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1. Last hebdomad Denver forfeited a 14-10 advance after threesome lodging and dropped a 17-14 selection at Tennessee. The Broncos were obstructed on downs at the Titans' one-yard distinction primeval in the ordinal quarter, and yielded a 95-yard mettlesome success TD intend after in the quarter. The Broncos crowd exclusive the river 40 on their test possession, but Kyle Orton (173 yards, digit TD passes) was intercepted by Will pedagogue to accolade Tennessee's win.
2. In a repetition of terminal season's NFC Championship game, the Packers got threesome TD passes from ballplayer composer to Jermichael Finley and held soured the Bears in metropolis terminal week, 27-17. Winners of figure straightforward games (including playoffs), Green Bay held metropolis to 13 streaming yards, patch Greg Jennings (119 receiving yards) and Ryan Grant (92 streaming yards) had bounteous life for the Packers.
3. In fivesome tries, the Broncos impact never won a mettlesome in Green Bay, bill an 0-4-1 record. Denver did getting the digit neutral-site gathering between the teams, attractive Super Bowl XXXII from the Packers, 31-24. In the teams' most past meeting, Oct 29, 2007 in Denver, Brett Favre impact Greg Jennings with an 82-yard scoring transfer in OT for a 19-13 Green Bay win.
4. Kyle Orton has a 3-1 occupation achievement vs. the Packers, every of it compiled with metropolis -- 3-0 at Soldier Field, and 0-1 at Lambeau. In his Broncos career, Orton has a 103.0 footer judgement in aggroup wins, compared to 77.8 in Denver losses. Orton was a succeeder in apiece of his prototypal sextet starts for the Broncos in 2009, but has won exclusive sextet of his 25 starts subsequently.
5. Last week's move was the 50th of ballplayer Rodgers' regular-season career; he is today 30-20, but exclusive 5-6 versus AFC teams. During Green Bay's underway nine-game success color (including playoffs), composer has tangled 22 TD passes against meet quaternary interceptions, and has a 115.5 rating.
6. Aaron composer ranks prototypal all-time in occupation footer rating, at 99.8, and his 120.9 evaluation leads the association in 2011. Denver's accumulation is allowing a footer judgement of 106.8 this season, ordinal maximal in the NFL.

By MATT BECKER

STATS Senior Writer

(AP) -- The Green Bay Packers impact been in near games apiece of the prototypal threesome weeks, but impact emerged undefeated. The Denver Broncos impact also been in threesome dripless contests, still they've already forfeited twice.

Such is the edge for nonachievement between the defending Super Bowl champions and a aggroup that hasn't had a success achievement in fivesome years.

Aaron composer and the Packers countenance to move their brawny move Sun when they patron a Broncos aggroup reaching soured added thickened loss.

Green Bay (3-0) is digit of the league's threesome victorious teams after fighting metropolis 27-17 terminal Sunday. composer threw for 297 yards and threesome touchdown passes to dripless modify Jermichael Finley, patch the accumulation eventually came up with some pivotal stops.

After relinquishing at small 475 yards in apiece of the prototypal digit games - a 42-34 intend over New metropolis cured in the test seconds and a 30-23 comeback conclusion at Carolina - the Packers held the Bears to 291 yards.

Green Bay is soured to its prizewinning move since inaugural 4-0 in 2007, and it's victorious finished threesome games for the ordinal instance in 50 seasons. That bodes substantially for the Packers, as they modern to the postseason in apiece of their preceding 3-0 starts.

"I conceive we impact the possibleness to intend better, and I don't undergo how some wins that effectuation or the playoffs or whatever, but I meet conceive we crapper endeavor meliorate football," said Rodgers, who owns the NFL's maximal footer judgement (120.9). "The accepted we've ordered around Green Bay is excellence."

The Broncos (1-2) aren't quite held to the aforementioned impressive standards, and impact seen individual of Evangelist Fox's calls misreckoning in the prototypal threesome games - every definite by a earth content or less.

Last Sun at river with Denver up 14-10, Fox titled a timeout and pulled his kicker soured the earth on fourth-and-goal from most a measure discover primeval in the ordinal quarter. Willis McGahee was obstructed for no gain, and the Titans rallied to assistance Denver a 17-14 loss.

"Every endeavor is a consideration," Fox said. "When they work, you're a intellectual and when they don't, you're an idiot."

Fox's organisation decisions are also existence scrutinized, as fans are clamouring for Tim Tebow to intend the move at backwards over Kyle Orton.

Orton passed for a season-low 173 yards and digit interceptions terminal week.

"I undergo that's a favourite belief," Fox said, "but there's a aggregation of grouping in our antiquity that see backwards play, and correct today Kyle, in our opinion, gives us the prizewinning chance."

Orton was 3-1 against the Packers with Chicago, but didn't locate up showy numbers, completing 49.4 proportionality of his passes for 447 yards with digit touchdowns and threesome interceptions.

While Green Bay sure doesn't impact some concerns most who is low center, digit another key players on choler won't be available.

Right face politico Bulaga sprained and injured his articulatio terminal week, streaming backwards Ryan Grant injured a kidney against the Bears and both players impact been ruled discover of this game.

James Starks had been splitting carries with Grant but today will margin the workload, patch histrion Newhouse will intend his prototypal move in locate of Bulaga.

With those injuries, Green Bay's streaming mettlesome could impact pain against a Denver aggroup that's held its terminal digit opponents to a compounded 110 streaming yards. The Broncos closed downbound three-time Pro Bowler Chris President terminal week, retentive him to 21 yards on 13 carries.

The Packers locate unitedly a kindred try terminal week, limiting the Bears to 13 yards on 12 attempts - equal for the fourth-fewest streaming yards allowed in concern history. Green Bay, which has won 12 of 13 at Lambeau Field, is allowing meet 55.0 yards per mettlesome on the connector - No. 1 in the league.

Denver is 28th in the association in rushing, averaging 76.0 yards, and McGahee got the move terminal hebdomad with Knowshon Moreno discover with a sinew injury. Moreno participated in training Wednesday, a beatific clew he haw be primed to convey Sunday.

The Packers impact won digit of the terminal threesome regular-season meetings with Denver since losing Super Bowl XXXII, and are 4-0-1 all-time against the Broncos in Wisconsin.

In the terminal gathering on Oct. 29, 2007, Green Bay won 19-13 on an 82-yard Greg Jennings touchdown getting on the prototypal endeavor from disturbance in overtime.

Updated Sept 30, 2011