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Monday Night Football top moments: Packers rout Lions in NFC North battle

Updated Sep. 20, 2021 11:39 p.m. ET

Pride was on the line Monday night at Lambeau Field.

After an embarrassing 38-3 Week 1 loss to the Saints, the Green Bay Packers were looking to avoid falling to 0-2. Against their NFC North rivals, the visiting Detroit Lions were also in search of their first win of the season.

After trailing 17-14 at halftime, the Packers outscored the Lions 14-0 in the third quarter to take control of the game on their way to a dominant 35-17 win.

Aaron Rodgers was in MVP form with four touchdown passes and just five incomplete passes on the night.

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Here are the top moments from Monday night.

Green Bay Packers 35, Detroit Lions 17

The Lions came out looking like a team that doesn't want to be 0-2, scoring on the first possession of the game.

The seven-play, 75-yard drive was capped off by a Jared Goff touchdown pass to Quintez Cephus, who recorded 51 receiving yards in the series.

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The Packers responded with a touchdown of their own, thanks to a pass from Aaron Rodgers to Aaron Jones.

Much like Cephus for the Lions, Jones was the catalyst for the Packers' TD on their opening drive, accounting for 34 of Green Bay's 74 yards of offense.

Goff was a man possessed on the first two drives for the Lions, completing 11 of 12 pass attempts for 112 yards and two touchdowns.

The second TD pass went to tight end T.J. Hockenson.

For the Packers, it was once again all Aaron Jones on the second touchdown drive, with the running back cruising to another score.

The Packers entered the half trailing 17-14 but immediately regrouped to score on the opening drive of the third quarter.

First, there was a 50-yard connection from Rodgers to Davante Adams.

Then Rodgers threw his third touchdown pass of the game, this time to tight end Robert Tonyan.

Ultimately, it was Jones' night, with the Packers' running back scoring his third touchdown to give the Packers a 28-17 lead in the third quarter.

Then he added a fourth touchdown early in the fourth to give the Packers complete control of the game.

That proved to be all the points the Packers needed to secure their first win of the season, running past the Lions 35-17.

With the win, Rodgers moved to 8-0 in Monday Night Football games dating to 2014, and with 255 yards on the night, he easily passed John Elway for 10th on the all-time career passing yards list. Rodgers was 98 back of Elway heading into Monday night.

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