Broncos vs. Packers: Live updates and highlights from the NFL Week 15 game

Stick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Packers at Empower Field at Mile High Live updates Pre-game updates Scouting overview a m Check out how the Broncos match up with the Packers in Luca Evans scouting description Match predictions Parker Gabriel Broncos writer Broncos Packers Really really considered going with the Vegas line and taking Green Bay This one could go about different solutions Except then I came across the Post s preseason week-by-week preview in which a certain beat reporter wondered if this might feel like a prospective Super Bowl preview and also predicted a Brandon McManus miss from yards to seal a Denver win No way we can backtrack on that one now Luca Evans Broncos writer Packers Broncos There s no world in which this challenge isn t close one way or another It s a toss-up But the Packers strengths as a unit go toe-to-toe with the Broncos strengths and the Packers defensive weaknesses the intermediate passing contest aren t the Broncos strengths Going with simple logical processes here Troy Renck sports columnist Broncos Packers The Broncos and Packers are mirror images The Packers are more explosive offensively but the Broncos are better defensively Teams that beat Green Bay drag them into the mud With Green Bay coming off a euphoric win over the Bears it is likely they will be flat early especially if Pat Surtain II blankets Christian Watson and in trouble late Sean Keeler sports columnist Broncos Packers Sean Payton is - with the Broncos against NFC opponents at home and - in NFC home games played after Week The only time Jordan Love faced a pass rush comparable to the Broncos Mile High Maulers the Packers QB got sacked five times at Cleveland Bo Nix wobbles but hangs in there only to drive the Broncos down the field in the dying seconds for a game-winning walk-off Wil Lutz field goal Broncos-Packers NFL Week Must-reads Inside Broncos WR Courtland Sutton s quest for mental mastery Be where your feet are Sutton has played in of a accomplishable games excluding a torn ACL in in his years in Denver He now ranks sixth all-time in Broncos history in receiving yards while playing for different starting quarterbacks in eight seasons He s had five offensive coordinators and five head coaches And he has never once requested a agreement in those eight seasons sources close to Sutton narrated The Denver Post Related Articles Broncos-Packers scouting review How will Broncos front handle the rampaging Micah Parsons Be where your feet are Inside Broncos WR Courtland Sutton s quest for mental mastery Around the NFL Could a pair of -game winning streaks end on the same day Broncos injury document Mike McGlinchey shoulder questionable vs Packers Broncos top-ranked third-down defense faces big challenge in prolific Packers Sutton s presence from Vic Fangio to Sean Payton from Pat Bowlen to the Penners sticks in the minds of those who ve shared a locker with his corner cubby in Denver Read Luca Evans story Broncos top-ranked third-down defense faces big challenge in prolific Packers The Broncos defense is among the best in football Its leader coordinator Vance Joseph says Sunday is the group s biggest challenge to date in The Green Bay offense will undoubtedly look different if running back Josh Jacobs doesn t play he s missed the first two days of practice this week with a knee injury but it s become one of the NFL s the greater part dangerous because of its balance Read Parker Gabriel s story The Mad Fanatic cultivated a following rapping about the Broncos and built Bronco Gang along the way Spitting bars about the Broncos brought Andrew Young back from the edge of insanity and tacked on a worldwide football family in the process In Young had just spent two stints in a psychiatric hospital for what doctors later discovered was cannabis-induced psychosis When he got out the second time amid what he describes as the darkest funk of my life the medications he was taking after being initially misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder were only adding to his depression But there was one combination that re-centered the longtime singer songwriter watching the Broncos and rapping about them Read Kyle Newman s story Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis