Overview
- Green Bay beat Pittsburgh 35-25 behind Jordan Love’s 29-of-37 passing for 360 yards and three touchdowns, including 20 consecutive completions that tied a Packers record.
- The Packers improved to 5-1-1 for the NFC’s best winning percentage after a dominant second half featuring three touchdown drives and a defense that produced three sacks and a takeaway.
- Micah Parsons, acquired in a late‑August trade, has 6.5 sacks in seven games for Green Bay and lauded Love as “the successor,” reflecting the team’s growing confidence in its QB‑pass rush tandem.
- Pittsburgh’s highly paid defense has gone three straight games without a takeaway and ranks in the bottom five in yards allowed, prompting frustration from leaders such as Cam Heyward.
- Denver’s 44-24 rout of Dallas added to the Cowboys’ defensive woes after entering the game allowing an NFL‑worst 402 yards per outing, and external proposals suggest Dallas could pursue Miami’s Minkah Fitzpatrick and Jaelan Phillips, which remains speculative.