Monday Night Football: Packers keep playoff hopes alive with 24-12 win over Rams

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The Packers still are a longshot to make the postseason, but they aren’t dead yet. They stayed alive with a 24-12 over the Rams on Monday Night Football.

The Packers improved to 6-8, while the Rams fell to 4-10 and are eliminated from postseason contention. Green Bay still needs lots of help, but the Packers accomplished the first of several things that have to happen for them to make the postseason for a fourth consecutive year.

Green Bay outgained the Rams 345 to 156, ending the game with three kneel downs after reaching the Los Angeles 1-yard line.

Aaron Rodgers went 22-of-30 for 229 yards with a touchdown and an interception, with Romeo Doubs catching five for 55 yards.

Aaron Jones ran for 90 yards on 17 carries and caught four passes for 36 yards and a touchdown. AJ Dillon had 36 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries and caught three passes for 35 yards before leaving in the second half for a concussion evaluation.

The Packers had five sacks of Baker Mayfield, including two by Preston Smith, and Rasul Douglas had an interception.

Mayfield completed 12 of 21 passes for 111 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Cam Akers ran for 65 yards on 12 carries.

39 responses to “Monday Night Football: Packers keep playoff hopes alive with 24-12 win over Rams

  1. They’re a longshot, and they have their weaknesses, but I don’t see any invincible powerhouses in the NFC, so who knows? Get hot and good things could happen.

  2. I knew the Baker Mayfield celebration last week would not be good for this week ! Don’t these guys see it’s a marathon not a sprint !

  3. Oh here we go with the packers playoff talk. They’re not going because they aren’t good. Miami will run them off the field next week. Rodgers is a game manager now.

  4. Sweet. With the Dolphins on a losing streak, an overrated Vikings team, and a historical choker of a Lions team left I can see the Packers winning out. They’ve played better the last couple of weeks than most of the year.

  5. Baker is what Baker is – Boy do the Packers need to fire their DC. How many dumb penalties can you allow without taking these offenders off the field for at least a play or two. Hits out of bounds – Douglas stupidist of stupidist dumb back flip on his interception – geesh – Bad Pass interference

    Those plays lose games to better teams

  6. I guess Baker Mayfield still is awful. Im shocked. It’s almost like we should judge the entirety of a career instead of one drive.

  7. Go Pack!!!
    It was a rather lumpy, uneven performance tonight, about what you’d expect from a 6-8 team stumbling down the home stretch.
    Thankfully, playing a bad team, we didn’t spot them 33 points, but then again, Sean McVay is no former t.v. analyst either. 😉

    Defense kept up enough pressure on Baker and Co. to allow Rodgers and the running game to build a significant lead.
    Enough dumb plays all around, but this team managed to bounce back.

    Just another absolutely gorgeous night at Lambeau.
    As a frequent visitor, I sometimes forget just what a magical and unique venue this place really is and how lucky we are as Packer fans to call this place home.
    Wouldn’t trade this historic stadium for anything.
    Looking forward to Christmas in Florida, Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁 🎅

  8. Well…that was painful to watch…very glad that both of these teams will go home very soon.

  9. Wouldn’t trade this historic stadium for anything.
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    And to think back to when Lambeau got the big face lift around 2000,… there had been talk of buying property in the town of Lawrence to build a brand new stadium vs spending $300 million on the remodel.

  10. What does it say aobut the NFL today that a 6-8 .429% team is considered still in the hunt for a PO spot with 3 games remaining?

    Packers suck and Rodgers has run smack up against the age wall. Their last 3 games are the Dolphins, Vikings, and Lions. They are more likely going to end up 6-11 than 9-8.

  11. insult to injury.. the next 2 Rams games are stand alone games.. X mas day is the next 1.. Oh Vay !!!

  12. I’m not sure who wins Coach of the Year in the NFL; but I am certain who gets trophy for Worst Coach of the Year.

  13. The Pack just aren’t a good team this year. They are incredibly inconsistent on both sides of the ball and this far into the season, Aaron still lacks chemistry with his receivers (see Lazard INT and Watson running wrong route).

    The Defense has taken a huge step backwards as well and the ST are still suspect. And to top it all off, Aaron’s play is not what it used to be.

