Before facing the Green Bay Packers in a 2024 preseason game, the Denver Broncos held a joint training camp practice with their upcoming opponent. That joint practice featured several scuffles, and the Broncos dominated the session. After Denver defeated the Packers 27-2 in the ensuing preseason game, Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur said his team was humbled by the Broncos.
Denver’s set to host the Packers in preseason again this summer, but there won’t be a joint practice this time.
“Matt LaFleur does not anticipate having joint practices with Steelers or Broncos this training camp,” Ryan Wood of the USA TODAY Network tweeted earlier this week. Instead, the Packers will host the Arizona Cardinals in a joint practice this summer. The Cardinals are coached by Mike LaFleur, who is Matt LaFleur’s brother.
Denver has two other preseason opponents: the Atlanta Falcons on the road (Aug. 14) and the Minnesota Vikings at home (Aug. 28). However, the Broncos will not hold a joint practice with either team this summer. Denver had two joint practices last summer and coach Sean Payton made it clear that he didn’t like it, suggesting the team would go back to one per summer. After the team went deep into the playoffs, though, Payton pushed the whole offseason program back, and there’s no room for a joint practice in 2026. Perhaps a joint practice will return to the schedule in 2027.
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