Green Bay faces Broncos in Denver

The Packers travel west to Denver take on the Broncos in the second preseason contest.

• Green Bay last played the Broncos in the preseason in 2024.
• This will be the 12th meeting between the two teams in the preseason and the fourth straight time the game is being played in Denver.
• After facing the Broncos, the Packers finish off the open sessions of training camp with an open practice on Aug. 24 and then an open joint practice against Arizona (Aug. 26) before taking on the Cardinals in the lone home preseason game, presented by Cenex, on Friday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. CT.
• The game against Arizona is designated as the Packers Give Back Game, highlighting Wisconsin mental-health advocates with NAMI Wisconsin before and during the contest.

WITH THE CALL

• Flagshipped by TODAY'S TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee and in conjunction with NBC 26 (WGBATV) in Green Bay, Packers preseason games are televised over a 24-station network throughout the state of Wisconsin, Marquette-Escanaba in Michigan, Duluth and Rochester in Minnesota, Peoria, Rockford and Champaign in Illinois, Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, Davenport, Des Moines and Sioux City in Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska, Bismarck, Fargo and Minot in North Dakota, Sioux Falls in South Dakota and Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau in Alaska. Packers preseason games are also broadcast on Telemundo Wisconsin. For a list of affiliates, please go to packers.com/video/tv-network.
• The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS's Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) alongside former Green Bay fullback John Kuhn (analyst) with Karley Marotta of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline reporter. Marotta will also host an informative half-hour pregame show.
• All Packers games can be heard on the Packers Radio Network, which is made up of 54 stations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota and South Dakota. The flagship station of the Packers Radio Network is 95.7 BIG FM - WRIT. For a map and full listing of radio affiliates, go to packers.com/video/radio-network. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 32nd season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 28th season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.
• The radio broadcast can also be heard on Sirius XM NFL Radio on channel 382 or in the app on channel 811.

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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:

Packers vs. Denver:

• All-time, preseason: 3-7
• All-time, regular season: 7-8-1
• All-time, postseason: 0-1
• All-time, at Denver (regular season): 1-8
• Streaks: Denver holds an 8-1 regular-season record at home against Green Bay and has won three of the last four games played at Empower Field at Mile High.
• Last meeting, regular season: Dec. 14, 2025, Empower Field, Broncos won, 34-26

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 76-40-1, .654; (3-6 postseason); 8th NFL season
• Sean Payton: 184-108-0, .630; (10-10 postseason); 19th NFL season
• Head to Head: LaFleur 1-3 vs. Payton
• vs. Opponent: LaFleur 1-2 vs. Broncos; Payton 7-2 vs. Packers

MATT LaFLEUR…In his eighth season as the Packers' 15th head coach.

• Is entering his 18th season in the NFL in 2026, having served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a QBs coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16) and an offensive assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09).
• In his first seven seasons leading the Packers, LaFleur has authored one of the finest starts to a head-coaching career in NFL history. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, his 76 regular-season wins are tied with Paul Brown for the second most in league history by a head coach in his first seven seasons in the NFL, trailing only George Seifert (86 in 1989-95). Green Bay's 76-40-1 (.654) regular-season record since 2019 ranks No. 1 in the NFC and No. 3 in the NFL over that span.
• In his first three seasons in Green Bay (2019-21), became the first head coach in NFL history to post 13-plus wins in three straight years. His 39 victories over that span passed Seifert (38 in 1989-91) for the most wins by an NFL head coach in his first three seasons in the league and are also tied for the fourth most by a coach over any three-season span in league history (Mike Ditka, 40 from 1985-87; Andy Reid, 40 from 2020-22 and 2022-24).
• Led the Packers to six playoff berths in seven seasons (tied for No. 2 in the NFL over that span), tied with Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgren for the most playoff appearances by a Green Bay head coach in his first seven seasons.
• In his first season leading the Packers in 2019, became the first coach in club history to guide the team to the playoffs in his debut season. Also led the largest one-year win improvement in team history (plus-seven wins).

SEAN PAYTON…In his fourth season as the Broncos' 20th head coach.

• Spent 15 seasons as head coach of the New Orleans Saints (2006-11, '13-21), and led the franchise to its first Super Bowl championship (Super Bowl XLIV) during the 2009 season.
• Owns the Saints' top win total and winning percentage, and his 184 regular-season wins are second among active head coaches, trailing only Andy Reid (279).
• Became just the fifth head coach in NFL history to lead multiple franchises to the top seed in the postseason. Among those coaches, he is just the third to do so in both conferences.
• The Broncos have allowed the fourth-fewest points per game (20.3) in the NFL under Payton, while also ranking second during that span in third-down percentage (34.8) and third in red-zone percentage (48.8).

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THE PACKERS-BRONCOS SERIES

• Green Bay and Denver first met in 1971, and the Packers defeated the Broncos, 34-13, in the inaugural game of the series.
• One of the most iconic games in the series was the Super Bowl XXXII matchup that pitted Packers QB Brett Favre against Broncos QB John Elway. Denver, loser of four previous Super Bowls, beat Green Bay, 31-24, to give the franchise its first Super Bowl victory.
• Green Bay has won four of the last seven regular-season contests, allowing fewer than 20 points in four of those seven meetings.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS

Packers players and staff from Colorado: Offensive quality control coach T.C. McCartney is from Boulder, Colo., where he attended Fairview High School…Pass game specialist/game management coach Connor Lewis was born in Littleton, Colo., and attended Chatfield Senior High School…Packers players and staff who played college football in Colorado: S Mark Perry (2019-21) and WR Will Sheppard (2024) played at the University of Colorado… Senior national scout Sam Seale was a four-year letterman at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., where he was elected to the Western State College Hall of Fame in 2002…Packers coaches who have coached in Colorado: McCartney was a graduate assistant/offensive assistant at the University of Colorado from 2012-13…LBs coach Sam Siefkes was a strength and conditioning intern at the Air Force Academy in the summer of 2013…Packers staff with connections to Colorado: Director of performance psychology and team behavioral health clinician Dr. Chris Carr was a clinical research assistant at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., from 1989-90…Broncos with connections to Wisconsin: G/C Quinn Meinerz is from Hartford, Wis., and played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater…CB Ricardo Hallman (2021-25), ILB Jordan Turner (2020-23), DE Matt Henningsen (2017-21) and C Michael Deiter (2014-18) played at Wisconsin…Henningsen was born in Menomonee Falls, Wis., where he attended Menomonee Falls High School…Director of strength and conditioning Shaun Snee spent eight seasons (2015-22) at Wisconsin, serving as the director of football strength and conditioning for his final two years…Assistant strength and conditioning coach Taylor Porter is from Algoma, Wis., and played at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh…V.P. of football operations Kelly Kleine Van Calligan is from Sheboygan, Wis., where she attended Sheboygan North High School…Former Broncos: LB Kristian Welch played for the Broncos for a portion of the 2024 season…TE Thomas Yassmin spent time on the Broncos' practice squad in 2024…Assistant WRs coach Rob Grosso started his NFL career with the Broncos as a training-camp operations intern in 2015-16, an operations intern in 2017 and an assistant to the head coach in 2018 under current Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph… McCartney served as the QBs coach for the Broncos in 2019…Chief communications officer Jason Wahlers began his NFL career as a PR intern with the Broncos from 2001-02…Former Packers: Senior defensive assistant Joe Vitt coached defensive backs for Green Bay in 1999… Offensive pass game coordinator John Morton spent time on the Packers' practice squad in 1993…C Lecitus Smith was on Green Bay's practice squad in 2024-25 and played in one game for Green Bay last season...Notable NFL connections: Broncos assistant to head coach Paul Kelly was on the Washington Redskins' staff with Packers head coach Matt LaFleur from 2010-13…LaFleur and Broncos OL coach Chris Morgan were on the Redskins' coaching staff together from 2011-13 and on the Atlanta Falcons' coaching staff from 2015-16…Defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon was the assistant DBs/quality control coach for the Vikings when special teams quality control coach Zach Line played fullback from 2014-16…Gannon was the defensive assistant/quality control coach when assistant strength and conditioning coach Zaviar Gooden played linebacker for the Tennessee Titans in 2013… Broncos T Mike McGlinchey and DT D.J. Jones played for the 49ers when Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich, DL coach Vince Oghobaase, CBs coach Daniel Bullocks and strength and conditioning coordinator Aaron Hill were on the coaching staff and G Aaron Banks played there…Packers QBs/head coach - offense Luke Getsy was the Chicago Bears' offensive coordinator for two seasons, where he worked with Broncos TEs coach Austin King, the assistant offensive line coach, in 2022…Broncos offensive coordinator Davis Webb played for the N.Y. Jets in 2018 and the Bills in 2019-21 when Packers passing game coordinator Jason Vrable and secondary/pass game coordinator Bobby Babich was on the staff…Packers executive V.P. and director of football operations Russ Ball was the New Orleans Saints' V.P. of football administration from 2006- 07, where he crossed paths with Broncos head coach Sean Payton, offensive run game coordinator/assistant head coach Zach Strief, Morton, Vitt and head strength and conditioning coach Dan Dalrymple…McCartney was the QBs coach for the New England Patriots when Broncos director of game management/assistant QBs coach Evan Rothstein was on the coaching staff in 2024…Broncos WR coach Ronald Curry was an offensive assistant for the 49ers when McCartney was an offensive assistant/ quality control coach in 2015…Packers RB Josh Jacobs played for the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders from 2019- 23 when Morton and King were on the coaching staff in 2021…Jacobs and Broncos QB Jarrett Stidham were teammates with the Raiders in 2022…Banks and Broncos S Talanoa Hufanga were teammates in San Francisco for four seasons (2021-24)…Packers S Xavier McKinney was teammates with Broncos TE Evan Engram on the N.Y. Giants from 2020-21…Packers QB Tyrod Taylor was teammates with Webb with the Giants in 2022…Packers TE Josh Whyle and G Calvin Throckmorton were teammates with the Titans in 2023…Notable college connections: Packers strength and conditioning assistant Jake Flint was the director of athletic development for LSU when Gooden was the assistant development coach from 2022- 25…Dunn and Curry played together at North Carolina in 2001…LB Edgerrin Cooper and ILB Taurean York played together at Texas A&M in 2023…Broncos CB Pat Surtain II and OLB Que Robinson were teammates with Jacobs at Alabama in 2020…McKinney and Surtain II played together at Alabama for two seasons (2018-19)…McKinney and Jacobs also played with Broncos WR Jaylen Waddle at Alabama...Packers LB Isaiah McDuffie and Broncos DL Zach Allen were teammates at Boston College…Broncos CB Riley Moss was teammates with Welch, LB Nick Niemann and EDGE Lukas Van Ness…Packers OL Zach Bako-Bewele and Broncos ILB Justin Strnad played together at Wake Forest for three seasons (2017-19)…QB Bo Nix and WR Troy Franklin were teammates with Packers S Evan Williams at Oregon in 2023…Other notable connections: Packers TE Luke Musgrave's uncle, Bill Musgrave, played quarterback for the Broncos in 1995-96...Packers WR J. Michael Sturdivant is the nephew of the late Hall of Fame halfback Floyd Little, who played for the Broncos for nine seasons (1967-75)...McCartney's father, Sal Aunese, played QB at Colorado, and McCartney's grandfather, Bill McCartney, is the winningest football coach in the University of Colorado history.