Green Bay got a brief scare Friday when cornerback Brandon Cisse left the Packers’ preseason game against the Broncos after an injury on special teams, but Cisse said afterward that it’s “nothing serious at all.”
Cisse started opposite Keisean Nixon on the outside and was on the field for only one of the first-team defense’s two drives. The issue came after a punt, when he was working as a gunner and, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette’s Ryan Wood, felt “a little something” in his knee after being double-teamed on the play.
Fans and reporters in Denver watched Cisse head to the blue tent while the Packers’ first-team defense stayed out for its second series. He was later seen riding a stationary bike on the sideline.
Cisse said he wanted to go back into the game, but the team was “being precautionary.”
The moment fit a broader pattern for Green Bay this preseason: the Packers have been cautious with injuries. Running back Josh Jacobs, receiver Jayden Reed, tight end Tucker Kraft, left guard Aaron Banks, right tackle Zach Bako-Bewele, defensive lineman Javon Hargrave, edge defender Dani Dennis-Sutton and cornerback Carrington Valentine all practiced with the team this week, yet none of them played against Denver on Friday.
There were no updates on receiver J. Michael Sturdivant, who appeared to leave with a possible concussion, or defensive lineman Warren Brinson, who didn’t log a snap against the Broncos despite not being listed as a scratch.
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