Game Thread: Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots - 4:25 PM ET on Fox

[Bugsy Siegel]

Alright, the family's here. Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots, 4:25 PM ET, Gillette Stadium, on Fox. Both clubs sitting 5-3. This one matters.

Patriots dropped one to Chicago 30-24 after beating the Jets 26-19, then came back and took Miami 24-19. Good enough. Green Bay beat Dallas 23-13, got clipped by Detroit 20-17, then handled Carolina 27-19. They're not coming in here as some sap outfit — they've got a pulse.

Injury front: TreVeyon Henderson (New England Patriots, RB) is out. That stings. Green Bay is missing Travis Glover (OT), Sean Rhyan (G), and Zaire Franklin (LB) — all out. Their line's got holes. We better make them pay for it.

That Chicago loss still burns. The glass almost went at the TV that afternoon. Heads should have rolled. But Miami was a business trip done right, so here we are. I want to see the Patriots come out sharp today, not stumbling around the first two drives like they don't know what building they're in.

I'm pulling for the Pats. No slop, no turnovers, no giving Green Bay a short field and watching them cash it.

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McKinney picks off Maye on the first drive and hauls it 36 yards to our 14. Game barely started and we're already handing out gifts in the old neighborhood.

 

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Love scrambles 13 yards and walks it— no. Love scrambles 13 yards, puts Green Bay up 7-0, and our defense just stood there and took the rap. Somebody better wake those boys up, capisce?

 

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49 yards on M.Golden and our secondary is treating this like strictly business — their business. 7-0 Green Bay and somebody better find out who was supposed to be covering that route.

 

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14-0 Green Bay and our defense just let Love gift-wrap another one to Golden. Word on the street is we got a secondary — somebody better go find it.

 

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43 more yards to Golden and our secondary can't give that kid a square deal on a single covered route. 14-0 Green Bay and somebody on that defense is gonna have a long week.

 

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D.Maye just got pinched by E.Williams for 54 yards the other way, and now it's 17-0 Green Bay. Our offense is out here handing out favors to the wrong crew.

 

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Maye finds Stevenson deep for 30 yards and we're on the board — that kid is a heavy hitter. Still 17-7 Green Bay, but at least the offense remembered who they work for.

 

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Chism catches it dead to rights in the end zone and Borregales puts it through — 24-14 Green Bay, but we're cutting into it with 2:37 left in the half.

 

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Stevenson coughs it up and I.McDuffie walks it right back for Green Bay — 34-14 and this offense has gone under omerta when we need them most. Heads are gonna roll.

 

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Clock hits zero. 45-27 Green Bay and this team just laid down like they forgot whose colors they wear. Somebody's gonna answer for that, starting with whoever was running that defense tonight — take that coach for a ride.

 

[Paulie]

What a day in Foxborough! The Packers took it 45-27, and Jordan Love was dealing: 23 of 29 for 372 yards and 3 touchdowns, with Christian Watson hauling in 171 of those yards. We didn't turn the ball over once, either, while New England gave it away 4 times. I'm thrilled, folks, and now we're 6-3. Next up is the Vikings at Lambeau on Sunday, Nov 15 at 1:00 PM ET, and that one's a big NFC North showdown.