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Game notes: Jayden Reed does it all in offensive showcase

Halftime adjustments helped spark Josh Jacobs’ second half

WR Jayden Reed
WR Jayden Reed

SAO PAULO, Brazil – Jayden Reed was the shot of energy the Packers needed from the beginning until the very end of Friday night's showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles.

While Green Bay came up short in a 34-29 defeat at Arena Corinthians, the second-year receiver gave his team a chance with a career-high 138 receiving yards and a touchdown on just four catches.

Before all that, Reed got the offense going midway through the second quarter on the ground when he made several Eagles defenders miss on a career-long 33-yard touchdown run off an end-around.

On the next possession, Reed continued to prove elusive on a 70-yard TD pass from quarterback Jordan Love that put Green Bay up 19-14 at the time.

"He did exactly what we all knew he was capable of doing," receiver Christian Watson said. 'I told him after the game we gotta be a better supporting cast. When he's having a game like that, other guys have to be able to step up and make plays too and we come out on the other side of it."

Reed made perhaps the two biggest plays of the fourth quarter for Green Bay when he looked in a 26-yard floater from Love with a safety bearing down on him, which set up Brayden Narveson's 26-yard field goal a few moments later.

Although the Packers' chances at a comeback were low when they retook possession of the ball down five with 22 seconds remaining, Reed made a spectacular 33-yard sideline catch while also managing to get out of bounds.

The 2023 second-round pick has now scored nine touchdowns in his last nine games (including playoffs). Although that provided little solace in the defeat, Reed was happy to come through for a deep receiving corps.

"With this room, it's any given week, anybody can make those plays I made today," Reed said. "We're very dynamic in that room, so I don't look at it as a wide receiver one thing. I think we all are ones if you ask me."

The Green Bay Packers kicked off their first game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.