JACKSONVILLE – Two weeks, two walk-off field goals for K Brandon McManus.
Sunday at EverBank Stadium, it was just a chip shot from 24 yards out that gave the Packers a 30-27 victory over the Jaguars to improve to 6-2.
The Packers lost QB Jordan Love to a groin injury early in the third quarter. QB Malik Willis replaced him, and with the help of a defensive turnover deep in Jacksonville territory, Green Bay built a 27-17 lead in the fourth quarter.
Jacksonville roared back with a field goal and touchdown to tie the score, leaving just under two minutes for Green Bay's final drive.
Willis hit WR Jayden Reed for 51 yards down the near sideline on second down to get the Packers into field-goal range, and from there they ran the clock all the way down to walk it off with McManus.
For the Packers, Love was 14-of-22 for 196 yards with an INT and 73.3 passer rating before getting injured. Willis was 4-of-5 for 56 yards with a TD.
RB Josh Jacobs had 25 carries for 127 yards and two TDs, while TE Tucker Kraft had three catches for 78 yards and a TD, WR Romeo Doubs had three catches for 72 yards, and Reed had two for 55.
For the Jaguars (2-6), QB Trevor Lawrence was 21-of-32 for 308 yards with two TDs, one INT and a 104.7 rating. RB Tank Bigsby had 18 carries for 78 yards, while WR Brian Thomas Jr. had three catches for 60 yards and a score. WR Christian Kirk (two catches) and TE Brenton Strange (five catches) both had 59 yards receiving, and TE Evan Engram had four catches for 36 yards and the game-tying TD.
Here's a recap of all the action:
Packers and Jacksonville play scoreless first quarter
The Packers won the opening coin toss and elected to receive. Green Bay picked up an early first down with a 9-yard pass to Tucker Kraft but punted after two holding penalties.
Quarterback Jordan Love was limping slightly after an incompletion on third-and-9 but remained in the game. Jacksonville took over at its 17 after a 45-yard Daniel Whelan punt.
The Jaguars went three-and-out but punter Logan Cooke boomed a 73-yard punt that went out of bounds at the Green Bay 2. The Packers went three-and-out after Jayden Reed couldn't bring in a third-and-5 pass from Jordan Love on a crossing route.
Jacksonville started at midfield after Whelan's 43-yard punt. The Jaguars advanced the ball just two yards (after a false start penalty) and went three-and-out for the second straight series.
Love had time to throw from the pocket on first down and found Romeo Doubs for 29 yards on a post. Jacobs and Chris Brooks combined for a first down with carries of seven and five yards, respectively.
Doubs moved the ball across midfield with an 18-yard catch off a slant to the Jacksonville 33. A 4-yard pass to Reed set up third-and-8, as the first quarter came to a close.
Packers lead Jaguars 13-10 at halftime
An illegal hands to the face penalty on Travon Walker gave Green Bay a first down on the first play of the second quarter.
Jarrian Jones picked off Love on an out route, as the Jaguars retook possession at the Jacksonville 6. Safety Xavier McKinney got the ball right back with his sixth interception in eight games this season.
Xavier McKinney's six INTs through the first eight games are the most by a Packers player since Willie Buchanon had six in 1978.
Green Bay converted the takeaway into points, starting with Romeo Doubs drawing a 22-yard defensive pass interference penalty on third-and-7. On the next play, Jacobs pounded in a 3-yard touchdown to put the Packers up 7-0 with 11 minutes, 31 seconds left in the first half.
Jacksonville failed to generate a first down for the fourth straight possession after Bigsby was tackled for a 1-yard loss on a third-and-2 reception.
Love bought time and went rolled right before finding a wide-open Tucker Kraft in the middle of the field. Kraft avoided a tackle to extend the play into a career-long 67-yard catch to the Jacksonville 9.
The drive stalled after an illegal shift on first down and Green Bay settled for a 31-yard Brandon McManus field goal to extend its lead to 10-0 with 6:03 left in the half.
The Jaguars picked up their first first down on a 33-yard pass to Christian Kirks with just under six minutes left in the first half. An 18-yard pass to Brian Thomas Jr. moved the Jaguars into the red zone.
Trevor Lawrence punched the ball in on a designed QB draw to cut the Packers' lead to 10-7 with 2:37 left in the first half.
