Tight end Richard Rodgers is now the team's best receiving option. Discounting a 17-yard touchdown run by Rodgers, the Packers averaged 2.2 yards per carry.ģ. Lacy wound up getting five carries for 4 yards, while John Crockett, just pulled off the practice squad, received the same amount of carries and gained 22 yards. "The idea was to come in here with a 1-2 punch," McCarthy said. However, after a poor week of practice, Lacy was benched at the start in favor of James Starks. Eddie Lacy seemed as if he re-established himself as the lead back after back-to-back 100-yard games. The running game is still in a state of flux.
"My goodness, can Aaron Rodgers throw the football," coach Mike McCarthy gushed.Ģ. However, Aaron Rodgers showed why he is one of the elite quarterbacks in the game, throwing a perfect Hail Mary pass that gave the Packers new life after they lost four of their previous five games.
They needed a questionable facemask penalty just to get one last chance. The Packers had no business winning this game after getting shut out in the first half. Green Bay is still a threat in the NFC as long as No. "I think a little karma was saved up after the no P.I." Aaron Rodgers said.Īaron Rodgers passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns and also scored on a 17-yard scramble for Green Bay, which rallied from a 20-point deficit. Green Bay (8-4) was upset a couple of plays earlier when it felt Detroit safety Isa Abdul-Quddus should have been whistled for pass interference on a downfield throw. That gave the Packers another play with time expired. But as Rodgers try to run forward, defensive end Devin Taylor grabbed his face mask, and flags flew. Aaron Rodgers threw a desperation pass on the previous play.Īfter a couple of laterals, the ball wound up in his hands again with no one behind him. The Packers needed a big break just to have a final chance. "Richard's the perfect guy for that type of situation with his big body and ability to go up," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. Richard Rodgers, who is 6-foot-4, played basketball at the University of California. "I was looking at (wide receiver) Davante (Adams), and it was pretty exciting to see Richard jump up there and catch it," he said. He stepped up toward the line of scrimmage and let it fly.
With the Lions rushing only three linemen, Aaron Rodgers bought time for his receivers to get downfield. Stafford completed a 29-yard pass to wide receiver TJ Jones on third-and-12 to extend Detroit's next possession and the Packers did not get the ball back until 23 seconds remained.Aaron Rodgers scrambled to his right and fired a bomb into the end zone, where his tight end made a two-handed grab. Prater's 42-yard field goal restored a two-score lead for the Lions with 7:06 left but te Packers responded with Rodgers' rushing touchdown with 3:04 remaining. On third down, Rodgers found wide receiver Davante Adams over the middle for an eight-yard score to make it 20-14. Linebacker Julius Peppers made a strip sack against Stafford and linebacker Jake Ryan recovered at the Lions' 12. Green Bay scored again with 4:06 left in the quarter after forcing a turnover. Running back James Starks fumbled at the Lions' five yard line but the ball bounced forward and wide receiver Randall Cobb pounced on it in the end zone. The Packers needed good fortune to finally break through during their ensuing possession. Prater's 34-yarder with 8:54 left in the third quarter gave Detroit a 20-0 lead. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw two early touchdown passes for the Lions (4-8), who nearly swept the Packers for the first time in 24 years.Ĭalvin Johnson caught his 15th career touchdown pass against Green Bay, a record for an opponent, while Matt Prater added three field goals.
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