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In a game fans around the league were waiting for, the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys gave us one to remember (derogatory). On Sunday Night Football, the Packers traveled to Dallas for a night of reunions. Micah Parsons, if you’ve heard of him, walked into AT&T Stadium for the first time since Dallas traded him to Green Bay about a month ago. Matthew Golden played his first game in his home state of Texas since being drafted in April. And…Brett Favre was there.
The game was an absolute shootout, so it was at least eventful! By the end of it, both teams would leave the stadium having scored 40 points, in the league’s second-highest scoring tie ever. As the Packers head into what feels like a much-needed bye week with a 2-1-1 record, let’s take a look at last night’s winners and losers.
The Packers QB looked exceptional, and if you disagree, you can talk to somebody else about it! After quite the interesting game against the Browns last week, Love looked like he was back to his normal self last night, and this was with an absolutely decimated offensive line. He threw the ball just about everywhere, to just about everyone (10 different receivers!), and was nearly perfect when he wasn’t forced to throw the ball away. He also continued what seems to be a trend this season with a 25-yard scramble when he wasn’t able to find an open receiver.
Every single drive of the second half was a scoring drive for the Packers. Plain and simple, Love did what needed to be done to win the game. Anytime the Cowboys took the lead, Love led the team down the field and got it back. The Packers QB finished the night 31/43 (72%) for one of the most accurate games of his career, with 3 TDs, 0 INTs, and 1 sack taken. There was a would-be interception on a free play, but that’s the best time to throw a pick, because it doesn’t count! Overall: gorgeous, gorgeous stuff from QB1 last night.
You can’t get a hat trick and not be a winner. Romeo Doubs absolutely crushed it last night, and he’s ventured into “ol’ reliable” status for his quarterback. Doubs caught the ball 6 times on 8 targets, 3 of them for touchdowns. He had one of the best catches of the night on a key 3rd down conversion, and he reminded everybody who the Packers’ WR1 is. This was the first 3 TD game of Doubs’ career.
Josh Jacobs looked fantastic last night, leading the team in both rushing and receiving yards, with 86 and 71, respectively. Jacobs averaged nearly 4 yards per carry, and a whopping 17.8 yards per reception. The broken tackles we saw so frequently last season made a reappearance last night, and almost all of his rushing yards this season have come after contact. Once (if) the offensive line...