Love opened the next series with a 12-yard slant to Watson, as the first half reached the two-minute warning. On second-and-10, Love put a perfect ball on Doubs for a 25-yard completion down the Packers' sideline to the Jacksonville 33.
Green Bay worked the ball to the 28 before Love's third-and-5 pass for Bo Melton went incomplete. McManus initially went out for a 46-yard field goal but the Jaguars were called for defensive delay of game to give the Packers five yards and a first down.
Green Bay picked up three more yards before sending McManus back out for a 38-yard field goal, pushing the Packers' lead to 13-7 with 54 seconds left in the half.
It was announced Packers safety Evan Williams has a hamstring injury and is questionable to return. Jacksonville charged back with a 23-yard pass to Parker Washington and a 28-yarder to Thomas to the Green Bay 21 with 16 seconds left in the half.
Little made a 39-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 13-10 at halftime.
Packers lead Jaguars 20-17 after three
The Packers' defense earned its fourth three-and-out of the day coming out of halftime. Love completed a 14-yard pass to Watson on first down but limped to the sideline after a second-and-9 pass to Jacobs. Malik Willis entered at quarterback in Love's stead.
Green Bay punted after Willis was tackled after a 5-yard scramble on third-and-9. Whelan pinned Jacksonville back at its own 7 with a 53-yard punt, but the Jaguars moved to midfield after a 21-yard pass to Tim Jones and 15-yard Bigsby run.
The Packers unsuccessfully challenged whether Bigsby was down by contact on a 6-yard run to the Jacksonville 49. Jacksonville didn't get the initial first down on a third-and-1 Bigsby run but Lawrence leapt forward for a 2-yard gain on fourth-and-1 to move the chains.
A 26-yard pass to Kirk moved Jacksonville inside the Green Bay red zone. The Jaguars pulled ahead 17-13 with 5:10 left in the third quarter after a 14-yard TD pass to Thomas.
It was announced Love has a groin injury and is questionable to return, while Williams was ruled out with the hamstring.
With Willis in the game at QB, Jacobs runs gained 11 yards and the initial first down on three straight carries, including Green Bay's second third-down conversion of the afternoon. Willis converted the next third-and-3 with a 4-yard pass to Dontayvion Wicks.
Willis then scrambled for 20 yards up the middle before Jacobs broke a 38-yard touchdown run down the left sideline to push the Packers back up 20-17 with 21 seconds left in the third quarter.
Packers hang on to beat Jaguars, 30-27
Colby Wooden batted up a second-and-7 pass from Lawrence and Edgerrin Cooper punched the ball out of Lawrence's hands on the next play, which Devonte Wyatt recovered at the Jacksonville 5.
Jacobs gained two yards on first down, setting up Willis' 3-yard TD pass to Kraft off play action to extend Green Bay's lead to 27-17 with 14:06 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Jacksonville went three-and-out again after Bigsby was tackled for a 1-yard loss on first down and Cooper trailed Kirks 50 yards downfield to defend against Kirk on a third-and-11 deep ball from Lawrence.
Jacobs went over the 100-yard rushing mark with his first two carries on the next drive, gaining 19 yards. The Packers picked up another first down before punting back to the Jaguars with just under 10 minutes remaining.
A 21-yard pass to Brenton Strange keyed an eight-play, 54-yard scoring drive that ended with a Little 47-yard field goal to cut Green Bay's lead to 27-20 with 5:36 left.
The Packers went three-and-out after two Jacobs runs gained three yards and Willis was sacked on third-and-7. Jacksonville used its first timeout with 4:03 remaining.
The Jaguars started at their 13 after a 62-yard Whelan punt. Lawrence led an eight-play, 87-yard drive, highlighted by 20-plus-yard completions to D'Ernest Johnson and Strange.
The latter pushed the ball to the Green Bay 14 at the two-minute warning and marked Jacksonville's first third-down conversion of the day. On second down, Evan Engram leapt for a 14-yard TD to tie the game at 27 with 1:48 remaining.
After a 4-yard Jacobs run, Willis threw a 51-yard pass off play action to a wide-open Jayden Reed to the Jacksonville 15. Chris Brooks gained nine yards up the middle on second-and-7 to set up first-and-goal at the Jaguars' 3.
McManus made a game-winning field goal for the second straight week, this time from 24 yards, to seal the 30-27 win.
