Aaron Rogers was a sensational player, shooting 23 of 33 shots for 261 yards and two touchdowns; 49th quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo showed 25 of 20 assists, 257 yards and two TDs, but also intercepted and lost.
The Green Bay Packers beat the San Francisco 49ers 30-28 in the Sunday Night Football thriller when Mason Crosby knocked out the game-winning 51-yard field goal after time.
The 49ers took the lead one point with just 37 seconds remaining when Jimmy Garoppolo found Kyle Yuschik for a 12-yard touchdown, but Rogers and company still had plenty of time to get the job done.
Even with no timeouts left, Rogers found Davante Adams’ favorite target, who had 132 receiving yards and a TD on 12 traps per night – for two big finishes to move Green Bay into the field, and then Crosby did the accolades.
Rogers was sensational throughout the game, shooting 23 of 33 shots for 261 yards and two touchdowns. His fellow Niners quarterback Garoppolo got rid of a shaky first half in which the team hit three times, he was killed once, and Trey Lance won the rookie competition with his only record, returning his team in the second.
Garoppolo showed 25 of 20 assists, 257 yards and two TDs, and although he lost football to the 49ers by three with five minutes left, he then took them down the field for what looked like a winning score. in the next episode, just to leave Rogers on the watch too much.
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Green Bay controlled most of the first half as Rogers took apart San Francisco’s defenses while their own squad improved significantly during the first two weeks of the season.
Crosby ended the Packers’ first possession with a somewhat prophetic field goal shot from over 50 yards through the stands. In his next streak, Rogers scored 10-0, hitting Adams in the end zone from a yard.
Green Bay missed a chance to increase his lead after Jair Alexander beat Garoppolo early in the second quarter; Going to do so at 4th and 1st off San Francisco’s three-yard line, Rogers threw an unfinished pass meant for Randall Cobb to see the Packers turn the ball down.
