Sunday Night Football Recap 12/3/23
The Green Bay Packers knocked off the Kansas City Chiefs in a Sunday Night Football game that consisted of a little bit of everything. Packers quarterback Jordan Love completed 25 of 36 pass attempts for 267 yards and three touchdowns in what was a franchise quarterback type performance. This marks four wins for the Packers in their last five games putting them at 6-6 this season and the defending champions falling to 8-4.
Despite Isaiah Pacheco having an excellent game with 110 yards and a touchdown, he and Keisean Nixon came to blows in the fourth quarter and Pacheco got himself ejected. Patrick Mahomes struggled against a Packers defense that was able to contain the Chiefs offense in the red zone in the first half.
The closing minutes of the fourth quarter were a legit mess with multiple mishandled plays by officials to go with the aforementioned scuffle between Pacheco and Nixon. One particular play that was within the final two minutes of the game involved Mahomes scrambling up field and being met by a massive hit right before going out of bounds. Not only was the clock stopped despite Mahomes still being in bounds when the collision occurred, the officials called an unnecessary roughness penalty what the replays showed to be a clean hit. Another clear mishandling by the officials was when Chiefs receiver, Marquez Valdes-Scantling was visibly mauled by Carrington Valentine in attemping to catch a pass downfield and there was not a single flag thrown on a very clear pass interference.
The result of the game may not have been changed with the correct calls being made considering Green Bay had a 27-19 lead going into the final two minutes, but poor officiating in sport is a topic that should always be acknowledged.
The Cincinnati Bengals will look two snap a three-game skid against the 8-3 Jacksonville Jaguars in this week's Monday Night Football matchup. This game takes place from EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville and kickoff is at 8:15 PM EST.
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