In a dramatic Week 3 game that was a tale of two halves, the Green Bay Packers completed an incredible comeback to beat the New Orleans Saints 18-17.
The Packers move to 2-1 on the season, while the Saints drop to 2-1.
Offensive spotlight: Packers quarterback Jordan Love gets the nod for offensive spotlight from this game. Despite his offense missing David Bakhtiari, Aaron Jones, Elgton Jenkins and Christian Watson, Love showed some serious guts down the stretch to lead his team back into the game.
.@jordan3love takes it himself on 4th down!
TOUCHDOWN! ????#NOvsGB | #GoPackGo
????: FOX pic.twitter.com/9vZuuG025N
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) September 24, 2023
Love went 22-for-44 with 259 passing yards, one passing touchdown and one interception, while also adding 39 yards on the ground with a rushing touchdown.
Defensive spotlight: Packers pass-rusher Rashan Gary was having quite the day against the Saints' offensive tackles, recording three sacks on the day.
Rashan Gary with his 3rd sack of the day!#Packers#GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/0iYEQbV7FK
— Packers Total Access- Clayton (@packers_access) September 24, 2023
Rookie spotlight: Packers rookie wide receiver Jayden Reed was a massive part of Green Bay’s comeback.
OH MY JAYDEN REED. @packers
????: #NOvsGB on FOX
????: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/UQdQ05hqXN pic.twitter.com/AFi5oJmfTc— NFL (@NFL) September 24, 2023
He finished the game with three catches on seven targets for 63 receiving yards.
Box Score
Passing
New Orleans Saints |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Derek Carr | 8.12 | 13 / 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 104.6 |
| Jameis Winston | 4.04 | 10 / 16 | 101 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.5 |
Green Bay Packers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Jordan Love | 25.26 | 22 / 44 | 259 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66.4 |
Rushing
New Orleans Saints |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Tony Jones Jr. | 9.2 | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendre Miller | 4.4 | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 3.1 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Green Bay Packers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Jordan Love | 25.26 | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Patrick Taylor | 5.9 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| AJ Dillon | 3.3 | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Emanuel Wilson | 2.2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Keisean Nixon | 1.1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving
New Orleans Saints |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Chris Olave | 21.4 | 11 | 8 | 104 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 11 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 0 |
| Tony Jones Jr. | 9.2 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kendre Miller | 4.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Keith Kirkwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Green Bay Packers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Romeo Doubs | 18.3 | 12 | 5 | 73 | 6.1 | 14.6 | 1 |
| Luke Musgrave | 10.9 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 0 |
| Jayden Reed | 9.3 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 9.0 | 21.0 | 0 |
| Dontayvion Wicks | 8.5 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 0 |
| Patrick Taylor | 5.9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 0 |
| Emanuel Wilson | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Samori Toure | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Malik Heath | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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