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    Andrew Kulha
    Andrew Kulha
    Nov 17, 2025, 13:00
    Updated at: Nov 17, 2025, 13:00

    Seven dropped passes nearly cost the Green Bay Packers, but two incredible catches sealed a comeback victory against the New York Giants.

    Jordan Love had a tremendous game for the Green Bay Packers in their 27-20 win over the New York Giants in Week 11. The issue is, the numbers don't really show it. At least, when you're looking at his completion percentage, it looks like he had a rough one.

    Love completed just 13 of 24 passes for a 54% completion percentage. It was his worst completion percentage of the season, but ironically, perhaps his best game.

    The reason those numbers looked so rough? His wide receivers let him down time after time, after time.

    In total, the Packers dropped seven passes, and all seven of those drops came on good throws.

    Add seven catches to Love's numbers, and he would have completed 20-of-24 passes, which would be good for 83%.

    That goes to show you just how bad drops hurt the Packers against the Giants, but there were two plays when Love's receivers came up clutch with big catches. In fact, those two plays may have been the plays of the game for Green Bay.

    The first came with 5:56 to go in the fourth quarter, and the Packers down, 19-20. After two incomplete passes, which included another drop, Love couldn't find any receivers open downfield on 3rd-and-10 from the Packers' 47-yard line and tossed up a "go get it" ball for rookie wide receiver Savion Williams.

    Williams, a 6-foot-4, 222-pound receiver from TCU, went up and brought the pass down for a huge 33-yard gain that kept the drive alive.

    NFL (@NFL) on X NFL (@NFL) on X Jordan Love directs traffic and connects with Savion Williams downfield! GBvsNYG on FOX/FOX One https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt

    "It went off schedule. In the pocket, I had time, but I didn't like the initial read and told him to go deep," Love said after the game, remembering the connection between him and Williams (h/t Mike Spofford of the team website). He did a good job wheeling up ther,e and I threw him a 50-50 ball. He went up and made a big-time catch. Really a phenomenal play by him."

    The next big catch ended up being the game winner, and it came three plays later on 2nd-and-7 from the Giants' 17. Love took a high snap and threw it up to Christian Watson who had a slight step on two New York defenders. He went up and got the ball for his second touchdown of the game.

    "Christian was running a slot fade right there," Love said. "You're seeing the one-on-one so I tried to put it up for a place he can go make a play. Not trying to throw a perfect ball … he did a great job high-pointing that one and coming down with it."

    Green Bay Packers (@packers) on X Green Bay Packers (@packers) on X CHRISTIAN WATSON ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!! 📺: FOX

    Those two catches arguably won the Packers the game. At the very least, they allowed Evan Williams, Micah Parsons and the Packers' defense a chance to close it out -- which they did.

    Green Bay Packers (@packers) on X Green Bay Packers (@packers) on X EVAN WILLIAMS WITH A BIG TIME INT! 📺: FOX

    They say football is a game of inches, which it is. In the NFL, it's also a game in which one to two plays end up determining most games. The average NFL game will see anywhere from 130 to 170 plays run over four quarters, but it's usually just one or two of them that end up making the difference.

    The Packers came out on the winning end of those two plays against the Giants, and that's why they walked away with the win and are now 6-3-1.