On Sunday the Denver Broncos hosted the Green Bay Packers the first time facing Green Bay’s quarterback Jordan Love. Love was drafted by Green Bay in 2020 while Aaron Rodgers was heading into his 17th season with Green Bay.
Rodgers didn’t take too kindly that the Packers brass made a decision to draft a quarterback without getting his input. Rodgers shopped around the league that season in hopes of a new potential landing spot but eventually played another season with Green Bay before his departure to the New York Jets last year (Rodgers suffered a season ending achilles injury on the first play of the Jets season).
The last time Green Bay faced the Broncos was in 2019 when a Aaron Rodgers led Packers team defeated Denver 27 – 16.
On Sunday’s game the Broncos jumped out to a 9 – 0 lead heading into halftime. The Broncos lead by as much as 19 – 0 before Green Bay’s offense finally woke up and scored 17 unanswered points taking a 17 – 16 lead over the Broncos after a controversial touchdown by Green Bay appeared to actually be an interception by Denver Bronco’s corner Patrick Surtain II.
The Broncos led by Russell Wilson managed to move the ball within field goal range after Jordan Love tossed a critical interception which ultimately cost Green Bay the game.
This week the Broncos will face the Kansas City Chiefs (Sunday, October 29th, at 2:25 p.m.) who beat Denver last week 19 – 8. Although the Broncos lost last week’s game, they still managed to play well in hostile territory to their divisional foes.
This week the Broncos will have home field advantage but will be without safety Kareem Jackson after he was ejected from Sunday’s game for putting a defenseless hit on Packers tight end Luke Musgrave. Jackson was also hit with a four-game suspension after his second ejection this season.
In other sports the Colorado Avalanche are enjoying a 5–0 start to the season after defeating the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. The Avs are still without team captain Gabriel Landeskog but remain favorites to reach the Cup.
This week the Avs are on the road on the East Coast to face the New York Islanders (results not available at the time of publishing), the Pittsburgh Penguins (Thursday, October, 26th, at 5 p.m.) and the Buffalo Sabres (Sunday, October 29th, at 11 a.m.) before returning home to host the St. Louis Blues (Wednesday, November 1st, at 7:30 p.m.).
The NBA Champs, the Denver Nuggets are at home this week to kickoff the season at home against the L.A. Lakers before heading to Memphis to face the Grizzlies this Friday at 5 p.m.
The Nuggets will unveil their championship banner at Friday night’s game at Ball Arena.
