The Green Bay Packers successfully bounced back from an embarrassing 3-38 loss to the New Orleans Saints in the season opener. This came at the expense of their division rivals the Detroit Lions, whom the Packers beat 35-17 at Lambeau Field on Monday night.

The first half saw an even game that Detroit seemingly controlled and managed to head to the locker room with a 14-17 first-half lead. But the Packers entered the second period with a resilience that the Lions simply couldn’t keep up with.

Green Bay scored a touchdown on the first possession of the second half and then followed that up with two more touchdowns on consecutive possessions. Detroit, on the other hand, didn’t have an idea on offense and turned the ball over four times, including two times on downs.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looked like the reigning MVP, unlike Week 1, throwing for 255 yards and four touchdowns. Among his highlights of the night was a 50-yard throw to Davante Adams that bailed Green Bay from a tough 3rd & 12 and set up a later touchdown.

“I think that there’s, even more now than when I started playing, there’s so many overreactions that happen on a week-to-week basis,” Rodgers said after the game. “So it’s nice to come out and have a good performance and get the trolls off our back for at least a week.”

Green Bay Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones had a huge night as well, catching three out of four TD passes that Rodgers threw on Monday night. Jones also added one rushing touchdown and finished with 115 yards from scrimmage.

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Green Bay Packers’ veteran kicker Mason Crosby would like to forget his team’s 31-23 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday. In a game that ended with Lions being eight points up, Crosby missed four field goals and one extra point. This means that the 34-year-old had left 13 points on the table, which would have brought his team a win.

On Sunday, Crosby became the first kicker in NFL since 1980 and Los Angeles Chargers’ Rolf Benirschke to miss four straight FGs. Before this, he was 10 out of 11 in 2018.

“Well, obviously shocked; it’s never happened to me,”- said Crosby after the game. “That’s never happened to me. It doesn’t happen. So I’m going to evaluate it but I’m going to [chalk] it up to something that is an anomaly in life that I’ve never even been a part of. So I’m going to evaluate the details like I do every week and move on. Because that one for me is something that I’ve never been a part of and hope to never be part of again.”

Mason Crosby was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2007 Draft. He was the NFL leading scorer in his rookie season and went on to win Super Bowl XLV with the Packers in 2011. Through his NFL career, Crosby managed to make 277 field goals with an 80.3 percent success rate.

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The Green Bay Packers successfully bounced back from an embarrassing 3-38 loss to the New Orleans Saints in the season opener. This came at the expense of their division rivals the Detroit Lions, whom the Packers beat 35-17 at Lambeau Field on Monday night.

The first half saw an even game that Detroit seemingly controlled and managed to head to the locker room with a 14-17 first-half lead. But the Packers entered the second period with a resilience that the Lions simply couldn’t keep up with.

Green Bay scored a touchdown on the first possession of the second half and then followed that up with two more touchdowns on consecutive possessions. Detroit, on the other hand, didn’t have an idea on offense and turned the ball over four times, including two times on downs.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looked like the reigning MVP, unlike Week 1, throwing for 255 yards and four touchdowns. Among his highlights of the night was a 50-yard throw to Davante Adams that bailed Green Bay from a tough 3rd & 12 and set up a later touchdown.

“I think that there’s, even more now than when I started playing, there’s so many overreactions that happen on a week-to-week basis,” Rodgers said after the game. “So it’s nice to come out and have a good performance and get the trolls off our back for at least a week.”

Green Bay Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones had a huge night as well, catching three out of four TD passes that Rodgers threw on Monday night. Jones also added one rushing touchdown and finished with 115 yards from scrimmage.

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Green Bay Packers’ veteran kicker Mason Crosby would like to forget his team’s 31-23 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday. In a game that ended with Lions being eight points up, Crosby missed four field goals and one extra point. This means that the 34-year-old had left 13 points on the table, which would have brought his team a win.

On Sunday, Crosby became the first kicker in NFL since 1980 and Los Angeles Chargers’ Rolf Benirschke to miss four straight FGs. Before this, he was 10 out of 11 in 2018.

“Well, obviously shocked; it’s never happened to me,”- said Crosby after the game. “That’s never happened to me. It doesn’t happen. So I’m going to evaluate it but I’m going to [chalk] it up to something that is an anomaly in life that I’ve never even been a part of. So I’m going to evaluate the details like I do every week and move on. Because that one for me is something that I’ve never been a part of and hope to never be part of again.”

Mason Crosby was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2007 Draft. He was the NFL leading scorer in his rookie season and went on to win Super Bowl XLV with the Packers in 2011. Through his NFL career, Crosby managed to make 277 field goals with an 80.3 percent success rate.

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