Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes, Josh Jacobs scored twice and the Green Bay Packers withstood three turnovers and the Carolina Panthers' late comeback attempt to win 27-19 at Lambeau Field. Love went 30 of 41 for 288 yards with touchdown passes to Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden and Jacobs plus an interception. Although Jacobs rushed for only 39 yards on 21 carries against the NFL's lowest-ranked run defense, he scored on a 4-yard catch and 1-yard run.
That was more than enough for the Packers on a night when they sacked Bryce Young six times. Green Bay hasn't allowed any of its last five opponents to exceed 20 points. "This defense is really special," safety Javon Bullard said.
Trailing 27-10 in the third quarter, Carolina cut Green Bay's lead to 27-19 on Young's 26-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Coker on a fourth-and-three play with 5:37 remaining. Young's ensuing 2-point conversion pass was incomplete. "Late in the game, it wasn't good enough," Love said.
"We weren't able to finish the way we wanted. That's something we've got to improve on, clean up as an offense and be better there." The Panthers (3-4) got the ball back at their own 45 before losing the ball on downs at midfield with 2:41 remaining. Carolina got one last chance from its own 20 with 22 seconds and no timeouts remaining, but Dani Dennis-Sutton's sack essentially ended any comeback hopes.
Young went 23 of 41 for 209 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Carolina's Chuba Hubbard had 22 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown and seven catches for 38 yards. Green Bay's Christian Watson returned to the game after hurting his chest while making a 53-yard catch in the second quarter, causing him to be taken to the hospital.
Carolina cornerback Will Lee hurt his hamstring while diving to make a tackle on the same play, and he got carted into the locker room. Watson said he got clearance to return to the game after a CT scan didn't show any internal bleeding. Watson did say he broke a rib on the play.
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