Packers get back to .500, beat Texans 21-13

He completed 20 of 30 passes for 209 yards with the two touchdowns. Nick Novak missed the extra point, with footing slippery at Lambeau. After defeating the Eagles on Monday night, the Packers beat the Texans 21-13 in a snow globe at Lambeau Field.

HOUSTON: Hopkins, 44-yard pass from Osweiler (kick failed), 1:51 left.

Instead of holding that 1.5-game lead they had built entering Week 11, the Texans have now lost three straight and sit at 6-6 for the third time in O’Brien’s three seasons in Houston.

Then, Rodgers boosted the Packers’ lead with an eight-play, 89-yard march that included passes of 21 and 28 yards to Nelson before fullback Aaron Ripkowski scored on a three-yard plunge up the middle to put the Texans away. Nelson proved to be the difference make on offense with 8 catches for 118 yards and scoring his 10th TD of the year. “I don’t know if he tripped over his feet or my feet or what”, said Nelson, who passed Boyd Dowler on Sunday in team annals for No. 5 all-time in receiving yards (6,981). The Texans are already without J.J. Watt, who suffered a season-ending back injury. He doesn’t seem to have his normal mobility on the cold, slippery turf after being limited in practice this week with a left hamstring injury.

Rodgers didn’t face much pressure in the first half against a Houston defense minus injured end Jadeveon Clowney.

The Texans had 109 yards in the first half but marched 67 yards to open the second half and tie the score 7-7.

“Obviously, I was aware of it during the game, (but) it happened so fast and it was an important time in the game where there wasn’t really time to think about it”, said Peppers, who sacked Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler for a 10-yard loss on a second-and-1 play from Houston’s 41-yard line in the final minute of the first half.

His performance on Sunday gave him 14 touchdowns and 13 interceptions this season, his first in Houston after joining the Texans from Denver in the offseason. “So, we’re not anxious about Detroit or any other team out there or what anybody’s record is”. Jordan will be okay with the ankle and we just have to see where Nelson is at, where his mind and head is at. “And if you’re exhausted of seeing it, we’re exhausted of living it”.

Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb averaged 22 yards per punt return.

The latest setback was another game in which points were rare and the defense did plenty but needed a near-perfect game against an excellent quarterback.

RB Christine Michael: Still the leading rusher this season for the Seahawks with 469 yards on 117 carries, Michael saw his most action yet as a Packer on Sunday when he had nine carries for 19 yards against Houston. Chris Doleman is fourth on that list with 150 1/2.

Texans coach Bill O’Brien went for it on fourth-and-1 from the Packers’ 49, but running back Alfred Blue was stopped by inside linebacker Joe Thomas, safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and outside linebacker Datone Jones.