Packers fend off Cardinals 27-23, improve to 4-1-1
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Love rolled right on play-call and hit Kraft for a 7-yard touchdown to tie the game at 20 with 14:55 remaining.
Arizona started its next drive at the Green Bay 45. after a Greg Dortch 40-yard return and facemask penalty on Arron Mosby.
Quay Walker was injured on Brissett’s scramble on second-and-6. The Cardinals gained a first down with Nate Hobbs being called for defensive holding.
Brissett and Knight connected for five yards to convert on third-and-2 and set up first-and-goal at the Packers’ 8, but the drive stalled there.
Ty’Ron Hopper tackled Knight for a 2-yard loss before Parsons pressured Brissett into throwing the ball away. On third-and-goal, Parsons beat Jonah Williams for a sack of Brissett for a loss of 11 yards.
Ryland made a 39-yard field goal to put the Cardinals back up 23-20 with 9:01 remaining.
Green Bay started at its own 16 after a holding penalty on the kickoff. The Packers went three-and-out after two incompletions to Kraft and a 4-yard out to Doubs on second down.
Arizona started at its 28 after Whelan’s 52-yard punt went out of bounds. Walker returned to the game during the next series.
Cooper tackled Wilson a yard shy of the first down on third-and-9. The Cardinals went for it form their own 48 but Cooper and a horde of Packers stopped Brissett’s sneak for no gain for the turnover on downs.
Love hit a big third-and-7 underneath pass to Kraft for eight yards to move the chains. Jacobs gained nine yards on two carries but was dropped for a 1-yard loss on third-and-1.
The Packers initially sent on Havrisik for a 47-yard field goal but sent the offense back on the field after using their second timeout with 2:32 left.
On fourth-and-2, Love lofted a 15-yard pass to Kraft to the Arizona 14.
A 5-yard Jacobs run brought the game to the two-minute warning. He dodged his way to an 8-yard pickup to the Arizona 1 on the next play. The Packers grabbed their first lead of the day on Jacobs’ 1-yard TD to pull ahead 27-23 with 1:50 left.
Evan Brown was called for holding on first down. Jones caught a 24-yard pass on second-and-14. Carter gained 13 yards on a checkdown to the Packers’ 27. Parsons sacked Brissett for the third time on the next play for a loss of eight yards, causing Arizona to use its second timeout.
The Cardinals use their third timeout after a Brissett scramble for eight. Brissett threw it away on third-and-10 with 13 seconds left. His fourth-down pass fell incomplete out of the end zone.