GREEN BAY – The game situations were different, but the requirement was the same.
Over the Packers' last two contests, they've had a total of eight second-half possessions that could qualify as "gotta-have-it" drives, when points were absolutely needed.
In Dallas before the bye, the Packers were trailing five consecutive times when they got the ball in the second half and overtime. They scored on all five possessions to either take the lead or tie the game.
Then last week against Cincinnati, the Packers got the ball three times after the Bengals had cut their deficit to just one score, and all three times Green Bay re-established its two-score lead.
There are still things to smooth out offensively, and there have been instances, including recently, when the Packers have left potential points on the field.
But coming through in the clutch, repeatedly, is certainly something the offense can hang its hat on as it heads back out onto the road this week to Arizona.
"It's very crucial," QB Jordan Love said. "Those are the moments when you've got to be at your best. It's a tight game, getting into the fourth quarter. You've got to find ways to go execute and stay on the field and put up points.
"It's been huge for our offense to go out there and answer the call. That's what you plan for as an offense. We do all the work in different two-minute situations for OTAs and training camp, to be ready for those moments. It's nice we've been able to succeed."
The clutch work offensively actually goes back to the end of the Cleveland game in Week 3, right after Love's fateful interception late in the fourth quarter allowed the Browns to tie the game.
Green Bay immediately responded by driving into field-goal range for a game-winning kick. It was blocked, but the offense had done its job. Love's interception on the previous possession was the last time the offense hasn't turned a second-half/OT drive into a chance for points.
"The chemistry," is what rookie receiver Matthew Golden pointed to as the key in those clutch moments. "We work a lot of things at practice so it's nothing new to us. Whenever we're put in those positions, we have the utmost confidence that we can get the job done. It shows whenever we need those important drives, I feel like we get them done every time."
Golden has proven Love can rely on him in those situations. At Dallas, he caught a 14-yard pass on fourth-and-6 in overtime that was as do-or-die as it gets. An incompletion there and the Packers lose the game.
Last Sunday at Lambeau Field, one play after Love had been sacked, the Packers faced a critical third-and-8, needing to convert or the ball was going to back to a hot Bengals offense facing just a six-point deficit.
Love and Golden connected for 31 yards as Love shifted left in the pocket and Golden broke off his route to cut across the field into open space where Love could see him. The completion set up the game-clinching field goal.
Golden attributed those conversions to gaining Love's trust by showing his knowledge of the game plan and his routes in practice.
"I feel like we do a great job of making sure we get the small things right," he said. "Whenever the time present(s) itself during the game, I feel like we're all on the same page."
Even though the rookie first-round pick has caught just 14 passes thus far, Love reiterated that his confidence in Golden stems from what he sees on the practice field.
"Sometimes the game doesn't always show, but it's all the work he's put in behind the scenes, understanding the game plan inside and out and just going out there and making plays in practice," Love said. "I tell him all the time, stuff's going to keep translating to the games, so just keep staying confident and going out there and executing."
Romeo Doubs and Tucker Kraft have made their share of plays in the clutch, too. With the connection between Love and Golden growing, and Christian Watson coming back soon, there's a lot of excitement for where this passing offense could go.
Its work already in those gotta-have-it moments is something everyone can lean on to keep progressing as the season moves forward.
"You've just got to be confident. That's when I feel like the pressure is at the highest point," Love said. "You've got to go out there and make a play, so just (don't) let the moment get too big for anybody.
"Matt (LaFleur) talked about it before the game, when you need your best players to be at their best. I think guys have done that."
