Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes as the Green Bay Packers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 53-20 on Sunday.
The Green Bay Packers made a strong case Sunday that they are the NFL’s best team, toppling the formidable Philadelphia Eagles 53-20 at Lambeau Field.
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The Packers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.
Green Bay put the first points on the board early in the opening quarter via a Mason Crosby field goal, then made it 10-0 with 3:33 left in the first thanks to a 6-yard Aaron Rodgers touchdown pass to Davante Adams.
The Packers tacked on seven more points in the first quarter from a 75-yard Micah Hyde punt return.
Green Bay added two second quarter touchdowns (27 yards from Rodgers to Nelson, 1-yard rush from Eddie Lacy) and entered the halftime break up 30-6, as the Eagles could only muster up two field goals.
The game got even more out of hand shortly into the second half. After another field goal early in the third, the Packers added another touchdown in the quarter from a 52-yard Julius Peppers interception return.
Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez threw his first touchdown pass in the game to Jordan Matthews with 2:21 left in the third, but it was far too little to mount a comeback.
In the fourth, Rodgers connected on a 32-yard touchdown with Lacy and Casey Heyward returned a fumble for a touchdown to make it 53-13.
Sanchez threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin with 7:20 left to round out the game’s scoring.
Rodgers finished with 340 passing yards and three touchdowns. Lacy rushed for 69 yards and receiver Randall Cobb led the team with 129 receiving yards.
Sanchez threw for 346 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. LeSean McCoy was the team’s top rusher with 88 yards and Matthews the team’s top pass-catcher with 107 yards.
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