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Love ties career high with 3 TD passes, leads Packers to 29-22 win over NFC North-leading Lions

ikramshoukat16 November 23, 2023

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Love ties career high with 3 TD passes, leads Packers to 29-22 win over NFC North-leading Lions

DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Love set the tone with a 53-yard pass to Christian Watson on the first snap and finished with a career-high three touchdowns, leading the team. Green Bay Packers For a 29-22 win over the leading NFC North Detroit Lions Thursday.

The Packers (5-6) took control of the game in which they never trailed, taking advantage of Jared Goff’s three career fumbles — they returned one for a score in the first quarter — and Dan Campbell’s aggression on fourth down.

The Lions (8-3) went for it five times on fourth down and only converted once on the final touchdown drive. One failed attempt was a decision to fake a penalty from 23 in the third quarter down nine points.

Three plays after the failed fake, Love threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Watson to give Green Bay a 29-14 lead.

Goff pulled Detroit to within seven points with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reynolds and a two-point conversion pass to Sam LaPorta with 41 seconds left, but couldn’t get any closer four days after climbing back from a 12-point deficit in the latter. A few minutes into the comeback win over Chicago.

The Lions were called for an illegal formation when they attempted an onside kick, a fitting end for them to an afternoon that started out doing little better in quelling what was an enthusiastic crowd.

Love was 22 of 32 for 268 yards with three touchdowns. He had a 37-yard run on a play designed for him to take third down late in the fourth quarter to signal the win.

Rashan Gary led Green Bay’s dominant performance on defense by forcing a career-high two fumbles, recovering one of them, and tying a career-high with three sacks of Goff on the same field where the former Michigan star tore a knee ligament last season.

Goff finished 29 of 44 for 332 yards with two touchdowns, including one on a 7-yard pass 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) and TE Josiah Deguara (hip) were inactive. .

Lions: Guard Jonah Jackson (wrist) was inactive for the fifth time in six games.