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December 21, 2010, Tuesday
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THE playoff-bound New England Patriots won their sixth successive game and continued their home-field dominance by defeating the Green Bay Packers 31-27 on Sunday.
New England quarterback Tom Brady threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez with 7:14 remaining as the AFC-leading Patriots scored the game's final 10 points at the chilly Gillette Stadium.
New England (12-2) has not committed a turnover during the six game run and remains unbeaten at home in the regular season since 2008.
"It certainly wasn't one of our better games. We made enough plays to win," New England coach Bill Belichick told reporters. "We have to play a lot better or our season won't last much longer."
The Packers (8-6), meanwhile, fell 1.5 games behind the front-running Chicago Bears in the NFC North Division and must now scramble to claim a playoff berth with two games remaining.
Playing without starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who sustained a concussion last week, Green Bay provided a surprising challenge to the Patriots.
The Packers dominated the time of possession, holding the ball twice as long as New England, to limit most valuable player candidate Brady to just 163 yards passing.
Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn, making his first career start, threw for 251 yards and three scores while guiding the Packers to a 27-21 advantage early in the fourth.
After the Patriots seized control, Flynn drove Green Bay down to New England's 15 yard line on the final possession of the game, but was sacked and fumbled as time expired.
Green Bay had raced to a 17-7 lead in the first half but the game turned when New England's Dan Connolly took a short kickoff and made an unlikely 71-yard return - believed to be the longest in the NFL by an offensive lineman.
"I've never seen anything happen so slow in my life," Brady said of the run by Connolly, who weighs 313 pounds (141 kg). "It was an unbelievable play. I would never imagine anything like that would happen. And it was a big play in the game."
The play set up a two-yard TD pass from Brady to Hernandez just before halftime.
In New Jersey, DeSean Jackson scored on a 65-yard punt return on the final play of the game and the Philadelphia Eagles scored 28 points in the final 7:28 to beat the New York Giants 38-31 and take over first place in the NFC East.
In other NFL action, it was: Colts 34, Jaguars 24; Ravens 30, Saints 24; Bills 17, Dolphins 14; Bengals 19, Browns 17; Lions 23, Buccaneers, 20 OT; Panthers 19, Cardinals 12; Titans 31, Texans 17; Cowboys 33, Redskins 30; Chiefs 17, Rams 13; Jets 22, Steelers 17; Raiders 39, Broncos 23; and Falcons 34, Seahawks 18.
New England quarterback Tom Brady threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez with 7:14 remaining as the AFC-leading Patriots scored the game's final 10 points at the chilly Gillette Stadium.
New England (12-2) has not committed a turnover during the six game run and remains unbeaten at home in the regular season since 2008.
"It certainly wasn't one of our better games. We made enough plays to win," New England coach Bill Belichick told reporters. "We have to play a lot better or our season won't last much longer."
The Packers (8-6), meanwhile, fell 1.5 games behind the front-running Chicago Bears in the NFC North Division and must now scramble to claim a playoff berth with two games remaining.
Playing without starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who sustained a concussion last week, Green Bay provided a surprising challenge to the Patriots.
The Packers dominated the time of possession, holding the ball twice as long as New England, to limit most valuable player candidate Brady to just 163 yards passing.
Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn, making his first career start, threw for 251 yards and three scores while guiding the Packers to a 27-21 advantage early in the fourth.
After the Patriots seized control, Flynn drove Green Bay down to New England's 15 yard line on the final possession of the game, but was sacked and fumbled as time expired.
Green Bay had raced to a 17-7 lead in the first half but the game turned when New England's Dan Connolly took a short kickoff and made an unlikely 71-yard return - believed to be the longest in the NFL by an offensive lineman.
"I've never seen anything happen so slow in my life," Brady said of the run by Connolly, who weighs 313 pounds (141 kg). "It was an unbelievable play. I would never imagine anything like that would happen. And it was a big play in the game."
The play set up a two-yard TD pass from Brady to Hernandez just before halftime.
In New Jersey, DeSean Jackson scored on a 65-yard punt return on the final play of the game and the Philadelphia Eagles scored 28 points in the final 7:28 to beat the New York Giants 38-31 and take over first place in the NFC East.
In other NFL action, it was: Colts 34, Jaguars 24; Ravens 30, Saints 24; Bills 17, Dolphins 14; Bengals 19, Browns 17; Lions 23, Buccaneers, 20 OT; Panthers 19, Cardinals 12; Titans 31, Texans 17; Cowboys 33, Redskins 30; Chiefs 17, Rams 13; Jets 22, Steelers 17; Raiders 39, Broncos 23; and Falcons 34, Seahawks 18.
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