Aaron Rodgers was intercepted by Kerby Joseph on the final pass of what might be his last game, and the Green Bay Packers lost 20-16 to the Detroit Lions.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers was intercepted by Kerby Joseph on the final pass of what might be his last game, and the Green Bay Packers lost 20-16 to the Detroit Lions on Sunday night to miss the playoffs.
Seattle instead earned the NFC’s last playoff spot and will play at San Francisco in the opening round. The Packers missed the playoffs for the first time in Matt LaFleur’s four seasons as coach. Aaron Rodgers walks off with his arm around Randall Cobb after the Packer’s loss to the Lions on Sunday night.During the game, Rodgers became the eighth NFL player to have at least 5,000 career completions.Jamaal Williams’ second 1-yard touchdown run of the night against his former team put the Lions ahead with 5:55 remaining. Williams had 17 touchdown runs to break the Lions’ single-season record that Barry Sanders had set in 1991.
Detroit held onto the ball for the remainder of the game. Facing fourth-and-1 from the Green Bay 15, the Lions passed up a field-goal attempt and got a clinching first down on Jared Goff’s 9-yard pass to D.J. Chark. Goff also had connected with Chark for a first down on fourth-and-2 during the Lions’ go-ahead drive.Linebacker Quay Walker was ejected during the Lions’ go-ahead drive after pushing a Lions staffer who was attending to an injured Detroit player.
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