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But Derrick Barnes-who was in for an injured Malcolm Rodriguez-deflected a Rodgers pass (with his helmet), and it was intercepted by rookie Kerby Joseph. A couple more third-down conversions got Green Bay into the red zone. The Packers were able to get out of the shadow of their end zone thanks to an Aaron Rodgers 16-yard scramble on third-and-10. Jared Goff got hit as he threw from an untouched Packers blitzer, and he couldn’t connect with an open Tom Kennedy. Detroit opted to go for it with a curious empty backfield formation. A 20-yard pass to D’Andre Swift got them into the red zone, where the Lions eventually faced a fourth-and-1. The Lions offense got off to a hot start, with a nice mix of runs and passes.

But Detroit got the one defensive stop they needed to walk away with the win. On offense, yet another rookie, tight end James Mitchell caught one of the Lions’ touchdowns on the day.ĭetroit didn’t make it easy on themselves with a controversial late-game decision from Dan Campbell and a big play given up on a late fourth-and-2. Rookie Kerby Joseph delivered two of those interceptions, while another rookie-a player named Aidan Hutchinson-caught the other. It ended with the Lions defense forcing three interceptions-more than doubling their season total-and tallying nine passes defended-doubling their season total in a huge upset win over the Green Bay Packers.

Brady had 271 yards and a touchdown, for for the third straight week the Bucs showed that they still have a lot of work to do on the offensive side of the ball.This week started with the Detroit Lions firing defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant. Rodgers went 27/35 for 255 yards and two touchdowns with an interception with most of those yards coming in the first half. Brady hit Russell Gage on a one yard TD pass, but the two point conversion was unsuccessful and the Packers held on to win to improve to 2-1. Tampa Bay wouldn’t score again until there were 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Tampa got a field goal in the third quarter to bring the Pack to with in one possession. The Packers offense went stagnant coming out of the halftime break, but luckily for Green Bay the Bucs couldn’t get into the end zone either. It looked like Rodgers and the Packers would add to their advantage right before halftime but an Aaron Jones fumble on the goal line helped keep the Bucs in the game going into the second half. Green Bay’s defense held the Bucs on the next possession, as they did almost all game long, and the Packers would stretch their lead to 14-3 with an Allen Lazard TD catch midway through the second quarter. The four time MVP started off the game a perfect 5/5 and finished off the opening drive of the game with a five yard pass to Romeo Doubs to put the Packers up 7-3. Rodgers and the Packers came out of the gates firing, scoring on their first two drives of the game. It was more of the same for Tom Brady and the Bucs on Sunday who didn’t punch the ball into the end zone until their final drive. The Bucs offense was suspect in the first two games, but their defense got the job done to get them to 2-0 coming into Week 3. Brady for the last time?Īaron Rodgers and Tom Brady squared off for perhaps the last time ever on Sunday from Tampa, and while neither quarterback has started their season particularly well, fireworks were expected on Sunday afternoon. In a game that was headlined by two of the best quarterbacks of this generation, the defense was the difference maker as the Green Bay Packers took down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium.