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What’s Score of Packers-Jets Preseason Game? Live Updates from Lambeau

The Green Bay Packers and New York Jets are battling at Lambeau Field in a preseason game on Saturday night. Follow along for updates.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) lines up for the snap against the New York Jets.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) lines up for the snap against the New York Jets. | Kayla Wolf-Imagn Images

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers kicked off the preseason against the New York Jets on Saturday night. Follow along all night for updates from Lambeau Field.

Final Score

Fourth Quarter

Jets 30, Packers 10 (2:56 remaining)

The Jets burned almost 9 minutes off the clock. Kalen King for the second time had excellent coverage on a third-down pass into the end zone. Harrison Mevis kicked a 39-yard field goal.

It’ll be Taylor Elgersma time.

Jets 27, Packers 10 (11:50 remaining)

Finally, a highlight from a dismal night. Amar Johnson broke two tackles, including bouncing off safety Dean Clark, then outran safety Jarius Monroe for a 39-yard touchdown. Right tackle Anthony Belton had a pancake block. Johnson started the series with a 15-yard run. He has seven carries for 67 yards; the rest of the Packers have 90.

Jets 27, Packers 3 (14:04 remaining)

After offensive holding made it first-and-20, Adrian Martinez hit running back Donovan Edwards for a gain of 21, with rookie linebacker Jamon Johnson missing a tackle. A 13-yard run by Edwards made it first down at the 13 to start the fourth quarter. The drive stalled, with Kalen King providing excellent coverage on third down, and the Jets settled for a chip-shot field goal.

How’s this for a stat: Martinez had 125 passing yards in the third quarter while the Packers had 92 total yards through three quarters.

Third Quarter

Jets 24, Packers 3 (4:54 remaining)

Green Bay’s offensive line is having as bad a night as you can possibly imagine. On this possession, Jacob Monk was flagged for holding – his third of the night – and Anthony Belton was flagged for holding – his second penalty of the night. So, it’s another three-and-out.

Jets 24, Packers 3 (6:32 remaining)

On third-and-12, Adrian Martinez completed a 12-yard pass to Brandon Smith against the far-too-off coverage of Tyron Herring. On second-and-11, Martinez completed an 11-yard pass to Smith against former Jets cornerback Isaiah Dunn. On the next play, Martinez’s screen to Stone Smartt resulted in a 24-yard touchdown as the Jets blocked Isaiah Simmons and Dunn.

Jets 17, Packers 3 (9:42 remaining)

On third-and-1, Israel Abanikanda ran for a first down but Donovan Jennings was flagged for holding. And that was that.

Jets 17, Packers 3 (11:15 remaining)

The Jets approached midfield on their opening drive of the half – Bo Melton missed a tackle on a third-and-2 completion to Arian Smith – but Colby Wooden deflected a pass on first down and stopped a run on second down.

Sean Clifford is in at quarterback.

Halftime

Jets 17, Packers 3

The Jets crushed the Packers through 30 minutes. New York is up 169-74 in total yards, with the Packers having just 26 net passing yards. Green Bay’s longest gains are 17-yard completions to John FitzPatrick and Ben Sims. The other 12 passing attempts gained 12 yards.

Second Quarter

Jets 17, Packers 3 (0:22 remaining)

The Packers had something going before halftime, thanks to Israel Abanikanda’s 33-yard kickoff return and a pair of runs by Jalen White that gained a combined 15 yards. But Malik Willis threw too high for Julian Hicks, Jacob Monk was flagged for holding and Will Sheppard was flagged for holding, making it second-and-30 from the 36.

Jets 17, Packers 3 (1:52 remaining)

Mecole Hardman’s miscue gave the Jets a first-and-goal at the 9. On first down, Kingsley Enagbare and Ty’Ron Hopper combined to drop Braelon Allen for minus-1. On second down, Brenton Cox chased down quarterback Brady Cook for minus-5 at the 2-minute warning. On third-and-goal, Allen’s swing pass to Isaiah Davis almost scored a touchdown because of Isaiah Simmons’ missed tackle but Micah Robinson rallied to make the tackle. Harrison Mevis, aka “The Thiccer Kicker,” kicked a 22-yard field goal.

Injury update: S Zayne Anderson suffered a knee injury on the opening series.

Jets 14, Packers 3 (2:53 remaining)

The Packers’ defense got a good stop, with Kingsley Enagbare and Karl Brooks combining to almost force an interception. On third-and-20, Barryn Sorrell’s pass rush forced a short completion and punt. However, Mecole Hardman failed to field the catch and muffed the bouncing ball, with New York recovering on Green Bay’s 9.

Jets 14, Packers 3 (4:23 remaining)

After the Jets gave the Packers a first down with an illegal-contact penalty, right guard Jacob Monk was guilty of holding on first-and-10 and gave up a sack on third-and-14. In between, right tackle Anthony Belton was guilty of illegal formation.

