GREEN BAY – It would be easy to pick the Packers' final possession of Sunday's 24-22 win over the Texans as the Chevy Drive of the Week.
But Green Bay's first touchdown drive of the game had its own significance, statistically speaking.
Spanning the end of the first quarter and start of the second, the Packers drove 92 yards in 13 plays, consuming 6 minutes, 50 seconds to take a 7-3 lead. It marked the third TD drive of 90-plus yards already this year for the Packers, which ties the mark for the most in a season under Head Coach Matt LaFleur (also 2020, 2021). The 13 plays and 6:50 on the clock were also the longest touchdown drives in those categories on the season.
Starting on its own 8-yard line, the offense was very efficient at the start of the drive, not needing a third down until crossing midfield. On the first four plays, three RB Josh Jacobs runs totaling 20 yards were sandwiched around an 11-yard completion to TE Tucker Kraft. QB Jordan Love then hit WR Romeo Doubs for 11 yards for another first down at midfield.
An incompletion followed by a 5-yard pass to Jacobs set up third-and-5 from the Houston 45, and Love found WR Bo Melton for 8 yards. A loss of 4 on an end-around to WR Christian Watson put the Packers in a tough spot, but on a 6-yard reception on second down, WR Jayden Reed was picked up and slammed to the ground by Texans LB Neville Hewitt, drawing a 15-yard penalty.
That made it first down on the 20, and after a 1-yard run by Jacobs and 5-yard completion to WR Dontayvion Wicks, Love rifled a pass over the middle on third-and-4 that Kraft dove and hauled in for a 14-yard TD. It was an awfully tight throw, a really impressive catch, and the Packers were on the board.
