Love ties career high with 3 TD passes, leads Packers to 29-22 win over NFC North-leading Lions
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Love ties career high with 3 TD passes, leads Packers to 29-22 win over NFC North-leading Lions

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Jordan Love dropped back and threw deep on his first snap, taking advantage of what the Green Bay Packers thought the Detroit Lions defense would give them. Love set the tone with a 53-yard pass to Christian Watson on the game’s first play and finished with a career-high-tying three touchdowns, leading Green Bay to a 29-22 win over the NFC North-leading Lions on Thursday. “We were confident in it.” The Packers were in control of a game they never trailed, taking advantage of Jared Goff’s career-high three fumbles — returning one for a score in the first quarter — and Dan Campbell’s aggressiveness on fourth down. “I shouldn’t have done that to those guys.” Goff pulled Detroit within seven points with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reynolds and 2-point conversion pass to Sam La Porta with 41 seconds left, but couldn’t get closer four days after rallying from a 12-point deficit in the last few minutes in a comeback win over Chicago. “I was praying, trying to keep my head cool.” Goff finished 29 of 44 for 332 yards with two touchdowns, including one on a 7-yard pass to LaPorta on the Lions’ first drive.

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