GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers paid the Smiths and drafted Jaire Alexander, Darnell Savage and Rashan Gary for days like this.
Free-agent pass-rushers Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith plus Alexander (the 2018 first-round pick) along with Savage and Gary (the 2019 first-round picks) looked like the playmakers that general manager Brian Gutekunst wanted when he brought them to town.
The Smiths combined to sack Denver Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco five times -- and one of Preston’s three sacks was a strip/forced fumble that the Packers recovered.