<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Rk6jg_0w5UCiR300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Rk6jg_0w5UCiR300" width="912" height="513" ><figcaption>Oct 13, 2024; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) drops back to pass during the second quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images | Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images </figcaption></figure><figure><a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/stock-report-packers-lead-wire-to-wire-blow-away-the-arizona-cardinals-01ja3nxp517p?utm_source=RSS" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2XtsG9_0w5UCiR300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2XtsG9_0w5UCiR300" width="1920" height="1080" ></a><figcaption>Packers QB Jordan Love on 20-Yard Touchdown to Romeo Doubs </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Popular country singer Luke Combs once sang, “When it rains, it pours.” </p><p> As it rained throughout the first half at Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers poured on points. </p><p> They scored on four consecutive possessions to take a 24-0 lead. </p><p> Jordan Love and Matt LaFleur found a rhythm together, as Love fired scoring strikes to Jayden Reed and Romeo Doubs. Christian Watson returned to the lineup and made a key fourth-down conversion and added a long touchdown in the first half. </p><p> Meanwhile, the defense did an excellent job of keeping Kyler Murray and the high-powered Arizona Cardinals’ offense under wraps for most of the first half. </p><p> As has been the case all season, however, the Packers were unable to keep the pedal to the floor. The game got as close as 24-13 but Love’s fourth touchdown pass of the day, a 20-yard completion to Doubs helped ensure there would be no tense moments late in the game. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Here are our risers and fallers from the Packers' dominant performance against the Cardinals </p><h2> Rising </h2><h3> Jordan Love </h3><p> After three starts that were mostly up-and-down, Love was brilliant in the first half on Sunday afternoon. </p><p> Save for one interception that cannot be blamed on him, Love finished the half 16/22 for 194 yards and three touchdowns. </p><p> He looked decisive and in command of what he wanted to do. His three scoring strikes went to three different receivers, including a deep ball to Christian Watson to make the score 24-0. </p><p> Love’s upside is as high as it gets in the NFL. His best games will be right up there with any of the top quarterbacks in football. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> If he can combine that with the consistency on a play-to-play basis, he’ll resemble the quarterback that was one of the best in football for the second half of the 2023 season. </p><p> With CJ Stroud and the high-powered Houston Texans coming to town next weekend, they’ll need this version of Love for the duration of the game. </p><h3> Christian Watson </h3><p> Welcome back to the lineup, Christian Watson. After missing only one game with what looked like a gruesome ankle injury, Watson made an impact early. He had two catches in the first half for 58 yards and the aforementioned 44-yard touchdown. </p><p> While the Packers have been the best in football at making big plays, it’s Watson who is their best deep-ball receiver. </p><p> That connection is something that could foreshadow more big plays in the future. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"> Love to Watson for the deep TD! 😮‍💨 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AZvsGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> #AZvsGB </a><a href="https://t.co/7bH43tDA4e" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/7bH43tDA4e </a></p> — Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href="https://twitter.com/packers/status/1845528575581073656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> October 13, 2024 </a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p> In addition, Watson was his usual blocking savant in the run game. He was a welcome addition to a team that missed him the last game-plus that he missed. </p><h3> Romeo Doubs </h3><p> No, it wasn’t a gaudy stat line at the end of the day, but Doubs was on the field and made an impact. </p><p> As Adam Stenavich said earlier in the week, the Packers are a better team when Romeo Doubs plays. </p><p> He did play on Sunday, returning from a suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. </p><p> He made two catches in the first half. One was a key third-down conversion. The other, was a 10-yard strike from Jordan Love on his first pass of the second quarter. </p><p> Doubs broke a tackle inside the three yardline, and dove into the endzone for a touchdown that got Lambeau Field on its feet. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"> That's TD No. 2 for Doubs! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AZvsGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> #AZvsGB </a><a href="https://t.co/0Bnqwr69TD" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/0Bnqwr69TD </a></p> — Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href="https://twitter.com/packers/status/1845543467146998038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> October 13, 2024 </a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p> He found the end zone again in the third quarter on a third down pressure sent by Jonathan Gannon. </p><p> Love threw the ball off his back foot and gave Doubs a chance to make a play. </p><p> To Doubs’ credit, he did. His second touchdown of the day put the game back firmly in Green Bay’s control at 31-13. </p><p> Depending on the severity of Dontayvion Wicks’ shoulder injury, the primary trio of receivers could be Doubs, Watson, and Jayden Reed for the foreseeable future. </p><p> They’ll be relying on Doubs. For today, he made an impact that was needed. </p><h3><strong> Evan Williams </strong></h3><p> What a find in the fourth-round by Brian Gutekunst. </p><p> Wherever there’s a play to be made, Williams appears to be the one to make it. