12. Packers 27, Dolphins 24 (2014)

Green Bay was 3-2 and coming off a mini-bye week after not having played in 10 days following a blowout win over Minnesota. Miami, on the other hand, was coming in after its bye at 2-2. The Dolphins showed that they could beat anybody on any given day in their opening win over New England. It also was still early enough in the season where the Florida heat could be a factor. In this matchup, Green Bay would score the final 10 points of the game and Aaron Rodgers led the Packers to a touchdown with three seconds left in the game to give the Packers the 27-24 win in Miami.

The Green and Gold would start out the game hot, driving 80 yards for the score to give the Packers the lead 7-0. Davante Adams and Jordy Nelson each caught a pair of passes on the drive, but Cobb caught the longest pass. Cobb’s reception of 28 yards set the ball at the Miami 9, which was proceeded by a Rodgers pass to Nelson for the score to put Green Bay on the board first.

Jarvis Landry would waste little time getting the Dolphins going, as he returned the ensuing kickoff 54 yards to the Green Bay 49. Miami would pick up one first down before Caleb Sturgis would kick a 48-yard field to cut the Packers lead to 7-3. It would stay that way until near the midway point of quarter No. 2.

On a 3rd-and-12 from the Dolphins 25, Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill threw a pass intended for Landry, but it was picked off by Casey Hayward at the Miami 46. That would lead to a Mason Crosby 43-yard field goal and the Packers regained the lead seven point lead. It would remain 10-3 the remainder of the first half.

The teams would trade punches to begin the second half. On the first drive, Miami would motor down the field and tie the game up. The score was on a Tannehill pass to Landry from 11 yards. The Dolphins quarterback put his team is position to score on the drive with a 40-yard run on the second play from scrimmage in the half. A pass interference on Davon House would move the Dolphins into the red zone, and the drive was capped off on a third down pass from Tannehill to Landry.

Green Bay would score its touchdown on a Rodgers pass to Cobb from five yards out to regain the lead. It was a 13-play drive that took eight minutes off the clock. On the score, Rodgers went back to pass and had great protection. He rolled out to the right and eluded a sack attempt and fired across the middle of the field to an open Cobb for the score to give the Packers the lead back, 17-10.

But Miami would come down and score twice to take the lead in the fourth quarter. First, it was Lamar Miller scoring from five yards out to tie it up. After a three-and-out by the Packers offense, the Dolphins blew down the field to take the lead. Miami just needed six plays to travel 79 yards for the score. Three of those plays went for at least 20 yards, all to different receivers. Tannehill would complete the drive on a pass to Mike Wallace of five yards and Miami had the lead 24-17.

With Miami’s offense on fire, you’d think Green Bay was in must-score mode on the following drive. The Packers would drive into the Dolphins red zone, but would be faced with a 4th-and-6. Green Bay decided to kick the field goal with Crosby, relying on the defense to get them the ball back despite having allowed a touchdown on back-to-back possessions.

After two first downs, Miami was forced to punt. Green Bay started with the ball at its own 40 with a little more than two minutes to play. Rodgers would convert a fourth down pass to Nelson for 18 yards down to the 30. With time running out and the Packers at the 16, With Green Bay playing in Miami, Rodgers pulled the ‘ol Dan Marino move. He fake spiked it and threw it to Adams, who ran for 12 yards and stepped out of bounds at the 4. On the next play, following a Miami timeout, Rodgers threw a pass into the end zone for a touchdown to Andrew Quarless with three seconds left to give the Packers the win in Miami.