The Green Bay Packers lost 20-17 to the Detroit Lions on Sunday in Detroit, with Jake Bates kicking the winning field goal on the final play.
The result left Detroit at 4-2 and Green Bay at 4-3. The teams combined for 739 yards but only 37 points, went a combined 3-of-9 in the red zone, and combined for three turnovers and three turnovers on downs.
Green Bay had a late chance after Keisean Nixon stopped Jahmyr Gibbs for a 2-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 try from Detroit's own 24 with 4:53 left in a tie game. The Packers reached the Detroit 17, but rookie kicker Trey Smack's 35-yard attempt was blocked by DJ Wonnum with 3:21 left. Smack also missed from 26 yards earlier, though he made a 43-yarder with 7:10 left to tie the game at 17-17. It was his seventh missed field goal of the season, according to NBC Sports.
Detroit then drove 71 yards in 10 plays, with Gibbs taking a knee at the Green Bay 3 to set up the last-play kick.
Jordan Love finished 27-of-45 for 274 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, which was made by Brian Branch in his return from an Achilles injury. For Detroit, Jared Goff was 22-of-32 for 303 yards and two touchdowns, both to Jameson Williams, and Amon-Ra St. Brown had nine catches for 153 yards.
