Live Updates: Seahawks at Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Follow the action from tonight’s game between the Green Bay Packers (13-3) and Seattle Seahawks (12-5), with the latest updates at the bottom, and join the conversation.
Some pregame reading
Inactives: Clark and Bulaga are playing
The secret to Aaron Jones' success
Rodgers thinks of a second Super Bowl "every day"
First Quarter
Injury update: While Bryan Bulaga is active, Jared Veldheer is starting at right tackle.
Packers 7, Seahawks 0 (10:37 remaining)
The score: On third-and-7, Aaron Rodgers fired a 20-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams. Adams took a couple steps to the post, then took his route to the corner. In the process, he lost cornerback Tre Flowers for the score.
Key plays: On the first play of the game, Elgton Jenkins led the way with a big block on linebacker Bobby Wagner as Aaron Jones sprinted left for a gain of 23. On third-and-8, Rodgers hit tight end Jimmy Graham on a crossing route for a gain of 13. The touchdown came on third-and-7.
Packers 7, Seahawks 0 (9:50 remaining)
On Seattle’s first play from scrimmage, Russell Wilson’s bootleg pass to tight end Jacob Hollister was jarred loose by cornerback Jaire Alexander and recovered by defensive back Chandon Sullivan at the 40. Hollister was initially ruled down but Packers coach Matt LaFleur challenged. Seattle retained possession because there was not a “clear recovery.”
On third-and-10, Wilson’s deep pass to D.K. Metcalf was broken up by Alexander. Green Bay took possession at its 11 - a 49-yard change of field position.
Packers 7, Seahawks 3 (28 seconds remaining)
The score: Jason Myers made a 45-yard field goal.
Key plays: On the first play of the drive, Russell Wilson’s overthrow was almost intercepted by Kevin King. On the next play, Tyler Lockett beat King deep for a gain of 28 yards. The Packers got off the field when tight end Jacob Hollister dropped a third-and-6 pass.
Second Quarter
Packers 14, Seahawks 3 (9:49 remaining)
The score: Aaron Jones scored his 20th touchdown of the season, inching it across on a third-and-goal from the 1. Jones was stopped in the hole by linebacker Bobby Wagner but he managed to fight across with late shoves from offensive linemen Jared Veldheer and Corey Linsley.
Key plays: The drive started with completions of 11, 18 and 15 yards to Davante Adams. On second-and-12 from the 33, Rodgers’ deep pass to Adams against Shaquill Griffin was overthrown but Griffin was called for pass interference, resulting in a gain of 18. Those four plays accounted for 62 of the 75 yards.
Packers 14, Seahawks 3 (5:43 remaining)
Jason Myers missed a 50-yard field goal. Seattle was on the move with a 31-yard completion to Tyler Lockett – a play in which safety Darnell Savage was injured and briefly left the game – but Za’Darius Smith sacked Russell Wilson on second down and joined Blake Martinez in pressuring Wilson into a third-down incompletion.
Injury update: Allen Lazard is questionable with an ankle injury. Lazard was blocking linebacker Bobby Wagner when Aaron Jones collided with Lazard on a 3-yard run. Lazard jogged to the locker room on his own.
Packers 21, Seahawks 3 (1:30 remaining)
The score: Aaron Jones scored on third-and-goal from the half-yard line. Tight end Marcedes Lewis wiped out everybody inside of him and receiver Jake Kumerow took care of edge defender Jadeveon Clowney to create a huge crease.
Key plays: Starting from the 40 after the missed field goal, the Packers moved right into Seattle’s end of the field with an 18-yard gain by running back/returner Tyler Ervin on an end-around in which he ran through three tackles. A 10-yard completion to Davante Adams and a personal foul on Clowney after a short reception by tight end Jace Sternberger put the Packers in the red zone.
HALFTIME: Packers 21, Seahawks 3
Adrian Amos batted down Russell Wilson’s Hail Mary to end the half. It was all-around dominance at halftime. Aaron Rodgers was 10-of-15 passing for 120 yards, one touchdown and a 113.2 rating. Davante Adams had six catches for 88 yards and a touchdown and Aaron Jones had 46 rushing yards and two scores. Defensively, Wilson was limited to 6-of-13 passing for 105 yards – 73 yards of which were produced by receiver Tyler Lockett – and Marshawn Lynch gained 14 yards on six carries.
Third Quarter
Packers 21, Seahawks 10 (9:44 remaining)
The score: Marshawn Lynch pounded his way in from the 1 to cap the first possession of the second half.
Key plays: On third-and-6 from their 33, Russell Wilson dropped back but saw nothing but green space in front of him. He finally was dragged down but not after gaining 22 yards. One play later, Wilson’s pass to powerful receiver D.K. Metcalf produced a catch-and-run gain of 24 yards. On fourth-and-1 from the 5, Wilson’s short bootleg action resulted in a flip to receiver Tyler Lockett for a gain of 4 to the 1.
Packers 28, Seahawks 10 (7:09 remaining)
The score: Aaron Rodgers fired a 40-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams. Adams beat cornerback Tre Flowers. First, it was the route – a post-corner that freed up Adams for the catch at the 20. Adams then used a wicked open-field move to outrun Flowers to the end zone.
Key play: On third-and-6 from the 31, the Packers faced a key play. Fail to convert and they’d have to punt the ball back to the Seahawks. Instead, Rodgers threw a marvelous deep ball to tight end Jimmy Graham over linebacker K.J. Wright for a gain of 27 to Seattle’s 44.
Packers 28, Seahawks 17 (39 seconds remaining)
The score: Russell Wilson capped a sensational drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Lockett.
Key plays: Wilson was a one-man show, running for three first downs and passing for two others. Perhaps his most impressive play came when he was about to be dropped by Za’Darius Smith for a sack but flipped the ball to tight end Luke Willson for a gain of 8. On a third-and-1, he took the ball on a bootleg, with running back Marshawn Lynch acting as lead blocker, for a gain of 9 to the 7.
Fourth Quarter
Packers 28, Seahawks 23 (9:33 remaining)
The score: Marshawn Lynch’s leg-churning, 1-yard touchdown run made it a one-score game. Seattle went for two to make it a three-point game but Jaire Alexander blitzed from the slot and Russell Wilson didn’t see him until he was being taken to the turf.
Key plays: Wilson is humming. He started the drive with a 19-yard completion to Tyler Lockett and added connections of 14 to D.K. Metcalf, 19 to Jacob Hollister and 16 to Travis Homer. The completion to Homer was incredible, with Wilson unloading the ball just before getting sandwiched between two defenders.
Packers 28, Seahawks 23 (4:54 remaining)
The Packers drove to the threshold of field-goal range, needing one more first down, but the drive stalled after Aaron Rodgers scrambled for 14 yards to Seattle’s 40. Shaquem Griffin’s third-down sack set up the climatic finish, with Seattle starting at its 23 with 4:54 to go.
Packers 28, Seahawks 23 (2:32 remaining)
A second-down drop and a third-down sack by Preston Smith put the brakes on Seattle and produced a punt.
Packers 28, Seahawks 23 (1:48 remaining)
The Packers converted one third-down with a 32-yard completion to Davante Adams. On third-and-9 from the 45, Rodgers connected with Jimmy Graham for a gain of 9 and the first down that survived a pair of replays. That gave the Packers a first down with 1:48 remaining. The Packers ran out the clock to advance to the NFC Championship Game.
