The Packers put the game out of reach with less than two minutes left in the third quarter when cornerback Rasul Douglas jumped in front of Rams receiver Cooper Kupp to pick off Stafford. Douglas sprinted untouched for 33 yards into the end zone.
“As soon as I got the ball, I thought about getting a Lambeau Leap,” Douglas said, referring to the tradition of Packers players jumping into the crowd after a score. “We’re a great team when we get turnovers. We feed off that.”
For all their hype, the Rams’ big-name acquisitions did not have the outsized impact that Snead may have hoped they would. Beckham was targeted 10 times, catching five balls for 81 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown.
Miller finished with five tackles.
For all his pleas for offensive help, discord with the Packers front office, and jabs at the response to his inflammatory comments about the Covid-19 vaccine, Rodgers, 37, continues to perform like a star quarterback. His production is below his torrid pace last season, but Rodgers has thrown 23 touchdown passes to four interceptions and has posted the fifth-highest quarterback rating in his 17-year career.
“It was a difficult situation for all of us, but I think that we feel good now,” Mark Murphy, the Packers team president, said before the game. “He’s obviously playing at a high level and he’s a tremendous leader for our team.”