GREEN BAY, Wis. — In the middle of the chaotic and victorious locker room, yelled out a new nickname for .”Mr. 200!” Cobb exclaimed.More like a career-high 209 yards receiving for Green Bay’s top receiver, including one long touchdown catch in crunch time. threw for three scores, including an 80-yard strike to Nelson in the third quarter, and the roared back from an 18-point deficit to win their home opener 31-24 on Sunday over the .”Well, pretty impre sive. Take it for granted sometimes. He’s not a big ‘me’ guy … so he kind of gets overlooked sometimes,” Rodgers said about Nelson. “We know the kind of player he is.”So do the after blowing a 21-3 lead early in the second quarter.Still, coach ‘s team had a chance to tie late. It looked as though that had happened with 5 minutes left on a 37-yard touchdown catch by on fourth down — but Matt Ryan Jersey it was negated because the (1-1) called a timeout from the sideline just before the snap.Ryan said he didn’t call time. He suspected it could Eric Johnson Jersey have been offensive coordinator or quarterback . Defensive lineman said he was to blame because he leaned over to tell the referee when he saw Mornhinweg calling for time.”I just know for a fact I did not call the timeout,” Ryan said.”We can’t take those things back,” Smith said. “That happened. As a player, as a quarterback, you still want to go down there and score a touchdown and we failed to get that done.”Smith’s last-ditch pa s on fourth-and-8 with 3:31 left to a double-covered Kerley was tipped away. The 78,000-plus fans at Lambeau Field breathed a collective sigh of relief, and the held the ball from there.”It is my responsibility,” Ryan said when asked about the ‘ meltdown. “I have to do a better job.”Green Bay (1-1) avoided its first 0-2 start since 2006. It took a little while to get going, though.Rodgers fumbled away the snap on the first play of the opening series. The scored on their first three drives.Slowly, but surely, the offense started chipping away. Then, the defense came up with some big stops late. departed with a hamstring injury early in the fourth, depriving Smith of his top receiving target.The tried backup at quarterback on one play, but he was taken down from behind in the open by for a sack. Andrew Sendejo Jersey That drive ended with the pa s breakup on Kerley in the end zone.”It’s a game of adversity. It’s a game of momentum swings. It’s a game of big plays,” coach said. “We were in a spot, but our players stayed the course.”Rodgers finished 25 of 42 with 346 yards, Nelson had nine catches and Cobb finished with five catches for 39 yards.Cobb caught two short scoring strikes and a 2-point conversation that gave the a 24-21 lead in the third quarter.Green Bay went up 31-24 late in the third quarter when Nelson worked a double move on for the 80-yard score.Nelson ran and out-and-up route. With the safety coming over late to help, Nelson beat out defenders in a footrace to the end zone.”We just me sed up at the end,” Milliner said.Just a couple of hours earlier, it looked as if the home crowd was going to witne s a surprising lo s. barreled up the middle for a 4-yard score at 10:38 of the second quarter that left the fans in stunned silence with the down 21-3.”The momentum came when we stopped them and started making plays and got off the field and got off on the third down,” linebacker said.Smith finished 16 of 32 for 176 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Decker had four catches for 63 yards, while Ivory led Rodney Thomas Jersey the on the ground with 13 carries and 43 yards.The ‘ comeback started with a 13-point flurry in the final 5:43 of the first half, including field goals from 20 and 55 yards by . The latter kick set a record at home.Then, the got the defensive break they desperately needed when stepped in front of tight end for an interception at Malik Hooker Jersey the 3.”You never want to come out that flat, you never expect to come out that flat, but we did and we found a way to get through it,” Williams said.Rodgers followed with 10-play, 97-yard drive in 1:44 that ended with a 6-yard score to Cobb to get the within five at the half.Until then, it was second-year quarterback Smith who was having succe s. He connected with Decker for a 29-yard touchdown on pretty touch pa s over cornerback Shields for an early 14-0 lead. That score was set up by a 37-yard run by Kerley on a read-option pitch from Smith.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre s
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