Backup Malik Willis completed a 51-yard pass to Jayden Reed that set up Brandon McManus’ second winning kick in as many weeks, a 24-yarder that lifted the Green Bay Packers to a 30-27 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.
Willis rallied the Packers (6-2) to their fourth consecutive win, this one with Jordan Love watching from the sideline. Willis completed 4 of 5 passes for 56 yards with a touchdown and the biggest completion of the day.
Willis found Reed wide open down the left sideline after safety Andre Cisco fell in coverage. It was all the Packers needed to rebound from Trevor Lawrence’s perfectly placed, 14-yard touchdown pass to Evan Engram that tied the game.
Engram caught the ball between three defenders and gave the Jaguars (2-6) all the momentum. But Packers coach Matt LaFleur dialed up a gut-punch to Jacksonville on second down.
Josh Jacobs ran for 127 yards and two touchdowns for Green Bay, which lost Love to a left groin injury in the third quarter. Love dropped to the ground near the sideline after a second-down throw to Jacobs.
Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker bumped Love after the play, but the quarterback had been hobbled most of the game.
Love seemed to tweak his groin on the opening drive. He started favoring his left leg after an incomplete pass. He ended up in the medical tent and had his upper leg wrapped when he came back out.
He wasn’t the same the rest of the day and struggled to move in the pocket. The team said he was questionable to return. He completed 14 of 22 passes for 196 yards with an interception — his league-leading ninth of the season.
The Jaguars lost all three of their starting wide receivers: Brian Thomas Jr. (chest), Christian Kirk (shoulder) and Gabe Davis (shoulder). Kirk was quickly ruled out after he injured his left shoulder trying to make a diving catch.
Jacksonville also lost cornerback Ronald Darby (hip), right guard Brandon Scherff (knee) and left guard Ezra Cleveland (ankle). Scherff was the only one able to return.
The Packers — who host the NFC North rival Detroit Lions next Sunday — lost rookie safety Evan Williams to a hamstring injury.
Lions 52, Titans 14
Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes and David Montgomery was the first of five players to score in the first half for the Detroit Lions, who romped past the Tennessee Titans 52-14 on Sunday in Detroit.
The NFC North-leading Lions (6-1) have the conference’s best record after winning five straight games, averaging 40-plus points over the last four.
Detroit had its highest-scoring game since a 55-point performance against the Chicago Bears in 1997 and scored at least 50 for the fourth time in franchise history.
The Titans (1-6) were routed for a second straight week and already signaled this is a rebuilding year by trading veteran wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and starting linebacker Ernest Jones Jr.
Detroit has been on a roll lately by leaning on Goff, but it had more points (42) than he had passing yards (28) early in the third quarter. He finished 12 of 15 for 85 yards.
The Lions didn’t need Goff to be very productive because they made big plays in every phase and pulled off a trick play as they do in most games — this time, a touchdown pass by running back Montgomery, who took a pitch from Goff and found tight end Sam LaPorta from 3 yards out to give the Lions a 35-14 lead and their highest-scoring half since 1970.
Jahmyr Gibbs had a 70-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter. Khalil Dorsey had a 72-yard kickoff return to set up Goff’s 8-yard TD pass to Brock Wright early in the second.
Kalif Raymond’s 90-yard kickoff return early in the third put Detroit ahead 42-14.
Mason Rudolph made an ill-advised pass on Tennessee’s first drive, throwing while defensive end Levi Onwuzurike was hitting him, and linebacker Trevor Nowaske intercepted it.
The Titans extended their streak of throwing an interception in every game and Detroit took advantage, taking the lead on Montgomery’s 7-yard touchdown run. Rudolph later floated a pass that Kerby Joseph picked off, setting up Goff’s 1-yard TD pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Goff was taken out with a 38-point lead early in the fourth quarter to give second-year pro Hendon Hooker some experience. Gibbs had a season-high 127 rushing yards and a score on the longest run of his career.
Rudolph helped wide receiver Calvin Ridley have his most productive game of the season and rushed for his first touchdown, an 11-yarder that fooled Detroit’s defense and tied the game late in the first quarter.
Rudolph, starting for the injured Will Levis, finished 22 of 38 for 266 yards with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine early in the second quarter and two interceptions. Ridley matched a career high with 10 receptions for a season-high 143 yards. Tony Pollard ran for a season-high 95 yards on 20 carries.
Levis (shoulder) missed a second straight week, and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed (quadriceps) was also inactive for the Titans.
Lions linebacker Malcom Rodriguez (ankle) was ruled out in the first half. Defensive end Josh Paschal (illness) was inactive.
