An NFL team’s distribution of workload among various players in the fourth and final preseason game can reflect the team’s attitudes about certain players. While teams often use back-end players who have little chance of making the team in the second half, they also occasionally leave out players who they might want to sneak onto the practice squad so that other teams do not see something worthy of claiming on waivers.
Meanwhile, the individuals in the tightest roster battles often get the most snaps and the most opportunity to prove themselves worthy of making the 53-man roster, which was the case for several Packers.