The Green Bay Packers lost their season-opening game 38-3 to the New Orleans Saints last week and trailed the Detroit Lions 17-14 at halftime of Game No. 2 on Monday night.
But the Lions were finished scoring while Green Bay reached the end zone on its first three possessions in the second half to surge to a 35-17 victory.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 22-of-27 passes for 255 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.
Green Bay running back Aaron Jones ran for 67 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries and caught six passes for 48 yards and three touchdowns. Jones’ four touchdowns tied the Lambeau Field record and the “Monday Night Football” record.
Three players from Alabama high schools and colleges got on the field in the Detroit-Green Bay game:
· Trey Flowers (Columbia) started at outside linebacker for the Lions. Flowers made five tackles and shared a sack.
· Lions linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton (Carver-Montgomery, Alabama) is on injured reserve.
· Lions defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand (Alabama) is on injured reserve.
· Packers outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith (Greenville) is on injured reserve.
· Lions guard Logan Stenberg (James Clemens) played but did not record any stats.
· Nick Williams (Minor, Samford) started at defensive end for the Lions. Williams made five tackles, shared a sack and registered two quarterback hits. In his 60th NFL regular-season game, Williams reached his second-highest tackle total, behind a seven-tackle game against the Minnesota Vikings while playing for the Chicago Bears on Sept. 29, 2019.
Green Bay visits the San Francisco 49ers at 7:20 p.m. CDT Sunday. The winless Lions play the Baltimore Ravens at noon Sunday in Detroit.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
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