GREEN BAY – It's not every day it takes two quarterbacks, three third-down conversions and nearly half a quarter just to get on the scoreboard, but all that makes for the Chevy Drive of the Week from Sunday's 27-20 victory over the Giants at MetLife Stadium.
Trailing 7-0 with 6:15 left in the first quarter, the Packers took over on their own 38-yard line. A 6-yard run by RB Josh Jacobs followed by a 3-yard keeper from QB Jordan Love set up third-and-1. Jacobs converted with a 2-yard rush.
An end-around to WR Bo Melton gained 17 yards to get into New York territory, but the Packers were called for holding on the next play, making it first-and-20. That's where everything about the drive changed.
Love got hit in his left shoulder at the end of a 4-yard scramble and exited the game, heading to the locker room for an x-ray. Backup QB Malik Willis took over on second-and-16, handing off to RB Chris Brooks for an 8-yard gain.
On third-and-8, Willis called his own number on a zone-read and ran 16 yards for a first down in the red zone. From there, Jacobs ran 6 yards and Willis hit TE John FitzPatrick for 5 more to make it first-and-goal on the 5. After the quarter break, Jacobs plowed down to the 1-yard line and the Packers hurried up to get another snap before the Giants could substitute, but then Jacobs was hit in the backfield and went down hard. He hurt his knee on the play and did not return to the game.
On third-and-goal from the 1, Willis rolled right to buy some time and then fired a dart to the back of the end zone for WR Christian Watson, who snagged the ball with both hands and kept it away from the defender for the first of his two touchdowns in the game.
The Packers finally had their first points, though trailing 7-6 due to a missed PAT, after 12 plays, 62 yards and 7:21 of possession time. Love ran the first five plays, Willis saved the possession and the points with the last seven snaps, and Love returned to the game on the next series.
