Last Updated: November 24, 2023, 03:00 IST
DETROIT: Jordan Love set the tone with a 53-yard cross to Christian Watson on the primary snap and completed with a profession-excessive-tying three touchdowns, main the Green Bay Packers to a 29-22 win over the NFC North-leading Detroit Lions on Thursday.
The Packers (5-6) had been in command of a sport they by no means trailed, making the most of Jared Goff’s profession-excessive three fumbles — returning one for a rating within the first quarter — and Dan Campbell’s aggressiveness on fourth down.
The Lions (8-3) went for it 5 instances on fourth down and solely transformed as soon as on the ultimate landing drive. One of the failed makes an attempt was a choice to faux a punt with a run from their 23 within the third quarter down by 9 factors.
Three performs after the failed faux, Love threw a 16-yard landing cross to Watson to provide Green Bay a 29-14 lead.
Goff pulled Detroit inside seven factors with a 12-yard landing cross to Josh Reynolds and a couple of-level conversion cross to Sam LaPorta with 41 seconds left, however couldn’t get any nearer 4 days after rallying from a 12-level deficit in the previous couple of minutes in a comeback win over Chicago.
The Lions had been known as for an unlawful formation after they tried an onside kick, a becoming finish for them on a day that began poorly and didn’t get significantly better to deflate what was a fired-up crowd.
Love was 22 of 32 for 268 yards with three touchdowns. He had a profession-lengthy 37-yard run on a play designed for him to run on third down late within the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Rashan Gary led Green Bay’s dominant efficiency on protection by forcing a profession-excessive two fumbles, recovering considered one of them, and tying a profession excessive with three sacks of Goff on the identical discipline the place the previous Michigan star tore a knee ligament final season.
Goff completed 29 of 44 for 332 yards with two touchdowns, together with one on a 7-yard cross to LaPorta on Detroit’s first drive.
INJURIES
Packers: RB Aaron Jones (knee), CB Jaire Alexander (shoulder), LB De’Vondre Campbell (neck), S Rudy Ford (shoulder), Dontayvion Wicks (concussion, knee) TE Josiah Deguara (hip) had been inactive.
Lions: Guard Jonah Jackson (wrist) was inactive for the fifth time in six video games.
UP NEXT
Packers: host Kansas City on Sunday night time, Dec. 3.
Lions: at New Orleans on Dec. 3.
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