DENVER — The Green Bay Packers notched their first victory of the 2026 NFL preseason, taking down Denver 33-13 on Friday night, Aug. 21 at Empower Field at Mile High.
The first-team offense notched a first touchdown for 2026, as Jordan Love hit running back Marshawn Lloyd across the middle for an 11-yard catch-and-run that opened the scoring in the middle of the first quarter. Green Bay had been held to three field goals in last week’s loss at Pittsburgh.
Lloyd, a 2024 third-round pick, has lost most of his first two NFL seasons to injury.
Love was 5-for-7 for 56 yards, followed by Tyrod Taylor completing 4-of-8 for 17 yards and another TD, a short 2-yarder to Will Sheppard. Denver starter Bo Nix was 6-for-9 for 76 yards and a score.
Rookie kicker Trey Smack continued to impress, adding four more field goals to his preseason account, three of them in the second quarter alone. Smack, a sixth-round pick out of Florida, connected from 51, 59 and 43 yards in the rarefied Denver air before tacking on a 38-yarder late.
Cornerback Brandon Cisse, the Packers’ top draft selection in 2026, went to the injury tent with a knee concern suffered on special teams, but appears to have avoided serious injury, per media reports.
Green Bay wraps the exhibition season with a home game vs. Arizona next Friday, Aug. 28.
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