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Carmen Vitali
NFC North Reporter
The bend-don’t-break Green Bay defense is broken.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hung 34 points on the Packers on Sunday, winning the Week 15 game to improve to 7-7 on the season and tighten their grip on the NFC South. Quarterback Baker Mayfield completed 22 of his 28 passing attempts for a whopping 381 yards, four touchdowns and a 158.3 passer rating. Mayfield is the first visiting quarterback to ever post a perfect passer rating at Lambeau Field.
Clearly, the run defense wasn’t the only thing the Packers needed to worry about.
Bucs wide receiver Chris Godwin had over 100 receiving yards before the first half was over. He finished with 10 catches for 155 yards. Tampa Bay had 353 total passing yards. Five different Bucs receivers had 44 or more receiving yards and all four of Mayfield’s touchdown passes went to a different player.
Green Bay’s defense is built to allow yards on the ground to prevent explosive plays through the air. On Sunday, they simply had no answers. Tampa Bay scored on four straight possessions to finish the game. They converted seven of 11 third-down attempts.
In the middle of the Bucs’ scoring frenzy, Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love made his attempt at a comeback. The Packers offense was able to answer three of Tampa Bay’s scoring drives over the course of the game, including back-to-back scoring drives at the end of the third quarter and beginning of the fourth. But Joe Barry’s defense couldn’t get a stop to help Green Bay’s offense catch up. The Bucs had over 10 plays of over 20 yards — their 99 rushing yards opened up explosive passing plays throughout the game and kept the Packers defense on its heels.
It comes the week after a sobering loss to the Tommy-DeVito-led New York Giants. Love and the offense managed to give the Packers a late one-point lead after being down 21-13 headed into the fourth quarter of that game. The defense…
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Publish date : 2023-12-17 22:29:27
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