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Lions stumble, fall to Packers 35-17
By: Mike Stiles - Tuesday, September 21, 2021

T.J. Hockenson catches a TD pass against Green Bay (photo courtesy of DFP)

(GREEN BAY) - While celebrating one of his four touchdowns, Aaron Jones lost a necklace he wears with a little black football containing some of the ashes of his late father. That was just about the only thing that went wrong for Jones and the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions. Jones caught three of Aaron Rodgers' four TD passes and rushed for a fourth score, and the Packers had a welcome return to normal, dominating the second half in a 35-17 win over the division rival Lions on Monday night. Green Bay (1-1) won its ninth straight home opener. Jones became the first Packers running back to catch three touchdown passes in a game since Andy Uram against the Chicago Cardinals in 1942. Jones finished with 17 carries for 67 yards and six catches for 48 yards. As for the missing necklace, he was hopeful he'd see it again. Rodgers went 22 of 27 for 255 yards and surpassed John Elway for 10th all-time in passing yards with 51,633. Rodgers has followed up each of the Packers' last five regular-season losses by throwing four touchdown passes and no interceptions in his next game. Detroit's Jared Goff completed 13 of his first 14 passes but struggled the rest of the way as the Lions (0-2) blew a 17-14 halftime lead. Goff finished 26 of 36 for 246 yards. He connected on touchdown passes to Quintez Cephus and T.J. Hockenson but also threw an interception and lost a fumble. ...... {LISTEN}. Detroit will try to regroup as they host Baltimore this Sunday, and the Packers play at San Francisco.

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