The Green Bay Packers won the coin toss and didn’t defer.
Matt LaFleur had a plan and his offense worked it to perfection.
On the first play of the Thanksgiving Day game against the Detroit Lions, Jordan Love connected with Christian Watson on a 53-yard pass.
.@jordan3love goes DEEP on the first play of the game ‼️
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The drive concluded with a touchdown as Love hit Jayden Reed with a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Definition of threading the needle. @jordan3love
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The Lions countered on their opening drive as Sam LaPorta caught a 7-yard pass from Jared Goff.
.@Lions strike back! @JaredGoff16 to @Samlaporta for 6⃣
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Riley Patterson missed the PAT so the Packers led, 7-6.
That marked 148 yards of offense on the first two drives of the game.