Packers survive and beat Ravens as Aaron Rodgers and Tyler Huntley have great QB duel

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When the Ravens-Packers game was put on the schedule, you could have circled it as a great matchup of two great quarterbacks. And it was. Even if it wasn’t the precise matchup we expected.

Ravens backup quarterback Tyler Huntley had a tremendous game in place of the injured Lamar Jackson, but the Ravens came up just close, as the Packers won 31-30.

Huntley scored a touchdown in the final minute to make things close, but his pass on the Ravens’ two-point conversion attempt fell incomplete.

Huntley finished the game 28-of-40 for 215 yards, with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and also ran for 73 yards and two touchdowns. The 23-year-old Huntley, an undrafted free agent out of Utah last year, was excellent.

Rodgers completed 23 of 31 passes for 268 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

The win improves the Packers’ record to 11-3. They clinched the NFC North and they’re the clear favorites for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

The loss drops the Ravens to 8-6, and they’re now in real danger of missing the playoffs.

86 responses to “Packers survive and beat Ravens as Aaron Rodgers and Tyler Huntley have great QB duel

  1. John Harbaugh is a moron. If he insisted on winning in regulation then he should’ve gone for two on the previous touchdown.

  2. Give your team a freaking chance. 2 games down the drain going for 2 at the end. Really dumb.

  3. Why the hell does Harbaugh keep going for the win? Also Huntley is better then Jackson. Yes with just 2 games played he is already more accurate and is better at making decisions.

  4. Congrats Ravens for handing the Packers another win on a silver platter. That was just as bad as what the Chargers did for the Chiefs on Thursday. Both teams’ luck will run out real soon.

  5. Tough game for the Ravens. Going against Rodgers is one thing, but playing the refs simultaneously is a whole other battle.

  6. nytro says:
    December 19, 2021 at 7:33 pm
    So nice to see Lying Aaron have to squirm to the very end before being gifted the win.

    That’s all you got? Lol

  7. Packers went from totally in control to totally clueless in the last nine minutes. Lucky to win. Huntley should be starting for someone next year. He’s better than all but maybe two of the QBs in the draft class. Kaepernick without the political baggage.

  8. The win improves the Packers’ record to 11-3, and they’re the clear favorites for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
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    why?? I believe the Bucs may have something to say about this

  9. Packers D looks like crap. The special teams still have no clue and are dummer then a chia pet.
    Ravens should have taken the sure thing, they would have won in over time the pack d was gassed.

  10. I don’t understand going for 2 here.. The Packer defense is gassed and Huntley is shredding them at will. Your defense just stopped Rogers back to back. You have a the best field goal kicker at long distance kicking in the history of the NFL…. And your at home..

    I know people get excited about 2 point conversions but you have to use your brain…

  11. Okay Ravens fans- is that net .2 secs 40 time worth $450M ??

    I bet he can’t outrun the ball coming out of Huntley’s hand!

  12. This Ravens team impressive with how they were playing practice squad mostly in defence.
    This should be confidence booster for rest of season.
    And the major bad calls went against them.. I understand going for 2.. Just needed better play call..

  13. What a game. If that Huntley kid isn’t somebody’s starting QB next year there is something seriously wrong here. What. A. Stud.

  14. The Bucs will demolish the Packers in the playoffs. They had no business struggling against a team playing backups in December.

  15. The refs gave Green Bay every single break, including phantom roughing the passer and pass interference penalties. But once again, John Harbaugh for the second time in three weeks just hands the game to his opponent. If they miss the playoffs, it’s all on Harbaugh.

  16. “Belichick would never think to avoid OT and go for two….TWICE! I’m smarter than he is!!” – J Harbaugh

  17. I think that Huntley is way better at QB than Jackson. He could easily start for another team. It’s too bad that Harbaugh made that decision to go for 2 again. Just kick the extra point and go to OT.He wasted a great game from Huntley and Andrews.

  18. No kicker back up that could kick the field goal in the first half? If Harbaugh kicks that kick instead of going for it they win this game! Take the points!

  19. The same people saying Huntley is better than Jackson after 2 games are the same people that preached for 2 seasons that “defensive geniuses” needed time and film to catch up to Lamar. Some people just need to be right. Huntley’s playing great, and is definitely playing with more confidence than Lamar was and is getting the ball out quicker, at the same time, I’m not a prisoner of the moment. He has different tendencies than Lamar. Teams will adjust if he’s the QB and I need to see how he does when teams are geared to defend his style. No he’s not just like Lamar with better accuracy.

  20. Jimmy Johnson just said the Packers defense gets better and better each week??????? did he watch this game?

  21. Despite all the hate, Harbs made the right 2-point decision yet again given the injury situation.

  22. At some point you are simply cheating your own team out of a freaking W with this bush league crap. Hell, the “analytics” don’t even support going for it when you’re 2-8 on attempts.

