![]() ![]() "I think winning is sustainable, for sure," Rodgers said. While the way they've won might not be sustainable, that doesn't mean the Packers can't keep winning. ![]() The defense nearly let a third-string quarterback beat it, and it has struggled against the run (the Patriots averaged 5.1 yards per attempt) so far. That could have came back and bit us in the butt."Īnd then there's the Packers' defense, which was highly touted before the season. Just made an emotional decision, and it was almost like throwing a Hail Mary. Connor Lewis was in my ear, he's up in the box and he's in my ear, and he said, 'I don't think so.' And he said that we shouldn't challenge it. "That was an emotional decision, and I think it's a great learning lesson that you can never make those emotional decisions in the heat of battle. "I'm not too proud of that moment," LaFleur said. Losing the challenge cost him a timeout that might have helped the Packers win in regulation, but instead, they got the ball back with only four seconds left. Doubs clearly did not secure the catch, and LaFleur even said his eye-in-the-sky coach, Connor Lewis, told him as much. One was by LaFleur, who challenged what he thought was a 40-yard touchdown catch by Doubs with 2 minutes, 2 seconds left in regulation. It also helped that the Packers rushed for 199 yards (including 110 by Aaron Jones on 16 carries).īut mistakes still made it necessary to go to overtime. He averaged a season-high 9.0 air yards per attempt on Sunday after averaging a league-low 5.2 air yards in the first three weeks, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. It helped that Rodgers finally started to stretch the field. "So I kind of returned to the form I expect from myself, and we started moving the football." "I settled in and usually don't have two terrible halves," Rodgers said. In the second half, Rodgers went 7-for-9 on such throws for 141 yards and two touchdowns. It was a 24-yarder to Lazard (who had six catches for 116 yards for the first 100-yard receiving day by a Packers player this season). He completed just 1 of 5 passes with 10 or more air yards in the first two quarters. Rodgers got next to nothing down the field in the first half. "That was not a good throw," Rodgers said. Was so off target on a short throw to Romeo Doubs that the rookie wide receiver couldn't secure it easily enough before he fumbled. If I had thrown the ball where I was supposed to, he probably picks it in stride." Threw just the fourth pick-six of his career when rookie cornerback Jack Jones jumped an out route the quarterback intended for Allen Lazard, in which Rodgers said he "missed the throw so badly overran it. Had the lowest passer rating (11.2) of any half in any of the 210 games he has started. The Packers trailed 10-7 at halftime in part because of Rodgers, who: "That doesn't take anything away from the joy of winning, but this was one we had to have." "You can't be 2-2 losing to a third-string quarterback and not playing great in all three phases, so we had to have this one," Rodgers said. While fully appreciating that he is fortunate for his team to be 3-1 heading into next Sunday's game against the New York Giants in London, Rodgers did not shy away from the reality of what could have been. "And obviously, I've got to play better and will play better." "This way of winning, I don't think, is sustainable because it puts too much pressure on our defense," Rodgers said. ![]()
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