Love's Three Touchdown Passes Lift Packers Past Panthers

Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes, Josh Jacobs scored twice, and the Green Bay Packers beat the Carolina Panthers 27-19 at Lambeau Field. The Packers held on to the win despite three turnovers and a late comeback attempt by the Panthers. Love completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards.

Jacobs ran for 39 yards against the league's weakest run defense. He still scored on a 4-yard catch and a 1-yard run. The Packers also sacked Bryce Young six times. Green Bay has not allowed any of its last five opponents to score more than 20 points.

Trailing by 17 points in the third quarter, Carolina cut the lead to 8 when Young threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Coker with 5 minutes and 37 seconds left. The two-point conversion attempt failed. The Panthers made one last try from their own 20-yard line, but a sack by Dani Dennis-Sutton ended their comeback hopes.

Christian Watson was hit in the chest on a 53-yard catch in the second quarter and taken to hospital. A scan showed no internal bleeding, and he returned to the game, but he said his rib was broken. Watson finished with 8 catches for 113 yards. In the same game, Carolina cornerback Will Lee was also injured and carried off on a stretcher to the locker room.

Watson said that being surrounded by cameras as he got off the ambulance reminded him of a WWE show. Love said he was not happy because they had not finished the job.