Jordan Love threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and the Inexperienced Bay Packers defeated the Washington Commanders 27-18 on Thursday night time.
Tight finish Tucker Kraft caught six passes for a career-high 124 yards to assist the Packers go 2-0 for the primary time since 2020. Love and Kraft related for an eight-yard landing with 8:57 left to thwart the Commanders’ comeback try.
Love went 19 of 31 to guide a Packers offense that was taking part in with out injured linemen Zach Tom and Aaron Banks. Love’s different landing move was a five-yarder to Romeo Doubs within the first quarter.
Washington (1-1) gained simply 11 yards within the first quarter and didn’t attain the tip zone till scoring a pair of touchdowns within the remaining interval. This might be a expensive recreation for the Commanders, as working again Austin Ekeler injured his proper achilles tendon within the fourth quarter and defensive finish Deatrich Clever Jr was carted off the sector with a quadriceps damage within the second interval.
Jayden Daniels was 24 of 42 for 200 yards with landing passes of 20 yards to Zach Ertz and 10 yards to Deebo Samuel.
The Packers have received their final seven residence matchups with Washington, haven’t overwhelmed Inexperienced Bay on the highway since a 20-17 victory at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1988. Washington’s final win at Lambeau Discipline was a 16-7 choice in 1986.
Inexperienced Bay constructed a 14-3 halftime lead by placing collectively two landing drives of 90-plus yards.
Doubs’s landing capped a seven-play, 96-yard drive that included a 57-yard completion to Kraft, plus a 14-yard scramble by Love on third-and-nine from Washington’s 19.
Josh Jacobs made it 14-0 with a two-yard landing run to complete a 10-play, 92-yard march that featured a 37-yard completion to Malik Heath, who did an excellent job of protecting each toes inbounds whereas making a catch at Washington’s sideline. Jacobs completed with 84 yards on 23 carries.
Washington gained 23 yards on their first three collection earlier than getting on the board with a 51-yard discipline objective from Matt Homosexual, who later missed kicks of 58 and 52 yards.
After Brandon McManus’ 22-yard discipline objective made it 17-3 within the third quarter, Washington lower the margin to 17-10 on Ertz’s landing catch with 13:45 remaining. However the Packers reached the tip zone on their subsequent collection, and McManus added a 56-yard discipline objective later within the fourth quarter. Samuel’s landing closed the scoring with 2:53 left.
