GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love realizes the Green Bay Packers need to finish better.
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Packers → realize → ?
They started out well enough Thursday night that their fourth-quarter struggles didn’t really matter.
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struggles → start → ?
Love threw three touchdown passes, Josh Jacobs scored twice and the Packers withstood three turnovers and Carolina’s late comeback attempt to beat the Panthers 27-19.
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Packers → throw → Panthers
“Late in the game, it wasn’t good enough,” Love said.
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Love → say → game
“We weren’t able to finish the way we wanted.
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we → finish → way
That’s something we’ve got to improve on, clean up as an offense and be better there.”
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we → ’ → offense
Love went 30 of 41 for 288 yards with touchdown passes to Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden and Jacobs plus an interception.
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Love → go → Kraft
Although Jacobs rushed for only 39 yards on 21 carries against the NFL’s lowest-ranked run defense, he scored on a 4-yard catch and 1-yard run.
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he → rush → catch
That was more than enough for the Packers on a night when they sacked Bryce Young six times.
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they → sack → Young
Green Bay hasn’t allowed any of its last five opponents to exceed 20 points.
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any → allow → points
“This defense is really special,” safety Javon Bullard said.
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Bullard → say → ?
After trailing 27-10 in the third quarter, Carolina cut Green Bay’s lead to 27-19 on Young’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Coker on a fourth-and-3 play with 5:37 remaining.
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Carolina → trail → 5:37
Young’s ensuing 2-point conversion pass was incomplete.
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pass → ensue → ?
The Panthers (3-4) got the ball back at their own 45 before losing the ball on downs at midfield with 2:41 remaining.
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Panthers → get → 2:41
Carolina got one last chance from its own 20 with 22 seconds and no timeouts remaining, but Dani Dennis-Sutton’s sack essentially ended any comeback hopes.
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sack → get → hopes
“Love the fight in the group,” Panthers coach Dave Canales said.
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Canales → love → group
The guys kept battling all the way through, gave us some opportunities at the end.
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guys → keep → end
Young went 23 of 31 for 209 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
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Young → go → touchdown
Carolina’s Chuba Hubbard had 22 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown and seven catches for 38 yards.
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Hubbard → have → yards
Green Bay’s Christian Watson returned to the game after hurting his chest while making a 53-yard catch in the second quarter, causing him to get taken to the hospital.
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him → return → hospital
Carolina cornerback Will Lee hurt his hamstring while diving to make a tackle on the same play, and he got carted into the locker room.
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he → hurt → room
Watson said he got clearance to return to the game after a CT scan didn’t show any internal bleeding.
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scan → say → bleeding
Watson did say he broke a rib on the play.
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he → say → play
“I felt like I was watching ‘WWE Smackdown vs. Raw’ or something, seeing the cameras on me when I was coming out of the ambulance,” said Watson, who caught eight passes for 113 yards.
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who → feel → yards
Carolina already has three other cornerbacks on injured reserve: Akayleb Evans (triceps/knee), Mike Jackson (groin) and Jaycee Horn (quadriceps).
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Carolina → have → reserve
After fumbling the opening kickoff to set up a Carolina field goal and going three-and-out on their first series, the Packers (5-3) scored touchdowns on three of their next four possessions to take command.
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Packers → fumble → command
Love threw a 12-yard touchdown pass across the middle to Kraft on a third-and-8 play to put Green Bay ahead 6-3, as struggling rookie Trey Smack’s extra-point attempt bounced off the left upright.
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attempt → throw → upright
Watson’s 53-yard catch set up a Jacobs touchdown run that put Green Bay ahead for good, 13-10 early in the second quarter.
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that → set → quarter
One play after dropping a potential touchdown pass, Golden caught a 24-yarder in the left corner of the end zone on third-and-13 to make it 20-10.
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it → drop → and-13
Carolina got the ball to start the second half, but Chris McClellan and Evan Williams stopped Hubbard a yard short on fourth-and-2 from midfield.
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McClellan → get → midfield
On Green Bay’s ensuing drive, Love found Jacobs to extend the lead to 27-10.
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Love → ensue → 27
Green Bay led 27-13 and had the ball on Carolina’s 28 in the opening minute of the fourth quarter when Love threw a pass to Golden that Zakee Wheatley intercepted in the end zone.
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Wheatley → lead → zone
That turnover sparked Carolina’s comeback attempt, but the Panthers ultimately couldn’t break through against Green Bay’s defense.
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Panthers → spark → defense
“I said at the beginning of the year, and I and I still feel this way: I think the sky is the limit for this defense,” Packers linebacker Isaiah McDuffie said.
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McDuffie → say → defense
Brewers get big welcome
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Brewers → get → welcome
Several members of the Milwaukee Brewers, including team captain Christian Yelich and Cy Young Award favorite Jacob Misiorowski, received a huge ovation as they arrived Lambeau Field one night after winning the first World Series title in franchise history.
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they → include → history
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff held the Commissioner’s Trophy aloft as he emerged from the tunnel during a timeout before the second quarter.
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he → hold → quarter
A few of them attempted a “Lambeau leap” into the crowd, with outfielder Sal Frelick having the most success.
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Frelick → attempt → success
Those Brewers players later were shown on the video board cheering as they wore cheeseheads that included the message, “2026 WS Champions.”
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that → show → message
Packers honor Harlan
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Packers → honor → Harlan
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