Packers' new kicker Brandon McManus buries game-winning field goal to beat Texans

Brandon McManus’ archetypal crippled backmost successful the NFL saw the Green Bay Packers’ destiny connected his ft from 45 yards retired with the accidental for a game-winning tract extremity implicit the Houston Texans. 

The seasoned placekicker was wealth aft the shot was snapped and the clasp cleanable arsenic the Packers walked it off, 24-22, successful a thrilling crippled against the AFC South leader.

Both the Packers and Texans are present 5-2 connected the season. 

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Green Bay Packers choky extremity Tucker Kraft celebrates his touchdown reception during the 2nd 4th of their crippled against the Houston Texans astatine Lambeau Field. (USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin-Imagn Images)

Jordan Love and the Packers’ discourtesy knew they had capable clip aft the Texans kicked their ain tract extremity connected the erstwhile thrust to instrumentality a one-point lead. He recovered Dontayvion Wicks for a 13-yard gain, and past Romeo Doubs caught a walk for 12 yards to enactment Green Bay connected Houston’s 37-yard line. 

Doubs had different tiny summation to acceptable up McManus, who came connected to crystal the triumph successful his caller location astatine Lambeau Field. 

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This conflict of heavyweights successful the NFL saw tons of back-and-forth blows, which began with the Packers arsenic they recovered the extremity portion archetypal aft Love fired a 14-yard walk to choky extremity Tucker Kraft successful the extremity portion to marque it 7-3. 

But the Packers gave the momentum backmost to the Texans erstwhile Corey Ballentine muffed a punt that Houston recovered connected the Green Bay 11-yard line. Two plays later, Joe Mixon scored the archetypal of his 2 rushing touchdowns arsenic the Texans retook the lead. 

Each squad knew however to respond, and Love did truthful with a beauteous heavy shot to Wicks from 30 yards retired for a touchdown. 

Green Bay Packers moving backmost Josh Jacobs rushes with the shot during the 3rd 4th against the Houston Texans astatine Lambeau Field. (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images)

Mixon would get that 2nd touchdown aboriginal successful the archetypal half, which near the Texans owning the pb astatine halftime, 19-14, but it wouldn’t past agelong aft the 2nd fractional began. 

After forcing a three-and-out, the Packers went 71 yards connected 9 plays and Josh Jacobs made immoderate idiosyncratic past by yet catching his archetypal receiving touchdown. He hadn’t done truthful astatine each with the Las Vegas Raiders successful his erstwhile 5 seasons successful the NFL. But helium yet did truthful from 8 yards retired to springiness his squad the pb erstwhile again. 

It became a punt fest aft that Jacobs score, but C.J. Stroud burned 6:27 of the timepiece successful the 4th fourth earlier a Ka’imi Fairbairn tract extremity made it 22-21. But determination wasn’t capable timepiece successful the end.

Looking astatine the container score, Love was 24-for-33 with 220 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Doubs was his apical target, hauling successful 8 catches for 94 yards, portion Jacobs rushed for 76 yards connected conscionable 12 carries for Green Bay. 

Green Bay Packers kicker Brandon McManus celebrates arsenic helium runs disconnected the tract aft the crippled against the Houston Texans astatine Lambeau Field. (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images)

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For the Texans, Mixon returned to his workhorse relation past week and continued it this clip astir with 115 yards connected 25 carries portion hauling successful 2 receptions arsenic well. Stroud, who tin usually sling it, was held to 86 yards connected 10-of-21 passing.

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