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> He was the star of training camp, finding a way to intercept a pass at an Xavier McKinney rate. </p><p> Today’s game was a third-down and short for the Cardinals’ powerful rushing offense. </p><p> Kyler Murray faked a handoff to James Connor and kept the ball on a zone read. </p><p> That left Williams 1-on-1 with the Cardinals’ dynamic quarterback. </p><p> Williams stayed square and threw Murray for a loss that forced a punt. </p><p> Two plays later, the Packers led 24-0 thanks to a 44-yard touchdown to Christian Watson. </p><p> Williams has seen an uptick in playing time each of the last two weeks, and it looks like that’s going to continue if he keeps making plays. </p><h3> Pass Protection </h3><p> No, the Cardinals don’t have a lot of big names on their defense, specifically in their front. </p><p> It is also true that the Packers struggled last week in pass protection, and needed a bounce back. </p><p> Jordan Love’s jersey may have been as clean as could be following Sunday’s performance. He had plenty of time throughout the game to find a variety of receivers. </p><p> The six offensive linemen that rotated through the game might have struggled in the run game, but the quarterback was kept clean. </p><p> That’s a trade-off the Packers will likely take most weeks. </p><h3> Karl Brooks </h3><p> With Devonte Wyatt out, someone had to step up on the defensive line. </p><p> It was not the disruption in the passing game that Green Bay is typically used to from Wyatt. Brooks did not finish the day with three sacks or anything like that. </p><p> He did, however, help twist the knife into the back of the Cardinals with the team leading 31-13. </p><p> Brooks recognized a screen from Kyler Murray and forced a fumble that he also recovered. </p><p> The Packers would punctuate that drive off the turnover with a </p><h2> Falling </h2><h3> Jaire Alexander </h3><p> Maybe it was a byproduct of the coverage, but Alexander was the closest man in coverage on the Cardinals’ only touchdown drive of the first half. </p><p> In addition, he took a silly penalty in the first half on that touchdown drive that wiped out what could have been an opportunity for the Packers to get off the field on third down. </p><p> Alexander is a fiery competitor, and one of his best attributes is his ability to get under the opponent’s skin. </p><p> In this case, however, it was both silly and unnecessary. </p><p> He did make up for it later in the game with a fumble recovery. </p><p> Alexander will need to be better in next week’s showdown with his former nemesis, Stefon Diggs. </p><h3> Eric Stokes </h3><p> A week after the Packers were doing some mixing and matching at cornerback, they did so again today. </p><p> One of the odd men out was Eric Stokes. Stokes did rotate in, but this is a former first-round pick that was a primary starter just a couple of weeks ago. </p><p> It appears for now that Alexander and Keisean Nixon are the Packers’ primary corners, and the rest depends how they want to match personnel with the opposing offense. </p><p> Stokes, however, looks to be relegated to being a role player for the time being. That’s likely disappointing for the fourth-year cornerback that is in a contract year. </p><p> His future, both immediate, and long term, appear to be murky at best. </p><h3> More Green Bay Packers News </h3><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"> Jordan Love threw four touchdown passes, Romeo Doubs caught two touchdowns and the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> #Packers </a> clobbered the Cardinals. Here's the early game story. ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/YFcgQybHSN" rel="nofollow"> https://t.co/YFcgQybHSN </a></p> — Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL/status/1845556857215004841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> October 13, 2024 </a></blockquote><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p><a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-cardinals-live-updates-01ja326321p8" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals live updates </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/watch-packers-cardinals-game-highlights-01ja30f9k5c1" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals game highlights </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-cardinals-big-matchup-budda-baker-vs-everyone-01ja368dd449" rel="nofollow"> The big matchup </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-josh-jacobs-trying-to-get-out-of-nfl-record-book-01ja0wkj2h6r" rel="nofollow"> Josh Jacobs’ bizarre NFL record </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/three-reasons-why-packers-will-lose-to-cardinals-01ja0jj9d81s" rel="nofollow"> Three reasons why Packers will lose to Cardinals </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/three-reasons-why-packers-will-beat-cardinals-01j9ywg6y7gv" rel="nofollow"> Three reasons why Packers will beat Cardinals </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/for-packers-cardinals-big-plays-will-be-well-big-01ja0cyqnr1j" rel="nofollow"> These teams excel at big plays </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-cardinals-injury-report-five-questionable-romeo-doubs-will-play-01j9ykqm8v5e" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals Friday injury report </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-romeo-doubs-regrets-suspension" rel="nofollow"> Romeo Doubs speaks </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/week-6-nfc-north-power-rankings-and-previews-01j9y2fd9e61" rel="nofollow"> NFC North power rankings </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/emergence-of-javon-bullard-evan-williams-give-packers-infinite-possibilities-01j9y0zys19w" rel="nofollow"> A lot of options in the secondary </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-cardinals-five-keys-to-the-game-01j9xtgnqtng" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals keys to the game </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-cardinals-preview-a-great-test-for-our-football-team-01j9v8rrcpyp" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals game preview </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/christian-watson-has-strong-words-about-romeo-doubs-return-to-packers-01j9sczm0ymh" rel="nofollow"> Christian Watson on Romeo Doubs </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-vs-cardinals-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-01j9rq39p3yb" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals: What you need to know </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/powerful-nfc-north-puts-packers-behind-in-nfc-playoff-chase-01j9q8c32arr" rel="nofollow"> NFC North is best division </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/week-6-on-si-nfl-power-rankings-texans-and-commanders-leap-up-the-list-01j9qk7ahfxd" rel="nofollow"> On SI NFL Power Rankings </a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/packers-cardinals-matchups-who-has-the-advantage-01j9pj18zjvr" rel="nofollow"> Packers-Cardinals matchups </a></p><br><p> This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/packers as <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/stock-report-packers-lead-wire-to-wire-blow-away-the-arizona-cardinals-01ja3nxp517p?utm_source=RSS" rel="nofollow"> Stock Report: Packers Lead Wire to Wire, Blow Away Cardinals </a> . </p></div></body>

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Stock Report: Packers Lead Wire to Wire, Blow Away Cardinals

The Green Bay Packers started by scoring on four of their first five possessions. The result was a 24-0 lead. Here is our stock report after an impressive performance from the Packers

Stock Report: Packers Lead Wire to Wire, Blow Away Cardinals

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