The Green Bay Packers were able to break a two-game skid ahead of a busy stretch of NFC North matchups with a 27-20 win over the New York Giants on Sunday.

 

The game got off to another ominous tone with the Giants marching down the field with Jameis Winston behind center, ending the opening drive with a five-yard touchdown run from Devin Singletary. The Packers did respond with two touchdowns of their own thanks to Malik Willis coming in relief of an injured Jordan Love to throw a dart to Christian Watson to make 7-6 and Emmanuel Wilson doing the same for an injured Josh Jacobs on an 11-yard touchdown run. Thanks to both teams missing an extra point attempt thanks to windy conditions at MetLife Stadium, the Giants tied the game late on another Singletary run to make 13-13 at the break. 

 

With a lack of faith for their field goal kickers, the teams traded touchdowns in the second half. Josh Whyle caught his first touchdown pass as a Packer to open the scoring before Jameis Winston responded with a quarterback sneak for a score to make it 20-19 midway through the fourth quarter.  On a day where the entire corps struggled with drops, it was the wide receivers for the Packers that came through in the end. A 33-yard acrobatic catch by Savion Williams set up a 17-yard strike to Watson from Love for the game-winning score. The Packers' secondary had their own case of the drops to deal with, but Evan Williams' interception with 36 seconds left essentially wrapped things up with a Micah Parsons sack being the last play of the game.

 

Love ended up throwing for 174 yards and two scores despite injuring his left shoulder with Watson and Romeo Doubs each recording four catches. Jacobs and Wilson combined for 80 of the team's 128 rushing yards. 

 

The Packers return home for their first of three straight games against NFC North rivals when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at noon.