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Orange Crush: Packers QBs Clifford, Pratt Struggle at Denver

The Green Bay Packers were trounced 27-2 by the Denver Broncos in Sunday night’s preseason game. The score no doubt was of much less importance to coach Matt LaFleur than the performance of his backup quarterbacks and offensive tackles.

With Jordan Love and almost every starter on the team getting the night off, Sean Clifford got the start at quarterback. On the first play of the game, he and Sean Rhyan botched the center-quarterback exchange.

Clifford recovered to prevent a first-play disaster but struggled against Denver’s starting defense. Then again, everyone struggled against Denver’s starting defense. However, when it was backups vs.