    I hate that Rodgers only has 1 SB win. He was wasted in GB. Him and Marino have been the 2 most talented QB’s I have ever seen and both talents were wasted by their respective teams

    I hope AR retires/leaves so I can stop caring about GB.

  14. And the Lions also win with the Rams loss, as they now move into the 3 spot for next year’s draft.

  15. Oh please. That dream ends in Miami, or at home against Detroit or at home against the Lions.
    They all know its not winning out it that and the better teams ahead of them losing out.
    Besides they played a decimated Rams team with a moron at QB. He needs 16 yards for first down and runs for three?

  16. The Packers are going to miss the playoffs and not get Jordan Love any reps. Then we will have another offseason of will he/won’t he as Rodgers talks about the mysteries of the universe on Pat McAfee with Pat never actually a serious question, again.

    The Packers won’t know what to do with Love and will end up botching the QB situation.

  17. Tony Awesome says:
    December 19, 2022 at 11:51 pm
    Packers won Super Bowl XLV. They were the final wild card that season,…so it can be done.

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    … but, it’s not. Let’s be serious here. The resurgent Packers beat two of the worst teams in the NFL over the last two weeks. It took Rodgers until the forth quarter, with help of a pick from Fields, to beat a defensive backfield made up of practice squad players. At least one seeing his first ever NFL snaps.

    They won’t beat Miami. Their season is over.

  18. Mark Beck says:
    December 13, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    Packers will lose 4 of their remaining games. Book it!
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    Well, this comment surely didn’t age very well. 😉

  19. Cowboys, Eagles would destroy GB in the playoffs.
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    Well they already beat the cowboys and came within 7 of the eagles when they weren’t at their best so….

  20. His playing well will only increase his trade value something that would benefit the Packers
    immensely .

  21. Here in Green Bay they’re acting like they won the Super Bowl last night, truly pathetic.

  22. The Rams won last year and kudos to them. The Packers did not and I don’t believe will this year. Moving forward the Rams have many, many questions as do the Packers. The difference is the Packers have draft capital and depth to build on. The Rams have given up draft picks thru trades and just plain bad drafting. The Packers have not. Today and for the next couple of years i would rather be the Packers than the Rams.

  23. Lots of questionable calls last night but that’s par for the course with the Packers esp that red zone OPI call on 3rd down that gave them 4 more tries. Aaron has a way with complaining to the Refs most of the game and by the half usually gets some phantom calls

  24. Calm down folks, it’s okay to celebrate a victory but you need to realize they just beat a 4-9 (now 4-10) team, and with their record are still 19th in the league. You may say the game isn’t over till it’s over but with the way the team has been playing this season, you have to be pragmatic about them making it past this season’s cream of the crop teams like the Eagles, Chiefs, Niners, etc.

  25. What does it say aobut the NFL today that a 6-8 .429% team is considered still in the hunt for a PO spot with 3 games remaining?
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    This is what the NFL has wanted for decades.

    I don’t think they had the foresight to realize, its just bad football.

  26. The Packers are going to miss the playoffs and not get Jordan Love any reps.
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    Rodgers was hurt, and ineffective.. the team was losing… and they still didn’t put Love in.

    Read between the lines.

  27. Lots of questionable calls last night but that’s par for the course with the Packers esp that red zone OPI call on 3rd down that gave them 4 more tries.
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    Horrific officiating all the way around last night.

    Everytime I think the refs can’t get worse, somehow, they do!

  28. Boy do the Packers need to fire their DC. How many dumb penalties can you allow without taking these offenders off the field for at least a play or two. Hits out of bounds – Douglas stupidist of stupidist dumb back flip on his interception – geesh – Bad Pass interference
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    The “coverages”.. which shouldn’t even be called that.. just pathetic.

    Why on earth would you line up 8 yards off the line of scrimmage? Its not like Randy Moss was out there!.. and they do it on one side nearly every down. If you want to play cover 3, fine. At least disguise it!

  29. Today and for the next couple of years i would rather be the Packers than the Rams.
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    If the Packers had been to 2 Super Bowls the last 5 years, I be perfectly content to take my medicine.

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