The win moves the Packers to the lead by themselves in the NFC North at 5-1, a game ahead of the Minnesota Vikings who are 4-2. It also is Aaron Rodgers fourth 4th-quarter comeback of two scores or more in his career, and the third such comeback in his last 18 games.
4th quarter
Green Bay 23, Detroit 20
Crosby 23 yd FG
0:00 left in quarter
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Detroit 22, Green Bay 20
Rodgers-Lazard 35 yd TD pass
9:03 left in quarter
.@AaronRodgers12 DIME
@AllenLazard with a 35-yard TD to make it a one-score game! #GoPackGo
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Detroit 22, Green Bay 13
Prater 54 yd FG
12:16 left in quarter
3rd quarter
Detroit 19, Green Bay 13
Prater 51 yd FG
3:26 left in quarter
Detroit 16, Green Bay 13
Prater 41 yd FG
9:01 left in quarter
Green Bay 13, Detroit 13
Crosby 48 yd FG
12:35 left in quarter
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2nd quarter
Detroit 13, Green Bay 10
Crosby 37 FG
:07 left in quarter
Detroit 13, Green Bay 7
Rodgers-Williams 5 yd TD pass (shovel)
7:31 left in quarter
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Detroit 13, Green Bay 0
Prater 32 yd FG
13:21 left in quarter
1st quarter
Detroit 10, Green Bay 0
Johnson 1 yd TD run
6:35 left in quarter
Detroit 3, Green Bay 0
Prater 26 yd FG
12:41 left in quarter
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Mason Crosby nailed a 23-yard field goal as time expired, and the Green Bay Packers benefited from some questionable officiating to rally past the Detroit Lions 23-22 on Monday night.
Aaron Rodgers, in his second straight game without top target Davante Adams, completed 24 of 39 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns, including a beautiful 35-yard throw to Allen Lazard for the second-year pro’s first career score.
Rodgers linked up with Jamaal Williams for the other TD. Williams finished with 104 yards on 14 carries and four catches for 32 yards for Green Bay (5-1), which captured its first win in five tries against its NFC North rival.
The Packers might not have pulled it off if not for two fourth-quarter penalties for illegal hands to the face against Detroit’s Trey Flowers, both of them on third down. The first set up Lazard’s touchdown, and the second allowed Green Bay to run the clock down to 2 seconds before Crosby’s game-winner. In both cases, replays showed Flowers’ hands on the neck or shoulder – not the face – of a Packers lineman.
Matt Prater was good from 26, 22, 41, 51 and 54 yards for the Lions (2-2-1).
Matthew Stafford finished 18 of 32 for 265 yards and was sacked three times.
Kerryon Johnson scored the lone touchdown for the Lions from 1 yard out in the first quarter.
Kenny Golladay had 121 yards on five catches for Detroit.
Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith each had a sack for Green Bay. Preston Smith and Kyler Fackrell combined for the other.
Rodgers was sacked once by Damon Harrison Sr. and threw an interception that bounced off the facemask of an open Derrius Shepherd near the goal line. James Coleman snagged the ball returned it 55 yards, setting up Prater’s last field goal that made it 22-13.
3,000 YARDS AND RUNNING
Rodgers surpassed 3,000 career rushing yards on a 12-yard run in the fourth quarter. He’s the 13th Packers player reach the milestone.
INJURIES
Packers: WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling had his right leg bend under him on a tackle in the second quarter. He was able to walk off under his own power. WR Geronimo Allison was carted off the field following a helmet-to-helmet hit by Tracy Walker on the first play of the third quarter. He did not return. Allison was being evaluated for a chest injury and a concussion.
UP NEXT
Lions: Host the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 20.
Packers: Host the Oakland Raiders on Oct. 20.
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