Packers

WR Romeo Doubs; RG Jon Runyan, Jr. CB Eric Stokes; LT David Bakhtiari; WR Christian Watson; OLB Rashan Gary; RB Aaron Jones. Runyan and Bakhtiari would return ...

Rodgers found Samori Toure on a falling catch, and he got up to try to advance the ball. Barely getting the snap off, Rodgers threw to the back left corner of the end zone for Watkins, who had cut back inside, and the ball hit the turf for an incomplete pass and yet another failed red zone opportunity. With just a few minutes left in the half, the Lions drove down and put the first points of the game up on the board with seconds remaining. He recovered the ball himself across the line to gain, with the play being ruled a first down, but the referees reviewed the play to see if a Lions player touched the ball while out of bounds. Green Bay’s defense appeared to have a third down stop deep in Detroit territory on the next series to give the ball back to their offense, but a questionable holding penalty on Keisean Nixon gave Detroit a first down. Finally, with five minutes left in the third quarter, the Packers got on the board. Rodgers would take a sack to set up a third-and-long from the Packers’ own 47, but Aaron Jones picked up 15 yards on a screen pass to set up another 4th-down opportunity, this one with three yards to go. From their one-yard line, Detroit drove to near midfield on their next series, but would eventually elect to punt and down the Packers at their own one. The Packers ran a trick play, getting the defense flowing to the right before Rodgers threw back to an eligible and uncovered David Bakhtiari. Instead of keeping the ball on the ground, Jared Goff lined up in an empty backfield and the Packers brought a six-man blitz; Rashan Gary hit Goff, forcing his pass to Tom Kennedy to fall incomplete. Starting inside their own ten-yard line on their first series, the Packers drove 88 yards to reach the five. He had a third from just outside the 20 as well, and the Packers also failed on three fourth-down chances in Lions territory.