Packers Beat Panthers 27-19 as Watson Returns After Hospital Trip
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 30
Packers Beat Panthers 27-19 as Watson Returns After Hospital Trip
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 30
Summary
Green Bay improved to 5-3 with a 27-19 Thursday win over Carolina, overcoming three turnovers behind Jordan Love’s 288 yards and three touchdown passes.
Josh Jacobs scored twice for the Packers, while Christian Watson returned in the third quarter after a hospital evaluation for a chest injury suffered on a 53-yard catch.
Watson finished with eight catches for 113 yards, and doctors cleared him after finding no internal bleeding, allowing him to rejoin the game and catch a pass on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Carolina fell to 3-4 after trimming a 27-10 deficit to 27-19 on Bryce Young’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Coker, but the two-point try failed and the Panthers came up empty on their final two drives.
The loss also deepened Carolina’s injury issues at cornerback after Will Lee hurt his hamstring on Watson’s long catch, with Akayleb Evans, Mike Jackson and Jaycee Horn already on injured reserve.