  23. Analytics should be used as a reference or a guide to consider but, not to be used on final decision making.

    Analytics doesn’t account for injuries, weather conditions, momentum, matchups or situations on the specific game in question.

    Always trust your gut or judgment over some damn math statistic

  24. Pssssddd… remember that FG you decided NOT to kick on the opening drive and instead came away with NOTHING.

    Take the points on the opening drive!!!

  25. And you can add yet another glorious NFC North Championship to the greatest team in NFL history. It’s so incredibly humbling to be this awesome.

  26. Baltimore passed up an easy 3 points on the opening drive. Should have just taken the points. I think this “analytics” crap is stupid. And then at the end of the game, you had the momentum, kick the extra point and win it in OT.

  27. Imagine this, Bisciotti: you got a backup QB that can run the ball, AND throw the ball. AND, you still have $450M left over to go buy a controlling stake in the Orioles.

    Easy choice…

  28. Going for 2 was a good call. The Ravens were missing their entire starting secondary plus CBs 3 and 5. The entire secondary outside of Averett, were practice squad players and guys off the street. They weren’t stopping ARod in OT if he won the coin toss. The play call was the issue. GRo has no feel for the game. Why take away an entire side of the field by rolling out. Spread them out and give Huntley the chance to throw to either side of the field or run it in. GB hadn’t shown they could stop it. You let them off the hook only having to defend one side of the field, and it was the side Andrews was on at that.

  29. Rogers did everything he could do to not throw that last td. A throw to Adams 7 yards behind the line and an over throw in the corner of the end zone. I guess he wants to break the record at home.

  30. The Chargers decided to live or die by going for it on 4th down against the Chiefs.

    The Ravens decided to live or die by going for a 2 pt. conversion against the Packers.

    They both died.

  31. Funny all these armchair scouts saying Huntley can start after just 2 games, Scott Mitchell agrees.

  32. Love people commenting on analytics while they watch YouTube video after YouTube video on how to do a v-look up in Excel.

    Packers weren’t at full strength either, for those saying they suck because it went to the wire against the Ravens’ depleted squad.

    LaFleur has never, in his career, not won the division nor won at least 11 games. He is on track to have the best winning percentage ever for first 50 games of a career.

  33. Can’t wait to hear Coach Hairball explain this one. And also hearing more Ravens fans whining about the refs, their woe-is-me injuries, or bemoaning Mr Regular Season Lamar’s absence.

  34. Huntley took exactly what the defense gave him. 10 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns in the direction of his favorite target. 18 receptions for a whopping 79 yards aside. Joe Barry allowed Huntley to dink and dunk and methodically drive the ball down the field almost every single drive instead of forcing him to beat them with his arm. Big mistake. The Packers defense has given up 3+ touchdowns in 4 straight games and hasn’t allowed less than 28 points since the Seattle shutout. They need to get that figured out if they wanna go anywhere in January.

  35. Has anyone seen ariani1985? I bought him two Guinness and three Fireball shots, they’re still sitting on the bar. Just terrible, what a waste.

  36. People quick to dump on Jackson, is he perfect? No… he tries to do too much at times hanging on to do the bal too long cuz he is a playmaker, and gets hit a lot.

    Huntley likely ad the benefit of likely a much simpler gameplan, the raad option reminded of the when the teams would just read option all over GB then turn the TE lose, and they couldnt stop it, decade ago. I am not trying to take away from Huntley he played well, and I think got put on several teams radar, if I were the Texans, Broncos, or Washington, they all are at least intrigued, but after a couple wees teams may develop a plan to stop him.

  37. The NFL gift wrapped another win to the most protected franchise in sports history.

  38. patsfan4lifedynasty says:
    December 19, 2021 at 7:43 pm
    The Bucs will demolish the Packers in the playoffs. They had no business struggling against a team playing backups in December.

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    The packers o line is all backups and their d has a lot of backups.

  39. Complaining about the refs is a waste of time. How arrogant of Harbaugh to cost his team 2 games by going for 2. They work hard all game to come down to the one low percentage play.

  40. Huntley starts at QB, move Lamar to running back. Too bad their pin head of a coach won’t be able to figure this out.

  41. Viking fans talking about the refs in a game their team wasn’t in….that never happens always. Must suck watching us win the division yet again while your team is gasping for it’s last breath. I’d lash out too I suppose.

  42. Viking fans like to whine about Packer fans on their team’s threads, yet here they are. But I suppose it does sting more when you’re getting trolled because you lost again.

  43. I’m not as disappointed in the defense after I remembered Clark , Jaire and Smith are due back

  44. Harbaugh should’ve left his ego at the door and gotten us in OT, momentum was on the Ravens’ side. Like a dog returneth to his vomit….

