By Lawrence Lang
The Green Bay Packers moved to 2-0 on the season after they defeated the Washington Commanders 27-18 at home at Lambeau Field in a crowd of 77,289.
For the Packers, quarterback Jordan Love continued his stride this season, going 19/31 with 292 yards passing and two touchdowns, with an average yards per pass being 9.2. Love’s first touchdown game in the first quarter in the Packers’ second possession of the game a seven-play 96-yard drive that ended in a five-yard pass to wide receiver Romeo Dobbs, who on the day had three receptions for 28 yards.
Loves second touchdown came in the fourth quarter on a nine-play 65-yard drive that ended in an eight-yard pass to tight end Tucker Kraft to put the Packers up 24-10. Kraft for the night had six receptions for 124 yards total, his longest being a 57 yard reception that help set up a Packer touchdown.
In the run game, the Packers were still productive, even being held to 135 total yards. Running back Josh Jacobs had 23 carries for 84 yards rushing and one touchdown. Rookie Runningback Savion Williams, the third round pick out of TCU, got some action with two carries for 24 yards, and Rookie Wide-Receiver Mathhew Golden got some run time in with two carries for 15 yards. Golden also had to target Love but was unable to bring the ball in for the receptions.
The Packers’ defence continued their impressive performance, getting four sacks on the day. Commanders Quarterback Devente Wyatt had a sack. Edgerrin Cooper and Micah Parsons split a sack. Rashan Gary had a sack, and Karl Brooks Barryn Sorrell split a sack. The Packers’ deference also shut down the Commanders’ run game, holding them to 51 total rushing yards and holding Danniels to just 200 yards passing on 24/42 attempts.
Daniels did have two touchdowns on the night, one to tight end Zach Ertz and the other to wide receiver Deebo Samuel. In all, the Commanders could not get anything going, and when they could, it was just the Detroit Lions; it was too late to make the commanding comeback happen.
Both teams also had some key injuries that happened during the game. For the Packers, they lost Wide Receiver Jayden Reed for the foreseeable future with a Broken collarbone he set for surgery next week. The Commanders lost two key players from their roster for the remainder of the season. Defensive End Deatrich Wise is out with a quad injury, and Running back Austin Ekeler has a torn Achilles, which was a non-contact injury. These are two major blows to a Commanders team.
Commanders will look to get things rolling again when they head home to host the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Packers will hit the road for their first road game of the season when they head to Cleveland to face the Cleveland Browns.
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