Matt Blanchard in "mop up" roll in preseason opener

                                          

Matt Blanchard in preseason opener at New England Thursday night

For UW-Whitewater football fans around the state, their was great anticipation to watch Matt Blanchard in last night's preseason opening win at New England.

As expected the 1st half belonged to Aaron Rodgers and Scott Tolzien.

Brett Hundley was impressive in the 3rd quarter. The rookie fifth-round draft pick, capped a 61-yard touchdown drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass to undrafted running back John Crockett.

Hundley had the best stat line of the Green Bay quarterbacks. He finished 4 of 6, 60 yards, one TD, no INT, one sack, and an impressive 138.9 QB rating.

Leading 22-11, Matt Blanchard entered the game with 5:32 remaining in the game.

After two running plays, Blanchard was sacked on his first passing situation for a loss of 15 yards but the play was wiped out on a New England face mask penalty.

In total, Blanchard was in for a total of 8 plays - 6 rushing, 2 of 2 passing for 11 yards,  0 TDs, 0 INT, 1 sack, and an 89.6 quarterback rating.

Next up for the Packers will be a trip to Pittsburgh a week from Sunday to take on the Steelers.