  45. Do people realize that even if the Ravens kicked the extra point, ARod still had 42 secs and a timeout? Joe Flacco scored a TD with 42 secs left in a playoff game to tie it. I have no confidence the Ravens were keeping ARod from the end zone or a chip shot FG to win it, not with that practice squad secondary.

  46. Maukey says:
    December 19, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    Do people realize that even if the Ravens kicked the extra point, ARod still had 42 secs and a timeout? Joe Flacco scored a TD with 42 secs left in a playoff game to tie it. I have no confidence the Ravens were keeping ARod from the end zone or a chip shot FG to win it, not with that practice squad secondary.

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    The same is true if they get the two point conversion. It still comes down to preventing a field goal.

  47. nytro says:

    So nice to see Lying Aaron have to squirm to the very end
    ++++++
    Moral victories are not what they used to be.

  48. Your coaches arrogance makes him just plain stupid, maybe the third time is a charm. On the refs we had one call our way, quit your whining. Be pissed at your Einstein head coach.

  49. why?? I believe the Bucs may have something to say about this
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    The Bucs are saying even if we win tonite Green Bay holds the tiebreaker. Green Bay could lose to the Vikes or the Browns, but they’ll be favored to win.

  50. Huntley just may be playing his last season with us. He is gonna get paid next season. Either in Baltimore or elsewhere.Go Ravens!

  51. Since the realignment in 2002, the Packers have won the division 12 times.
    The Bears 4 times.
    The Vikings/Refs 4 times.

    Also, the Vikings lost to the lions.

    My point? Vikings fans talking trash are like one of Dalvin Cook’s girlfriends believing that she will be the one he won’t beat into submission.

  52. kcarpenter1245 says:
    December 19, 2021 at 8:18 pm
    The Packers defense has given up 3+ touchdowns in 4 straight games and hasn’t allowed less than 28 points since the Seattle shutout.

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    The Packers’ defense only gave up two TDs to the Bears last week. Their special teams gave up another. The Bears also kicked three field goals.

    I’d say that Huntley and the Ravens are much better than Fields and the Bears. I’m not surprised the game was close.

  53. You all make it sound as if the Ravens make the 2 pt conversion, they win. No, there is still football to be played. Huntley better than Jackson after basically 3 games? He is 1-2 in those games. I don’t get it. And Jackson has been far better in crunch time. That is a fact

  54. The NFL wants the championship games go through Lambeau field for bigger viewership that’s explains the bad ref calls yesterday

  55. chino62885 says:

    December 19, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    Why the hell does Harbaugh keep going for the win?

    REALLY????

  56. I’m laughing at those who are slamming the Packers. I keep hearing about all the injuries other teams have, but here’s what the Packers have been doing. They have been playing most of the season without one of the best LT’s in football, their best pass rusher, one of the best DB’s in football, their starting center, their starting TE, their backup LT, and three other back up offensive linemen, and yet they are the #1 seed.
    Had Aaron Rodgers not had to sit out a game, they would have beaten the Chiefs in Arrowhead, too.
    Like it or not, Aaron Rodgers is the MVP again and the Packers need to win just two of their last three games to have home field throughout the playoffs.
    The biggest reason they are more dangerous than they have been the last three years is they have a two headed running attack and their secondary is as good as any secondary in football. And — they are going to get most of the injured guys back for the playoffs.
    People can hate them all they want, but when they dismiss what they’ve done this year, they are wrong. I don’t care what the Bucs did last year in GB in the playoffs, there is no team in football that wants to play this Packers team in Lambeau in the playoffs. But the odds are right now, that’s exactly what is going to happen.
    Those people criticizing Harbaugh for going for two after that touchdown are right — I’d have kicked the game tying extra point, too. But — the reason he did it is because there was still enough time for Aaron Rodgers to drive down the field and give the Packers a chance to win the game with a field goal in regulation, and the way Aaron was playing, the odds are he probably would have gotten it done. Again, like him or hate him, there is no question that Aaron Rodgers is still the best QB in the NFL. He can do more than Tom Brady can do, and there is no other QB who is as good as he is.

  57. kev359 says:
    December 19, 2021 at 7:37 pm
    The win improves the Packers’ record to 11-3, and they’re the clear favorites for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
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    why?? I believe the Bucs may have something to say about this
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    This certainly didn’t age well. 😉

  58. Big Moose the Packers barely escape beating Baltimore who was playing with a second string quarterback 4th and 5th string running back both starting tackle out a starting defense tackle out 1 second string cornerback with 3 other guys basically brought off the street both starting safeties out and the only reason they won because John Harbaugh ego is to big that he made the wrong call and went for 2. If Baltimore kicks the extra point the momentum was going their way

  59. Dallas has a better all around team than Green Bay as of now
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    Maybe, if the Packers can’t get healthy.

    But you haven’t witnessed the horror of McCarthy in January…

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