(Detroit) Jordan Love set the tone for the game with a 53-yard pass to Christian Watson on the first play on offense and capped the game with a career-high three touchdown passes Thursday to give the Packers a Green Bay surprised the leaders of the Northern section of the National Association, the Detroit Lions, by a score of 29-22.
“It’s something we worked on this week that we believed was going to work,” said Love, who had to reassure head coach Matt LaFleur to stick with that plan when he had doubts. the morning before the meeting. We had confidence. »
The Packers (5-6) were never worried during this meeting, taking advantage of three fumbles from Lions quarterback Jared Goff – including one for the touchdown in the first quarter – and the voracity of Dan Campbell in the fourth situation. essay.
The Lions (8-3) attempted to convert a fourth down five times, but succeeded only once; on their last attacking sequence of the match, which culminated with a major. Among their failures on fourth down was the decision to fake punt from their 23 in the third quarter, when they trailed by nine points.
“It was obviously a crucial play in the game,” LaFleury said. It resulted in a touchdown. »
Three plays later, Love threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Watson that made the Packers lead 29-14.
Goff, however, narrowed the gap to seven points with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reynolds, followed by a two-point conversion to Sam LaPorta with 41 seconds left on the clock. The Lions, however, were unable to complete the comeback, four days after erasing a 12-point deficit in the final minutes to surprise the Chicago Bears.
The Lions then received an illegal formation penalty while attempting a short kick, putting the finishing touches on an afternoon that started off poorly for them. And it didn’t get much better after that, as they slowly turned into jokers.
“I didn’t have my players ready to go, it’s as simple as that,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said.
