JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Backup Malik Willis completed a 51-yard pass to Jayden Reed that set up Brandon McManus' second winning kick in as many weeks, a 24-yarder that lifted the Green Bay Packers to a 30-27 victory at Jacksonville on Sunday. Willis rallied the Packers (6-2) to their fourth consecutive win, this one with Jordan Love watching from the sideline.
Willis completed 4 of 5 passes for 56 yards, with a touchdown and the biggest completion of the day. Willis found Reed wide open down the left sideline after safety Andre Cisco fell down in coverage. It was all the Packers needed to rebound from Trevor Lawrence's perfectly placed, 14-yard touchdown pass to Evan Engram that helped tie the game.
Engram caught the ball between three defenders and gave the Jaguars (2-6) all the momentum. But Packers coach Matt LaFleur dialed up a gut-punch to Jacksonville on second down. Josh Jacobs ran for 127 yards and two touchdowns for Green Bay, which lost Love to a left groin injury in the third quarter.
Love dropped to the ground near the sideline following a second down throw to Jacobs. Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker bumped Love after the play, but the quarterback had been hobbled most of the game. Love seemed to tweak his groin on the opening drive of the game.
He started favoring his left leg after an incomplete pass. He ended up in the medical tent and had his upper leg wrapped when he came back out. He wasn’t the same the rest of the day and struggled to move in the p.