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Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdowns, while running back Derrick Henry also threw a touchdown pass to score a quick count as the visiting Tennessee Titans beat Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 27-17 at Lambo Field on Thursday night.
The second of Tannehill’s two touchdowns came in Game 1 of the fourth quarter, extending Tennessee’s lead to 10, while the Titans’ defense tightened throughout the stretch, forcing two punts and two downs over the Packers’ last four possessions, securing Green Bay (4- 7) suffered his sixth defeat in seven games.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 24 of 39 pass attempts for 227 yards and scored a pair of points against Christian Watson, who had just completed Sunday’s three-touchdown overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys. This meant that Watson became the first Green Bay rookie to catch a TD multiple times in consecutive games since Max McGee in 1954.
Tennessee opened the scoring with a touchdown on the first possession of the game, the Titans completed an eight-game 83-yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Tannehill to Dontrell Hilliard.
Green Bay responded late in the quarter, with Rodgers’ first scoring shot to Watson coming in third and ninth from Tennessee’s 14-yard line, although a subsequent run for an extra point was blocked, giving the Titans a slight lead. .
The Titans also missed a shot with an extra point after a three-yard pass from Henry to tight end Austin Hooper to give Tennessee a 20–9 lead with just over five minutes left in the third quarter.
Green Bay responded with an eight-yard TD pass from Rodgers to Watson, adding a two-point conversion to close the gap to just three points at 20–17.
But Tennessee extended the field in the next possession, ending a five-game 63-yard drive with a 16-yard Tannehill touchdown pass to Hooper.
The Green Bay defense, which allowed an average of 140.6 ground yards to go into the night, held Henry to 87 yards on 28 carries. Meanwhile, Tennessee limited the Packers to 56 yards on 19 carries.