Jets 14, Packers 3 (7:01 remaining)

On third-and-7, Leonard Taylor pushed around the outside of center Sean Rhyan for the sack and strip of Malik Willis. Jay Tufele pounced on the loose ball in the end zone for the touchdown.

Jets 7, Packers 3 (7:46 remaining)

Excellent run stops by Kingsley Enagbare on second-and-5 and Warren Brinson on third-and-5 forced a three-and-out punt. Mecole Hardman was tackled immediately on the punt, so the Packers will start at the 5.

Jets 7, Packers 3 (10:00 remaining)

Malik Willis replaced Jordan Love and magic immediately happened. Well, not really. There were back-to-back late-hit penalties by Eric Watts and Marcelino McCrary-Ball to give the Packers 30 free yards. After the second of those penalties, Willis faked the handoff and for 17 to the Jets’ 21. The drive stalled, though. A busted play resulted in Willis losing 2, offside by FitzPatrick lost 5 and Israel Abanikanda dropped a screen that had no hope for success, anyway. Brandon McManus made a 46-yard field goal.

With Willis at quarterback, the line was, from left to right, Jordan Morgan, Donovan Jennings, Sean Rhyan, Jacob Monk and Anthony Belton.

Jets 7, Packers 0 (12:52 remaining)

It was one-and-done for Green Bay’s No. 1 defense. With Brady Cook in at quarterback, the game quickly has gone to backups vs. backups. Cornerbacks Micah Robinson and Bo Melton gave up completions to Allen Lazard, and Isaiah Davis and Braelon Allen converted a pair of short-yardage runs. Cook then hit receiver Tyler Johnson for 21 near safety Omar Brown – it was probably a coverage bust – to move the ball to the Packers’ 34 on the final play of the quarter.

Eventually, on fourth-and-1 from the 25, rookie defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse’s penetration helped set up Kingsley Enagbare and Kristian Welch to stuff Braelon Allen for a loss of 1.

First Quarter

Jets 7, Packers 0 (4:38 remaining)

On third-and-7, moments after a wide-open Malik Heath dropped a pass – the referee yelling something with his microphone in maybe didn’t help – Jordan Love ripped a slant to Matthew Golden, who took a big hit from safety Andrew Cisco and held on for the first down. Moments later, on third-and-6, Golden beat Jets star Sauce Gardner and drew a penalty for pass interference for another first down. However, on third-and-4, Love thought he had an opening to run but it closed and he wound up being sacked by Jay Tufele.

Jets 7, Packers 0 (8:44 remaining)

The Jets were like a knife through hot butter on their opening touchdown drive. Justin Fields was 3-of-4 passing for 42 yards and punctuated the drive with a 13-yard touchdown run. Keisean Nixon’s diving tackle attempt at the 9 maybe got a finger on Fields. The big play was a 24-yard pass to tight end Andrew Beck, who started last season with the Packers. Linebacker Isaiah Simmons seemed confused in coverage. Former Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen had a 14-yard run in which he plowed over safety Zayne Anderson, knocking Anderson out of the lineup for the rest of the drive.

The starters were Rashan Gary, Kenny Clark, Devonte Wyatt and Lukas Van Ness up front, Isaiah McDuffie and Edgerrin Cooper at linebacker, Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine at corner, Javon Bullard in the slot and Evan Williams and Zayne Anderson at safety. When Anderson exited, Kitan Oladapo entered the lineup. In the base defense, Simmons entered at linebacker and the safeties were Williams and Bullard.

Packers 0, Jets 0

The Packers went three-and-out to start the preseason. Jordan Love threw a pair of passes to Romeo Doubs. Both of them were broken up by star cornerback Sauce Gardner, including on third-and-1.


Between the teams, nine starters are on the will-not-dress lists due to injuries. While Jordan Love will start at quarterback for Green Bay, he will be without starting left tackle Rasheed Walker. Jordan Morgan started in his place. Center Elgton Jenkins, who missed a practice this week, was in the lineup.

“I think the consistency and accuracy of is the biggest one,” Love said of what he was working on to get ready for Week 1 against the Lions. “I think what we work on in the offseason is always having that balance in the pocket, so just continue to get into camp and when you start getting that live rush around you, just trying to stay as balanced as possible, as clean with my feet and not getting into any instances where I’m a little off or if I start hopping around, things like that.

“So, just trying to stay calm in the pocket, be accurate on all my throws and keep understanding where I need to go with the ball. As a quarterback, once you develop that pre-snap knowing what the defense is going to do and trying to have a good picture of where you might be going with the ball, and as the play plays out, just being able to dot people. I think that’s the best you can be at that position, so just continue to keep building that understanding of the playbook and where I need to go with the ball on every ball and the accuracy and balance in my feet.”

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