The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday 33-22 to improve to 7-1.

It took a 60 yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings with 3:05 to go to take the lead, but Brett Favre has now beaten every team in the NFL, and the Packers improve to 7-1 for the first time since 1996 when they went 9-1 to start the season.

The Packers defense did not keep the Chiefs out of the end zone like I thought, but they played very tough. The Chiefs punted on their first 5 possessions and the Packers would have gone into the half with a 6-0 lead, but a Brett Favre interception gave the Chiefs the ball on the Packers 30 with 25 seconds left in the half. A 29 yard pass interference penalty on Bigby gave the Chiefs the ball first and goal on the 1, and Larry Johnson punched it in. It would have been nice if the defense could have held, but you can't blame them too much.

The Packers scored again and took the lead with 11 seconds left in the third quarter off an A.J Hawk interception. Hawk returned it to the Chiefs 30 and 4 plays later Jennings caught a 13 yard touchdown pass from Favre to put the Packers up again 13-7.

That is when the Packers defense fell apart and the game got crazy.. I'm not sure why they are getting tired late in the game, but they did it again today. After basically shutting out the Chiefs all day, they let the Chiefs drive 74 yards in 4 minutes for a touchdown and the lead 14-13, a lead that would change hands 3 more times before the Packers took control for good.

On the next Packers possession, they took it 46 yards for a field goal and the lead, 16-13, but the Chiefs answered right back. The Chiefs drove 82 yards in 3:34 and the Packers looked like they were in trouble. They could not stop the Chiefs as they marched down the field and then converted the 2-point try to go ahead 22-16. They probably should not have converted as there was one of many phantom pass interference calls against the Packers, but they did and the Packers needed a touchdown if they wanted to win.

Luckily for the Packer faithful it took the Packers 4 plays in 2:13, a drive that was capped by Jennings 60 yard touchdown and they went ahead for good.

When the Chiefs got the ball back with 3:05 left in the game things looked shaky. On the Chiefs first play from scrimmage looked like Webb caught a pass on the Packers 42, putting the Chiefs almost in field goal range, but Coach McCarthy threw the challenge flag and it was overturned.

The Chiefs never recovered, punted and while the Packers scored in garbage time, the game was essentially over.

Another "underdog" win, another great, gutsy game against a good AFC team, and the Packers improve to 7-1.

Posted By: Chris Burkhardt

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