Packers snap counts: Lowry becoming part of defensive rotation
The Green Bay Packers had two fourth-round picks in this past year's NFL Draft, selecting linebacker Blake Martinez and defensive end Dean Lowry.
Martinez quickly established himself as a starter before missing the last three games due to injury.
It's taken a while for Lowry to get going, but he has suddenly emerged as a part of Green Bay's defensive line rotation.
After playing a season-high 18 snaps (27 percent) in Week 13, Lowry played in 34 snaps (48 percent) against Seattle. He had two tackles and for the second straight week had a sack, as well as a quarterback hurry.
Some other notes from Sunday's snap counts:
-- First-round pick Kenny Clark had seen his playing time dip the past two games (13/22 percent vs. Philadelphia and 7/11 percent against Houston), but he was in on 25 snaps (35 percent) vs. Seattle and finished with four tackles.
-- Head coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that Ty Montgomery is now a running back. It appears that means James Starks is now third string. For the second straight week Starks was out-snapped by Montgomery and Christine Michael. Starks was in for just seven plays (12 percent), garnering two carries for three yards.
-- Wide receiver Geronimo Allison was in for 13 offensive plays (22 percent) after combining for 10 plays in the previous two games. He was not targeted.
-- Wide receiver Jeff Janis has not been in on a lot of offensive snaps recently. Since getting 44 plays vs. the Colts, Janis had 10 vs. Tennessee, 3 vs. Washington, 6 vs. Philadelphia, 2 vs. Houston and 3 vs. Seattle. However, he made the most of those three plays against the Seahawks, scoring on a 19-yard run.
-- Four players appeared in every defensive snap: Morgan Burnett, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Joe Thomas and Quinten Rollins. It was just the second time Rollins has been in on 100 percent of the defensive snaps; he also did it against the Giants.
-- Julius Peppers appeared in a season-high 95 percent of the defensive snaps but finished with just one assisted tackle. Nursing a sore shoulder, Clay Matthews had 24 snaps (34 percent) and recorded two tackles, a tackle for loss and a QB hurry.
Here's the complete offensive and defensive snap counts for Green Bay against Seattle in Week 14:
GAME 13: SEAHAWKS (OFFENSE)
| PLAYER | Plays (59) | % |
| Bulaga | 59 | 100% |
| Taylor | 59 | 100% |
| Bakhtiari | 59 | 100% |
| Linsley | 59 | 100% |
| Lang | 57 | 97% |
| Nelson | 55 | 93% |
| Adams | 53 | 90% |
| A. Rodgers | 48 | 81% |
| R. Rodgers | 34 | 58% |
| Cobb | 33 | 56% |
| Montgomery | 30 | 51% |
| Ripkowski | 24 | 41% |
| Michael | 17 | 29% |
| Cook | 16 | 27% |
| Allison | 13 | 22% |
| Hundley | 11 | 19% |
| Starks | 7 | 12% |
| Spriggs | 6 | 10% |
| Kerridge | 4 | 7% |
| Janis | 3 | 5% |
| Barclay | 2 | 3% |
GAME 13: SEAHAWKS (DEFENSE)
| PLAYER | Plays (71) | % |
| Burnett | 71 | 100% |
| Clinton-Dix | 71 | 100% |
| Thomas | 71 | 100% |
| Rollins | 71 | 100% |
| Hyde | 65 | 92% |
| Randall | 61 | 86% |
| Gunter | 56 | 79% |
| Peppers | 53 | 95% |
| Daniels | 49 | 69% |
| Jones | 45 | 63% |
| Lowry | 34 | 48% |
| Guion | 29 | 41% |
| Clark | 25 | 35% |
| Matthews | 24 | 34% |
| Elliott | 20 | 28% |
| Brice | 17 | 24% |
| Ringo | 11 | 15% |
| Ryan | 8 | 11% |
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