Packers LB Clay Matthews ruled out for Lions game

Rodgers led the Packers on an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to open the game and capitalized on short fields and/or costly Lions’ mistakes the rest of the first half.

They stopped Lacy for a one-yard loss and a three-yard gain on the first two plays, calling a timeout each time. With the win, the Packers go to 2-1 on the year, while Detroit falls to 1-2. Green Bay scored only once in the second half, a 46-yard field goal from Mason Crosby. Even though he didn’t score a touchdown, going over 100 yards was a huge step for Lacy, and it shows that he is back to his old self and can be relied on.

For Green Bay, Week 3’s game represents another opportunity to get its underwhelming offense off the ground.

Free-agent acquisition Marvin Jones caught six balls for 205 yards and two touchdowns. Obviously, those media members were quieted with Rodgers’ first-half play.

He threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first quarter – a 14-yarder to Davante Adams and an 8-yarder to Jordy Nelson.

Green Bay led 31-10 at the half, and let the Lions creep back into the game toward the end of the fourth quarter. The Lions, mercifully, would stop the assault by the Packers and hold them to a field goal.

Lacy looked rejuvenated as he bounced off defenders for a 23-yard run in the second quarter. Green Bay is playing in its home opener today, but the team has some questions about the offense.

– Green Bay took over at its own 25-yard line with 3:34 remaining.

On Rodgers’ key first down run in last few minutes of the game: “He just scrambled out of the pocket, broke contain, and picked up the first down”.

– Rodgers targeted Nelson a team-high seven times.

So while the win of course matters, what ultimately will matter more is if this game signaled a big step toward McCarthy and Rodgers finding the identity that this offense had been lacking.

How to Watch Detroit Lions vs. Ty Montgomery played four offensive snaps, and Jeff Janis played three. Datone Jones was added to the injury report this week with a knee injury.

Linebacker Clay Matthews (ankle/hamstring) and safety Morgan Burnett (groin) were injured in the Week 2 loss at unbeaten NFC North leader Minnesota. Matthew Stafford completed 22 of 40 passes for 260 yards and one touchdown against one interception.

With a coming stretch of 13 games in a row, it will first be important for the team to get healthy. The Lions failed to match, settling for a 42-yard field goal.

Jones had arguably the best game of his career. Its run defense continues to be the best in the league, but the team is susceptible against the pass.

It also helped that Nelson took a big step in his return from knee-reconstruction surgery past year.

Nelson had his first 100-yard receiving game since December 21, 2014, and he did it in the first half alone. Some of the examples were nuanced, like Nelson’s 49-yard catch and run over the top of two mismatched linebackers.

However, there is no other way to put it, this Packers’ pass defense is not very good. Still, the halftime lead proved insurmountable.

The concern for the Packers on this day was scoring 31 points in the first half and only three in the second.

On Jordy Nelson: “He and Aaron have a good connection”. It looked like Jones got the first down on the play, but the officials marked him just shy to set up a third-and-1. “We wanted to bring some extra energy to the game”. We’re just having some fun. “We’ve got to get to full strength, though”.