Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle: Analysis of the Win
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Packers Conclude Preseason with Win Over Seahawks
Green Bay Packers quarterback Malik Willis throws a touchdown pass to Romeo Doubs during the first half of a preseason game Saturday.
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Bring on Detroit.
the Green Bay Packers wrapped up a rather quiet, almost mundane preseason with a 20-7 win over Seattle in their third and final exhibition game Saturday before 71,819 at lambeau Field.
The Packers sat eight preferred starters, including quarterback Jordan Love, and played their other starters one series. Seattle held out all of its starters and had No. 3 quarterback Jalen milroe handle all of the quarterbacking reps.
Green Bay must now set its 53-man roster by Tuesday at 3 p.m. The Packers will then turn their attention to Detroit, which comes to Green Bay for a Week 1 matchup on Sept. 7.
Here’s the good, bad and ugly from Green Bay’s win.
THE GOOD
HOPPER SHINES: Green bay second-year linebacker Tyron Hopper had himself a day.
On Seattle’s second possession, Green Bay blitzed Hopper up the middle and he forced quarterback Jalen Milroe to hold the ball longer than he hoped. That allowed Brenton Cox to come off the edge, beat tackle Michael Jarrell and force a strip sack of Milroe that was recovered by end Kingsley Enagbare.
On Seattle’s next possession, Milroe ran up the middle for 3 yards on fourth-and-goal. Hopper stripped the ball away from Milroe, though, and Packers cornerback Kalen King recovered.
Hopper later sacked Milroe for a 3-yard loss on a fourth-and-2.
“I think it’s a lot to do with confidence,” Packers linebackers coach Sean Duggan said recently of Hopper. “He knows what he’s supposed to do, he knows where he’s supposed to fit. So now he’s able to play a little faster,a little more free. I think he’s
