Packers looking for a win against the Chargers headed into bye week

Down 17-3, they faced third-and-goal at the Packers 10 with time running out when Rivers whipped a pass to Keenan Allen, who got to the 1 and tried but couldn’t quite stretch the ball into the end zone.

“They actually ran that play earlier”, Randall said. “That first touchdown to Gates, I missed. I guess No. 39, Woodhead, was his second option, and I was just there to make a play”.

Big deal and deal with it: Denver is 6-0, which is a mile high above the Chargers.

On this day, though, Aaron Rodgers and the offense was held pretty much in check. That’s credit to that Packers secondary for making the plays when they needed them the most. That’s what was most important. Josh Lambo would put the points on the board with a 36 yard field goal in order to score the Chargers first points.

The Chargers (2-4) have lost games in the final moments in back-to-back weeks, and three of their losses were by no more than seven points. To see Lacy finish with three yards on four carries must have more to do with his health than with Starks’ positive performance. “Another one, another one that’s tough”. And as good as we played, in a lot of ways, we left plays out there that we normally make…. “Because of the score of the game and understanding who we were playing, that changed my mind in a hurry”. “And that’s what’s frustrating, because our defense played their tail off”, Rivers said.

San Diego (2-4), which fell behind 17-3 in the first half, trailed 24-20 when it got the ball at its 29 with 9 minutes remaining in regulation.

And the third was Rivers’ commanding performance in shredding the Packers’ defense.

Green Bay Packers running back James Starks’ previous 100-yard game came in the second game of the 2013 season. Matthew Stafford connected with Calvin Johnson for a 57-yard pass that set up Matt Prater’s 27-yard field goal, allowing Detroit to get to 1-5.

Ty Montgomery’s injury midway through the game added him to a growing list that already had Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams sidelined. They made just enough plays, including a pass breakup by rookie cornerback Damarious Randall on fourth-and-goal from the 3-yard line to seal the game.

– Starks became the first Green Bay player to rush for 100-plus yards on 10 or fewer carries since RB Brandon Jackson at Washington on October 10, 2010 (115 yards on 10 carries).

“We had to eliminate that”, McCoy said, when asked if Gordon was benched because of the fumbles. But when you have a game like tonight, 49 (offensive) plays, the inefficiency in the passing game, it’s not going to be the best meeting room coming back next Monday. Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivers threw for personal-and-team highs of 503 yards with two touchdowns. On the first, McCoy kept the offense on the field on fourth-and-3 from the Green Bay 12-yard line.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Brian Hoyer threw three touchdown passes on third down, two to DeAndre Hopkins, for Houston. What in the world were they doing running Danny Woodhead into the line twice in that sequence?

Rivers’ 43 completions tie Rich Gannon and Matt Schaub for the second most in National Football League history, behind Drew Bledsoe’s 45 in an overtime win for the New England Patriots in 1994.

DL: Aaron Rodgers, more often than not, had plenty of time in the pocket to throw, and the Packers gained 133 yards on the ground. Sunday was Starks’ first two-TD game in his career. “San Diego had six trips in the red zone and they scored touchdowns on just two of those six trips”.

Those numbers will continue to mount over the course of the next four seasons (he signed a four-year extension this past offseason) and they’ll offer historical context that tells us Rivers is well on his way to earning a bust at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Oh.