When rookie Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix starts against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, he will face mostly second-string defenders.
“Right now, I don’t anticipate those guys playing versus Denver, the majority of the starters,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said after Green Bay’s first preseason game, via Zach Kruse of Packers Wire. “There may be a select few.”
It would have been ideal for the Broncos to give Nix live-game reps against a starting defense. Fortunately, Nix will face Green Bay’s defensive starters in a joint practice scrimmage on Friday.
“We have the competitive practice versus the Broncos, (we’ll) use that as their game reps and let the other guys play for the most part in that second preseason game, and then we’ll re-evaluate for the third one,” LaFleur said.
As for Denver, coach Sean Payton plans to play most Broncos starters again in Week 2. The team’s plan for their preseason finale against the Arizona Cardinals has not yet been announced.
