“We were kind of struggling a little bit to run the football,” Head Coach Matt LaFleur said of his offense at that point, which hadn’t yet crossed 100 rushing yards against one of the league’s struggling run defenses.
“Our guys came off the ball and we started moving people. You could see the surge in the line of scrimmage. Our backs did a great job hitting the hole and making some good runs there at the end.”
It was mostly Aaron Jones, who powered his way to six yards on the first carry to get things going, and then ran for two, four, nine and five on the next four snaps for a first down at the 28-yard line.
The Packers were out of danger, but the Chiefs weren’t out of hope. They were burning their timeouts and used their last with 2:41 left after a 2-yard run by Jamaal Williams.
Jones’ sixth carry in seven plays, a 3-yard plunge to give him 26 of his night’s 67 rushing yards on the final drive, took the clock down to the two-minute warning and set up the big decision.
On third-and-5, the Packers could play it safe and try to run for the first down, and if they didn’t get it, they’d be able to run the clock under 1:20 before punting back to the Chiefs, who would need a touchdown.
Or, they could definitively go for the kill, even though they risked an incomplete pass that would give the Chiefs nearly two minutes to mount a final charge.
LaFleur chose the latter, almost without hesitation, and a quick pass to Jones on an out route for the game-clinching first down was made to look easy. The simple pitch and catch gave Jones 159 receiving yards and 226 total from scrimmage in a dynamite performance.
“Just a risk we were willing to take,” LaFleur said of the crucial decision. “I totally trust our quarterback, I trust Aaron Jones as a receiver.
“I didn’t want to just pound it up in there try to get five yards. I had full confidence we were going to get the necessary yardage and I thought the best way to do that was through the air.”
His quarterback was just as confident, if not more so, saying “it was time to win the game.”
“I loved it,” Rodgers said of the call. “It’s close-out. I loved the whole drive. I think that was really special to finish that off.
“We’ve done it a couple times this year but not backed up on the 2-yard line in a tough environment. That was classic four-minute offense to finish the game out in the right way.”
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