in protection. Kinnard was dinged for a holding penalty and allowing a sack while playing eight snaps at right guard and 10 at right tackle with the third unit. Castles didn’t have a catch and was below average as a run blocker. Glover was the second-lowest graded run blocker (Kinnard was last). Bottom 5 defenseCB Domani Jackson: 28.6EDGE Arden Walker: 36.5DL Anthony Campbell: 45.2S Tra Fluellen: 46.5CB Shemar Bartholomew: 48.9Jackson allowed four catches for 84 yards and a touchdown, and he also missed two tackles. A nightmare performance. Walker didn’t have a pressure or a stop over 28 snaps, and he struggled against the run. Campbell was excellent as a pass-rusher, registering three pressures, but he missed a tackle and struggled against the run. Fluellen gave up two catches for 40 yards against his coverage. Bartolomew gave up two catches. Special teamsWide receiver Chris Hilton earned a near elite special teams grade after making two tackles and assisting on another. Shemar Bartholomew also had two tackles. Domani Jackson had a penalty on special teams. Trey Smack made both of his field goals and all three extra points, but thre  

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