A complete lack of productivity and efficiency by the Green Bay Packers offense combined with the early success of Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos offense to contribute to the Broncos’ one-sided 27-2 victory over the visiting Packers in Sunday night’s preseason game at EmPower Field in Denver.
Here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ preseason loss to the Broncos, according to Pro Football Focus:
Top 5 crimes
1st overtime Łukasz Tenuta: 69.6
2. WR Malik Heath: 69.3
3. WR Samori Toure: 64.5
4. OT Caleb Jones: 64.2
5. OT Travis Glover: 64.0
Tenuta didn’t allow a pressure in nine pass-blocking snaps at right guard and finished as the top-graded run-blocker on the offense. Heath caught three of his six targets for 22 yards on 18 carries. Toure caught two passes on two targets for 17 yards. Jones didn’t allow a pressure in nine pass-blocking snaps at right tackle. Glover allowed two pressures in 26 pass-blocking snaps and 48 total snaps at right tackle.
Best Defense 5
1. S Benny Sapp III: 85.5
2. LB Kristian Welch: 75.1
3. DL Colby Wooden: 72.8
4. DL Jonathan Ford: 72.6
5. DE Arron Mosby: 71.4
Sapp had a run stop and a pass breakup in 14 touchdowns. Welch had three stops against the run, allowed just one defensive catch and threw an interception. Wooden had two hurries as a pass rusher and two run stops. Ford had no hurries or stops, but looked explosive in 34 touchdowns as a nose tackle. Mosby had a hurry, created an interception and won a penalty.
Top 5 worst crimes
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1. TE Tyler Davis: 33.9
2. Quarterback Sean Clifford: 35.5
3. WR Grant DuBose: 38.4
4. Striker Joel Wilson: 48.7
5. Quarterback Michael Pratt: 53.2
Davis had a night of horrors as a run blocker. We counted five missed or incomplete blocks in 10 runs. Clifford fumbled the ball, threw an interception and managed only six complete plays in four drives. DuBose was credited with two drops, although one was a tough throw behind him on fourth down. Wilson caught just one pass for four yards on 19 runs. Pratt fumbled the ball and averaged just 3.3 yards per attempt. His average depth of target was 5.3 yards.
Defense of the lower 5
1. CB LJ Davis: August 28
2. LB Ralen Goforth: 32.9
3. Defenseman Zach Morton: 47.0
4. CB Kalen Król: 47.2
5. LB Christian Young: 51.0
Davis returned the ball 22 yards. Goforth fumbled on the touchdown run and was penalized 15 yards. Morton was a sack-safety but fumbled and received a indigent grade for run defense. King fumbled two tackles, including one that resulted in a first down on 3rd-and-17, and allowed three receptions on three targets for 40 yards and a touchdown. Young allowed a touchdown pass while trying to contest a block attempt on the Broncos’ final score.
Special teams
Grant DuBose had a tackle in punt coverage. Greg Joseph missed his only kick attempt, a 47-yard field goal. Daniel Whelan averaged 54.8 yards per punt and 43.3 net, with two punts inside the 20-yard line. His average hang time was 4.99 seconds.
Playing the quarterback
Michael Pratt: 53.2
Sean Clifford: 35.5
Both Pratt and Clifford lost the ball and combined for an average of 3.7 yards per attempt and 5.9 yards per pass attempt. Neither Pratt nor Clifford completed a pass that went more than 10 yards in the air (0-for-5). Tough night for the backup quarterbacks.
Statistics to know
Brenton Cox Jr. led all players with five pressures, including a sack, while rookie linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper had a team-high four defensive stops, including three run stops.
