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Long drive to finish first quarter put Packers in control

Two-score lead was never relinquished vs. Cardinals

WR Romeo Doubs
WR Romeo Doubs

GREEN BAY – Once the Packers got a two-score lead Sunday on the Cardinals, they never gave it up in their 34-13 victory.

So it makes sense the possession that provided such a margin would be the Chevy Drive of the Week.

Already leading 7-0, the Packers took over on their own 20-yard line with 6:37 left in the first quarter.

QB Jordan Love started it with a 19-yard completion to WR Romeo Doubs over the middle. Two plays later, a screen pass to RB Emanuel Wilson picked up 19 more.

After Wilson ran for 7 yards, Love converted on third-and-3 with a quick pass to WR Dontayvion Wicks, who made a nifty move upfield for 9 yards and a first down on the Arizona 26.

RB Josh Jacobs ran for 2 yards, then caught a short pass that he turned into a 9-yard gain to get the ball in the red zone. An illegal-hands-to-the-face penalty pushed the Packers back, but a 7-yard completion to WR Jayden Reed and Love's hard count drawing the Cardinals offside – for the third time in the game already – set up third-and-5 from the Arizona 10 on the opening play of the second quarter.

Love whipped a pass toward the sideline to Doubs, who snagged it, kept his feet in bounds, and then shifted his body to dive across the goal line for the touchdown.

The Packers led 14-0 after the 11-play, 80-yard drive that consumed 6:42 in all, and the Cardinals never got back within one score.

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