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Watch Highlights From Packers’ 18-17 Victory Over Saints

Courtesy of the NFL, here is a 6-minute highlights package from the Green Bay Packers’ come-from-behind victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
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Watch Highlights From Packers’ 18-17 Victory Over Saints
Watch Highlights From Packers’ 18-17 Victory Over Saints

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – With Jordan Love delivering a signature comeback and Rashan Gary leading a strong defensive performance with three sacks, the Green Bay Packers beat the New Orleans Saints 18-17 on Sunday.

Afterward, coach Matt LaFleur talked extensively about the team’s fight and resiliency after 11 penalties and a punt-return touchdown put his team in a 17-0 hole.

“There was never a doubt, right?” LaFleur led off his introductory comments. “Not how you draw it up. I’ve never been part of a win like this. The guys in the locker room, they believe in one another and they continue to battle and that’s really, as a coach, that’s all you can ask of anybody is to continue to fight, continue to battle.”

“The resiliency of that locker room was incredible. I have never seen anything like it. It’s hard not to get too emotional about it. I just can’t say enough great things about this group in terms of their mentality, their belief in one another, the way they work. Obviously, we were shorthanded, a lot of really good players. When you look at that inactive list, you’re like, ‘There’s a lot of big-time names on that list.’”

Five starters were inactive. That includes four on offense with running back Aaron Jones, receiver Christian Watson, left tackle David Bakhtiari and left guard Elgton Jenkins. It’s no wonder the Packers sputtered through three quarters.

“But it doesn’t matter because that’s the National Football League and everybody’s dealing with different things. But our guys continue to fight, continue to battle. It was like a nightmare that went to a dream. I can’t even remember the fourth quarter. It’s a blur. But you’ve got to give our coaching staff and everybody a part of this, our players certainly, a ton of credit to continue to fight and battle for four quarters.”

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Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.

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