{"id":352122,"date":"2026-09-21T03:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352122\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T03:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:04:24","slug":"packers-rally-to-beat-jets-in-ot-20-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352122\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers rally to beat Jets in OT, 20-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. \u2013 A sloppy game Sunday turned into a back-and-forth fourth quarter that eventually went to overtime, and the Packers drove 58 yards for the game-winning field goal to beat the Jets, 20-17, at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers trailed 17-7 in the fourth quarter and rallied on the strength of a TD pass to WR <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/christian-watson\/\" title=\"Christian Watson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Watson<\/a> and then a game-tying field goal. Green Bay&#8217;s defense gave the offense a chance at midfield at the end of regulation with a fourth-and-1 stop, but the Packers couldn&#8217;t capitalize and the game went to overtime.<\/p>\n<p>In the OT, Green Bay&#8217;s defense sacked Jets QB Geno Smith twice during a three-and-out. Once the Packers took over, they swiftly moved into scoring range thanks to an 11-yard run by RB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/kaleb-johnson\/\" title=\"Kaleb Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaleb Johnson<\/a>, a 15-yard swing pass to RB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/chris-brooks\/\" title=\"Chris Brooks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brooks<\/a> (that had 15 yards tacked on for a late hit) and a 14-yard completion to WR <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/matthew-golden\/\" title=\"Matthew Golden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Golden<\/a> to get inside the 10-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers sent out rookie K <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/trey-smack\/\" title=\"Trey Smack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trey Smack<\/a> at that point, and he made the 26-yard walk-off kick with 5:23 left in OT.<\/p>\n<p>Plagued by injuries, penalties and sloppy play for much of three quarters, the Packers turned things around to even their season at 1-1. The Jets are also 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>QB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jordan-love\/\" title=\"Jordan Love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Love<\/a> finished 16-of-29 for 145 yards with two TDs and a 91.9 passer rating. Johnson had eight carries for 32 yards. Golden had four catches for 58 yards, while Watson had four catches for 41 yards and a score.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers lost WR <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jayden-reed\/\" title=\"Jayden Reed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Reed<\/a> (neck), T <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/zach-bako-bewele\/\" title=\"Zach Bako-Bewele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Bako-Bewele<\/a> (knee), G <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/aaron-banks\/\" title=\"Aaron Banks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Banks<\/a> (toe) and G <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/donovan-jennings\/\" title=\"Donovan Jennings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donovan Jennings<\/a> (hand) to injuries during the game.<\/p>\n<p>For the Jets, Smith was 27-of-41 for 247 yards with one TD and a 90.2 passer rating. RB Breece Hall was held to just 29 yards on 16 carries, while WR Adonai Mitchell had six catches for 63 yards, Hall added five catches for 63 yards, and WR Garrett Wilson had five catches for 57 yards and a score.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams combined for 27 penalties for 289 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a recap of all the action:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. \u2013 A sloppy game Sunday turned into a back-and-forth fourth quarter that eventually went to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[131430,23244,9,11,10,40775,36245,131429,23243],"class_list":["post-352122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-green-bay-packers-at-new-york-jets-2026-reg-2","tag-homepage-cp","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news-all-news","tag-news-gameday","tag-news-in-game-updates","tag-news-national-feature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}