The Green Bay Packers bounced again from a Week 14 loss with a win Sunday night time, occurring the street to defeat the Seattle Seahawks 30-13.
Jordan Love accomplished 20 of 27 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns for the Packers, whereas Josh Jacobs ran for 94 yards and a rating.
Geno Smith accomplished 15 of 19 passes for 149 yards and an interception for the Seahawks earlier than he left the sport within the second half with a knee harm.
Green Bay dominated the sport from its opening drive.
“SNF” weblog: Look again at how the sport unfolded
Electing to obtain after the coin toss, the Packers marched 63 yards in 10 performs on the sport’s opening possession, with Jacobs ending the drive with a 1-yard landing run. After the Seahawks punted solely 4 performs later, Green Bay went 80 yards in solely eight performs to increase its result in 14-0.
The groups traded subject objectives on their subsequent two drives. Then a Smith interception within the crimson zone arrange one other subject purpose for the Packers as the primary half expired, giving Green Bay a 20-3 lead on the break.
The second half was sloppy, with every crew committing at the very least one turnover, in addition to the Packers turning the ball over on downs. The tenor of the sport modified on the third drive of the third quarter, when Smith needed to go away after he took successful to the legs on an incomplete cross. He was relieved by Sam Howell, who accomplished solely 5 of his 14 makes an attempt.
Both sides scored a subject purpose and a landing within the third and fourth quarters, respectively, when the sport had already gotten out of hand.
Even although the offense put up 30 factors, Green Bay’s protection might have been essentially the most spectacular unit. The Packers had seven sacks and two interceptions, completely stymieing Seattle’s quarterbacks.
Green Bay improved to 10-4. After a 2-2 begin, the Packers have gained eight of their final 10 video games, with their solely two losses coming towards divisional opponents. Green Bay’s 4 losses have come by the hands of the Detroit Lions (twice), the Minnesota Vikings and the Philadelphia Eagles — who’ve a mixed file of 35-6.
The Packers’ subsequent recreation is towards the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 23.
The Seahawks dropped from first place within the NFC West to on the surface of the playoff bracket. The Los Angeles Rams now lead the division because of a head-to-head tiebreaker.
All eyes will now flip to Smith’s availability, as Seattle has a troublesome matchup towards the 11-2 Vikings in Week 16.
Around the league
- In a battle of Super Bowl favorites, the Buffalo Bills reigned supreme over the Lions in a 48-42 win. Buffalo QB and MVP chief Josh Allen continued his latest dominance, passing for 362 yards and two touchdowns whereas dashing for 68 yards and two scores. He is the primary participant in NFL historical past with two passing touchdowns and two dashing touchdowns in consecutive video games and the primary ever with three such video games in a season. Detroit QB Jared Goff threw for 494 yards and 5 touchdowns.
- The Eagles defeated their in-state rival Pittsburgh Steelers 27-13 for his or her tenth consecutive win. Philadelphia QB Jalen Hurts, who had two separate successful streaks of 11 video games in 2021-22 and 2022-23, is simply the fifth quarterback since 1950 with three 10-game successful streaks in his profession. The Steelers, regardless of the loss, nonetheless secured a playoff spot because of losses by Indianapolis and Miami in Week 15.
- The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cleveland Browns 21-7 however might have misplaced star quarterback Patrick Mahomes for a while. The back-to-back Super Bowl champion sustained a excessive ankle sprain within the fourth quarter, based on reviews, and is week-to-week. Kansas City (13-1), enjoying on Christmas Day, has two video games over the following 10 days.