The Green Bay Packers needed a late defensive stand on a two-point conversion to stave off the Baltimore Ravens on the road Sunday 31-30.

 

Missing Kenny Clark due to COVID-19 protocols, the Packers once again struggled against a mobile quarterback as Tyler Huntley, who was in to replace the injured Lamar Jackson, ran for 73 yards and two scores on the day. Huntley used his arm for the Ravens for the team's first touchdown and the only score of the first quarter.

 

A.J. Dillon got the Packers on the scoreboard in the second quarter as he rushed in from two yards to tie the game up. Huntley and Aaron Rodgers would trade passing touchdowns the rest of the way to keep the game tied at halftime. 

 

The Packers started the third quarter that sucked up half the period before concluding with a two-yard flip to Aaron Jones to make it 21-14. The Ravens would kick a field goal before the Packers would score 10 unanswered points on Rodgers' third touchdown pass of the day and a Mason Crosby field goal after the Packers got the ball on the Ravens' 29-yard line and could not take full advantage. That is when Huntley took over, scoring on the ground twice before his pass on the two-point conversion fell incomplete instead of giving his team a slim one-point advantage with under 45 seconds remaining. 

 

The Packers now have a full game lead in the race for home-field advantage after both the Cardinals and the Buccanneers lost on Sunday. Rodgers' three touchdowns tied him with Brett Favre with the most touchdown passes in franchise history. Despite playing in 50 fewer games, Rodgers has a chance to break the record in front of the Lambeau Field crowd on Christmas Day against the Cleveland Browns.