FINAL: Packers 27, Broncos 24
SCORING PLAYS
Broncos: Michael Pittman 9-yard pass from Patrick Ramsey (Matt Prater kick), 8:27. The play: Pittman was probably the third option, running in the right flat. Packers rookie CB Pat Lee lazily overran Pittman as he tried (and didn’t come close) to intercept the pass, and Pittman dashed into the end zone untouched.
Packers: Kregg Lumpkin 1-yard run (Mason Crosby kick), 3:15. The play: After coming up woefully short on a middle dive on third-and-goal, Lumpkin ran left on fourth-and-goal, got a great block from rookie TE Joey Haynos and juked past CB Karl Paymah in the flat to get in.
INJURY UPDATE
None.
NOTES AND ANALYSIS
* Brian Brohm continued his oh-her by airmailing TE Tory Humphrey on a seam route on third-and-3 from the Packers’ 8 — with WR Jordy Nelson wide open. And that was it for Brohm, who finished 0-for-4 before being relieved by third-stringer Matt Flynn.
* Maybe safety is where Jarrett Bush belongs after all. His big hit saved a long completion down the left sideline to Keary Colbert on a ball rookie CB Pat Lee might have broken up if he’d turned his head.
* Rookie LB Danny Lansanah, flagged for a dumb personal foul in the third quarter, showed his open-field tackling ability with a couple of nice plays in the fourth.
* How exactly is it coaches are going to get rookie WR Jordy Nelson on the field offensively? He’s been invisible tonight, and his role in the return game has been limited, too. Not the best night for the top of the Packers’ draft class — Nelson, Brohm, Lee, TE Jermichael Finley and RG Josh Sitton, who left with a knee injury. (Jeremy Thompson’s in there, too; he’s been on the field plenty but has done nothing of note.)
* Jon Ryan unleashed a 72-yard punt for a touchback, upping his gross average to 60 for the night.
* DE Jason Hunter almost had the Packers’ first sack in two games — but the result was just as well for the Packers. Hunter hit Ramsey as he threw; the ball fluttered in the air and into the arms of LB Tracy White for an interception that gave the Packers possession at the Denver 10. Lumpkin scored four plays later.
* Lumpkin might have played his way into the roster discussion with his performance tonight, gaining 38 yards on his first 10 carries behind a patchwork second-string line. He still runs quite erect and has had a lot of injury problems in the past, but he’s produced better than any other back, albeit against backups.
* Hunter got another hit on the first play for third-string QB Darrell Hackney, hitting Hackney’s arm on a pass and causing the completion to Michael Pittman to go for a 4-yard loss.
* Give DT Alfred Malone credit for chasing down Hackney all the way to the right sideline on the Broncos’ final play, a fourth-and-10 incompletion. Malone didn’t bring Hackney, but did hold him well enough to prevent him from unloading much of a pass. Desmond Bishop unloaded on Hackney over the top as he got rid of the football. There were 2 minutes to go after the play, but in a preseason game, Denver was content to let the clock run out.
— Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com
Broncos: Michael Pittman 9-yard pass from Patrick Ramsey (Matt Prater kick), 8:27. The play: Pittman was probably the third option, running in the right flat. Packers rookie CB Pat Lee lazily overran Pittman as he tried (and didn’t come close) to intercept the pass, and Pittman dashed into the end zone untouched.
Packers: Kregg Lumpkin 1-yard run (Mason Crosby kick), 3:15. The play: After coming up woefully short on a middle dive on third-and-goal, Lumpkin ran left on fourth-and-goal, got a great block from rookie TE Joey Haynos and juked past CB Karl Paymah in the flat to get in.
INJURY UPDATE
None.
NOTES AND ANALYSIS
* Brian Brohm continued his oh-her by airmailing TE Tory Humphrey on a seam route on third-and-3 from the Packers’ 8 — with WR Jordy Nelson wide open. And that was it for Brohm, who finished 0-for-4 before being relieved by third-stringer Matt Flynn.
* Maybe safety is where Jarrett Bush belongs after all. His big hit saved a long completion down the left sideline to Keary Colbert on a ball rookie CB Pat Lee might have broken up if he’d turned his head.
* Rookie LB Danny Lansanah, flagged for a dumb personal foul in the third quarter, showed his open-field tackling ability with a couple of nice plays in the fourth.
* How exactly is it coaches are going to get rookie WR Jordy Nelson on the field offensively? He’s been invisible tonight, and his role in the return game has been limited, too. Not the best night for the top of the Packers’ draft class — Nelson, Brohm, Lee, TE Jermichael Finley and RG Josh Sitton, who left with a knee injury. (Jeremy Thompson’s in there, too; he’s been on the field plenty but has done nothing of note.)
* Jon Ryan unleashed a 72-yard punt for a touchback, upping his gross average to 60 for the night.
* DE Jason Hunter almost had the Packers’ first sack in two games — but the result was just as well for the Packers. Hunter hit Ramsey as he threw; the ball fluttered in the air and into the arms of LB Tracy White for an interception that gave the Packers possession at the Denver 10. Lumpkin scored four plays later.
* Lumpkin might have played his way into the roster discussion with his performance tonight, gaining 38 yards on his first 10 carries behind a patchwork second-string line. He still runs quite erect and has had a lot of injury problems in the past, but he’s produced better than any other back, albeit against backups.
* Hunter got another hit on the first play for third-string QB Darrell Hackney, hitting Hackney’s arm on a pass and causing the completion to Michael Pittman to go for a 4-yard loss.
* Give DT Alfred Malone credit for chasing down Hackney all the way to the right sideline on the Broncos’ final play, a fourth-and-10 incompletion. Malone didn’t bring Hackney, but did hold him well enough to prevent him from unloading much of a pass. Desmond Bishop unloaded on Hackney over the top as he got rid of the football. There were 2 minutes to go after the play, but in a preseason game, Denver was content to let the clock run out.
— Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com
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