2024-09-16 07:20:02
Packers lead Colts 10-0 after first quarter
The Colts won the opening coin toss and deferred. Josh Jacobs did much of the heavy lifting on the Packers’ first series, rushing for 49 yards on three carries. His 34-yard run came on first-and-20 and moved Green Bay into Indianapolis territory.
Malik Willis, starting in place of Jordan Love, completed a pass to the flat to Jayden Reed but it went for no gain on third-and-7. The Packers settled for a Brayden Narveson 46-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead with 10 minutes, 30 seconds remaining.
Green Bay earned a three-and-out on its first defensive stand, with Isaiah McDuffie causing an incompletion on a third-and-7 checkdown to Jonathan Taylor in the flat.
The Packers started the game with Reed lining up in the backfield with Jacobs, leading to a 22-yard carry to open the next drive. Three straight Jacobs runs gained 12 yards and moved the offense to the Colts’ 48-yard line.
Emanuel Wilson powered forward for four yards on third-and-2 before receiver Bo Melton broke a 16-yard run off a reverse to Indianapolis 20.
Jacobs nearly scored a 20-yard touchdown on the next play, but it was called back due to a holding penalty on left tackle Rasheed Walker. Willis picked up 12 yards on a designed scramble to set up third-and-4 from the Colts’ 14.
Willis threw his first career touchdown pass on the next play, hitting Dontayvion Wicks in the flat with the second-year receiver extending it to the end zone for the score.
Narveson’s extra point was partially blocked but still passed through the uprights to put the Packers up 10-0 with 3:18 left in the first quarter. The 11-play, 82-yard scoring drive lasted 6:21.
Indianapolis went hurry-up, picking up 30 quick yards on two plays, but Richardson airmailed a deep ball to Alec Pierce, which Packers safety Xavier McKinney intercepted and returned 18 yards to the Green Bay 31.
Green Bay moved to 150 rushing yards in the first quarter on a 15-yard run by Reed. Jacobs then moved the chains again with two carries for 13 yards to the Indianapolis 41.
According to Elias, the Packers’ 164 rushing yards in the first quarter were the most by a Green Bay team, in any quarter, since rushing for 166 yards in the third quarter of a game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 29, 1985.
