Thanks in part to Willis, who went 2-0 as a fill-in starter after Love's Week 1 knee injury, the Green Bay Packers pulled off a last-second 30-27 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
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"So, went with Malik and you can't say enough great things about Malik Willis, the job that he's able to do to go in there."While Willis threw just five times with four completions for a total of 56 yards and had a 20-yard scramble to set up atouchdown in the third quarter, his mastery of the offense on the play to Reed was what everyone was raving about after the game.
Just before the snap on the second play, Willis made a pre-snap adjustment -- what the Packers call a"can" -- and it worked like a charm. This time, Reed delayed his release, perhaps to make the defense think he was staying in to block again, and then turned his crossing route up the field.
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