Rodgers, Steelers fall short as Love leads Packers’ win

Aaron Rodgers’ erstwhile backmost understudy Jordan Love stars arsenic Green Bay Packers decision Pittsburgh Steelers.

Jordan Love passed for 360 yards and 3 touchdowns and outplayed erstwhile teammate Aaron Rodgers portion starring the Green Bay Packers to a 35-25 triumph implicit the big Pittsburgh Steelers connected Sunday night.

Love, the understudy to Rodgers for 3 seasons astatine Green Bay, matched Brett Favre’s 2007 franchise grounds of 20 consecutive completions. He was 29 of 37 wide successful a near-flawless effort for the Packers (5-1-1).

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Rodgers was 24-of-36 passing for 219 yards and 2 touchdowns portion facing the Packers for the archetypal clip since his departure aft the 2022 season.

Chris Boswell kicked 4 tract goals, including 3 of 50 oregon much yards, for the Steelers (4-3). DK Metcalf and Roman Wilson had scoring receptions.

Tucker Kraft caught 2 scoring passes and established vocation bests of 7 receptions and 143 yards for Green Bay. Josh Jacobs rushed for a touchdown and Savion Williams had a scoring reception for the Packers.

Green Bay Packers’ Jordan Love, left, throws during the archetypal fractional of the NFL shot crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers [Matt Freed/AP]

Rodgers fails to bushed his aged team

Rodgers, 41, played 18 seasons for the Packers, opening arsenic Favre’s backup successful 2005, earlier departing nether less-than-friendly circumstances. Yet, starring up to this game, Rodgers expressed his appreciation for his Green Bay tenure and made it wide this matchup was not a “revenge game”.

Steelers information DeShon Elliott injured his near genu successful the 3rd 4th and was carted disconnected to the locker room.

Green Bay scored 21 final-quarter points and moved up connected the archetypal play of the 4th erstwhile Jacobs scored connected a 3-yard tally astir close end. Love followed with a two-point propulsion to Romeo Doubs to springiness the Packers a 22-19 lead.

Green Bay added connected erstwhile Love completed a abbreviated propulsion to Kraft, who turned it into a 24-yard touchdown to marque it 29-19 with 10:57 near successful the contest.

Brandon McManus tacked connected tract goals of 28 and 25 yards to boost the Packers’ pb to 16 with 3:59 remaining.

Rodgers tossed a 21-yard touchdown walk to Wilson with 2:07 left, but the ensuing two-point conversion walk failed.

After Love took the last kneeldown, Rodgers jogged implicit to greet and hug him. Packers manager Matt LaFleur besides exchanged a hug with Rodgers.

Green Bay trailed by 9 astatine halftime but pulled wrong 16-14 connected Love’s 8-yard touchdown walk to Williams. Love and Kraft teamed up connected a 59-yard walk play during the drive, the play successful which Elliott was injured and instantly grabbed for his knee.

Boswell booted a 56-yard tract extremity with 5:34 near successful the 3rd 4th to summation Pittsburgh’s pb to five.

Earlier, Boswell kicked tract goals of 56, 50 and 48 yards to assistance the Steelers instrumentality a 16-7 lead.

The Packers led 7-3 aft Love’s 16-yard scoring walk to Kraft with 5:05 near successful the opening quarter.

Two second-quarter tract goals by Boswell accounted for Pittsburgh’s 9-7 borderline earlier Rodgers deed Metcalf connected a 2-yard touchdown walk with 34 seconds remaining successful the half.

Green Bay Packers’ Rashan Gary sacks Pittsburgh Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers, centre, during the 2nd fractional [Sue Ogrocki/AP]