GREEN BAY – New Packers kicker Brandon McManus, signed this week to replace rookie Brayden Narveson, made a 45-yard field goal as time expired to give Green Bay a 24-22 win over Houston on Sunday at Lambeau Field.
The winning kick ended a back-and-forth game and improved the Packers to 5-2, while the Texans dropped to 5-2 on the season.
The Packers gave the ball away three times in the first half on two interceptions and a botched punt return, which left them trailing 19-14 at intermission.
Green Bay came back to score on its opening drive of the second half, and then both teams traded numerous punts. Three times, the Packers were punting from inside their own 15-yard line, unable to get a first down.
The Texans then took over with eight minutes left and killed more than six minutes, driving for a 35-yard field goal to take a 22-21 lead with 1:44 left.
Green Bay started on its own 30 with one timeout left. Completions to TE Tucker Kraft and WR Dontayvion Wicks got the ball to midfield with a minute to go. A slant to WR Romeo Doubs picked up another first down at the Houston 37.
An offside call on Texans DE Will Anderson Jr. put the ball on the 32, and then another slant to Doubs gained 6 to the 26, bringing on McManus with just 3 seconds left. He made the kick twice, once when Houston called a timeout just before the snap, and again on the second try.
For the Packers, QB Jordan Love was 24-of-33 for 220 yards with three TDs, two INTs and a 95.5 passer rating. Doubs caught eight passes for 95 yards, while the TDs went to Wicks, Kraft, and RB Josh Jacobs, the first receiving TD of his career.
Jacobs also had 12 carries for 76 yards on the ground.
For the Texans, QB C.J. Stroud threw for just 86 yards, going 10-for-21 for a 58.8 passer rating. RB Joe Mixon had 25 carries for 115 yards and two TDs, while WR Stefon Diggs had five catches but for just 23 yards.
Here’s a recap of all the action:
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