{"id":133487,"date":"2025-08-10T04:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/133487\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T04:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:38:35","slug":"packers-drop-preseason-opener-to-jets-30-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/133487\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers drop preseason opener to Jets, 30-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <strong>Jets lead Packers 17-3 at halftime<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/ty-ron-hopper\/\" title=\"Ty&#039;Ron Hopper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ty&#8217;Ron Hopper<\/a> tackled Arian Smith a yard shy of the first down on third-and-6. The Jets went for it on fourth-and-1, but <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/kristian-welch\/\" title=\"Kristian Welch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristian Welch<\/a> put it an end to their drive when he shot through to stop Allen for a loss of one and the turnover on downs.<\/p>\n<p>Malik Willis came in for Love on the offense&#8217;s third series. He scrambled for six yards on first down, but the ball was moved to the Green Bay 46 after Eric Watts was flagged for a personal foul hitting Willis out of bounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets then picked up another personal foul when Marcelino McCrary-Ball was flagged for hitting <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/luke-musgrave\/\" title=\"Luke Musgrave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke Musgrave<\/a> out of bounds, advancing the Packers to the New York 38.<\/p>\n<p>Willis found tight end <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/john-fitzpatrick\/\" title=\"John FitzPatrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John FitzPatrick<\/a> down the seam for 17 yards to set up a 46-yard <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandon-mcmanus\/\" title=\"Brandon McManus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon McManus<\/a> field goal to cut the Jets&#8217; lead to 7-3 with 10 minutes left in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers&#8217; defense earned a three-and-out with rookie defensive lineman <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/warren-brinson\/\" title=\"Warren Brinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren Brinson<\/a> holding Braelon Allen to a 2-yard gain on third-and-5.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers started at their own 5-yard line prior to Leonard Taylor&#8217;s strip-sack of Willis. Tufele recovered the fumble for a touchdown, pushing New York&#8217;s lead to 14-3 with 7:01 left in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers&#8217; defense forced a three-and-out of the Jets on their next offensive possession, but <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/mecole-hardman\/\" title=\"Mecole Hardman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mecole Hardman<\/a> muffed Austin McNamara&#8217;s 60-yard punt. The Jets recovered the ball at the Green Bay 9.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers&#8217; defense held New York to a field goal after <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/kingsley-enagbare\/\" title=\"Kingsley Enagbare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kingsley Enagbare<\/a> and Hopper combining for a tackle of Jets quarterback Brady Cook for a 1-yard loss on first-and-goal and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brenton-cox-jr\/\" title=\"Brenton Cox Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brenton Cox Jr.<\/a> dropping Cook for a 5-yard loss on second down. Harrison Mevis made a 22-yard field goal, as the Jets led the Packers 17-3 with 1:52 left in the half.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers started at their own 40 after <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/israel-abanikanda\/\" title=\"Israel Abanikanda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel Abanikanda<\/a>&#8216;s 40-yard return. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jalen-white\/\" title=\"Jalen White\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jalen White<\/a> gained 16 yards on two carries to move into Jets territory, but back-to-back holding penalties pushed Green Bay back to its 36. The Packers punted after a 17-yard pass to <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/ben-sims\/\" title=\"Ben Sims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Sims<\/a> on third-and-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jets lead Packers 17-3 at halftime Ty&#8217;Ron Hopper tackled Arian Smith a yard shy of the first down&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,11822,405,403,80282,80677,80785,51440,51437,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-133487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-homepage-cp","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-jets-at-green-bay-packers-2025-pre-1","13":"tag-news-gameday","14":"tag-news-in-game-updates","15":"tag-news-national-feature","16":"tag-news-training-camp","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115002625510200251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}