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Running backs and tight end dominate Packers' first-quarter scoring drive

Josh Jacobs, Emanuel Wilson and Tucker Kraft get the job done on 12-play, 76-yard TD march

QB Jordan Love and RB Josh Jacobs
QB Jordan Love and RB Josh Jacobs

GREEN BAY – When an offense can go 76 yards in 12 plays for a touchdown and a wide receiver doesn't need to catch a pass, that's called winning at the line of scrimmage.

Which is exactly what the Packers did to score their second TD of Thanksgiving night's 30-17 home win over the Dolphins, making it the Chevy Drive of the Week.

It started at the Green Bay 24-yard line with a 9-yard completion to TE Tucker Kraft followed by a 2-yard run by RB Josh Jacobs to move the chains. After an incomplete pass, Jacobs ran for 7 yards to set up third-and-3, and QB Jordan Love found Kraft again for a 17-yard catch and run up the seam.

That gave the Packers a first down at the Miami 41, and the rest was all on the ground. Jacobs ran three straight times for 14 yards before RB Emanuel Wilson stepped in to run for 5 more.

That set up third-and-4 at the Miami 22, and Wilson took another handoff out of shotgun and almost broke it, getting tripped up after a 15-yard gain.

From first-and-goal at the 7, Jacobs took it from there, running down to the 1 and then punching it in to give the Packers a 14-0 lead with less than a minute left in the first quarter.

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