Packers survive Rivers career game

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Packers survive Rivers career game

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Rookie cornerback had a feeling that ' final pa s might be headed his way.Fourth-and-goal from the 3 with 15 seconds left, and the needed a touchdown to tie the and po sibly force overtime.Randall had to keep tabs on both and lined up on the right side of the formation.The first-round draft pick lunged to poke away Rivers' short throw to Woodhead near the front right pylon in the Kendrick Nunn Jersey final seconds to preserve the ' 27-20 victory on Sunday, overcoming a career performance by Rivers."Biggest play of the game," coach Mike McCarthy said. "Damarious is off to a great start."The fans inside Lambeau Field erupted with a collective sigh of relief. Green Bay (6-0) survived its biggest scare of the season to stay unbeaten.Rivers set franchise marks with career highs of 43 completions, 65 attempts and 503 yards pa sing. He threw for two touchdowns for the Maurice Harkless Jersey (2-4). His 43 completions were the most in NFL history in a lo s; he needed one more, at least.But as the fourth-down play developed, Randall remembered that San Diego ran the same play on second down, but tried to get the ball to Gates.This time, linebacker covered Gates inside. Woodhead broke outside, with Randall trailing from behind."I was acting like I really wasn't seeing him, but honestly, I was just trying to bait him a little bit," Randall said.On his back after being knocked down by linebacker , Rivers arched his neck up, then went back down in frustration and flailed his arms.Another lo s occurred in the final seconds. San Diego lost to Pittsburgh on the last play on Monday night."Brutal lo s, obviously, losing the way we did," coach Mike McCoy said.The ending overshadowed Rivers' milestone performance.The 12-year veteran tied Pittsburgh's (2009) for second on the list for most yards pa sing against the Hassan Whiteside Jersey . Only Detroit's had more, 520 on Jan. 1, 2012.Rivers walked to the microphone at his postgame news conference and sighed."Gosh, I don't know. I just made a comment, 'Hey, you've got to laugh to keep from crying,'" Rivers said. "Another one, another one that's tough."It was the most porous outing of the season for the ' defense.But the stout pa s rush finally caught up to Rivers in the second half. sacked Rivers on third-and-7 from the 40 to end one drive.Until then, a line mi sing three starters held up well, with Rivers orchestrating a quick-strike offense and finding holes in the Tim Hardaway Jersey secondary."We just didn't win the one-on-one matchups today," safety said. "Thank God for our red zone defense."The started strong and finished barely in front. Running back had touchdowns on a 65-yard run and a 5-yard pa s in the first quarter.Green Bay went up for good after quarterback found for an 8-yard pa s in the corner of the end zone for a 24-17 lead with 40 seconds left in the third quarter.The defense allowed 's 32-yard field goal with 11:14 left.But the came up with their most important stop at the end.The battered offense did just enough."We don't need to win pretty every week. We'd like to," Rodgers said.He was 16 of 29 for 255 yards. At one point, Rodgers had as many completions as had receptions midway through the fourth quarter."We should have scored 40, we should have. And that's what's frustrating, because our defense played their tail off," Rivers said.But a hip injury kept Allen sidelined for much of the second half. He wound up with 14 receptions for 157 yards.Rookie running back was benched in the second half after two fumbles. He finished with seven carries for 29 yards in a disappointing return to the Josh Richardson Jersey state where he set records in college with the Wisconsin Badgers.Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s
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