Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers were not going to leave East Rutherford without a Week 11 win. Despite Love leaving the game temporarily due to an apparent upper-body injury, the Packers found a way to come up with a 27-20 victory at MetLife Stadium, thanks in part to the readiness of backup quarterback Malik Willis.
Love left the game in the first half after absorbing a hit on his shoulder, which left Green Bay with the decision to send Willis to the game. Willis had not seen any action in the 2025 NFL season up until that point, but he proved to the Packers that he’s always ready whenever they need him to enter a game.
Willis helped the Packers finish a drive with a touchdown score, as wide receiver Christian Watson reeled in a catch in the end zone off a Willis pass in the second quarter to level the score at 7-7 following the successful extra-point kick by Lucas Havrisik.
Love, who returned to the Giants game later on, was impressed with the work Willis put together in the win over New York.
Via Zach Jacobson of PFSN:
Jordan Love said that while he was in the locker room, he was watching the Packers’ offense with Malik Willis at the helm.
“That was just a big-time job by Malik,” he says. “It’s always tough being the backup, you gotta stay ready and you never know when that opportunity is gonna come. It’s tough, I’ve been there. But he did a good job coming in, staying ready, leading the guys to a touchdown drive. He took a big shot at the end of that.
Everybody has a lot of respect and a lot of confidence in Malik when he has to come in. Big-time job my him.”
All told, Willis passed for six yards on two throws with a touchdown and zero interceptions, while also rushing for 16 yards on a carry. Those numbers are not going to jump off a page, but Jordan Love and the Packers know that Willis had a huge impact on the team’s sixth win in the 2025 NFL season.
Chicago Bears defensive back Nahshon Wright was playing for a higher purpose on Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Vikings.
Wright’s former college coach, John Beam, was shot and killed on the Laney College campus in Oakland, Calif., on November 13.
Against the Vikings, Wright pulled down his fourth interception of the 2025 campaign, when he picked off quarterback J.J. McCarthy in the end zone with :35 remaining in the first quarter of Sunday’s 19-17 Bears victory, in Minnesota.
Wright was visibly emotional, kneeling to pray with his teammates before jogging to the sideline.
“He meant the world to me,” Wright told reporters after the game. “When my dad was killed, he came to my house and got me out of the bed. He was someone I could confide in, someone that I just love dearly. We talk once a week, easily.
“He did a lot for me and my brother and my family. He been there. He’s been there every step of the way, and it won’t stop. I gained an angel.”
Wright had one of his finest performances of what has already been a strong season, clearly carrying Wright’s memory with him into the NFC North showdown that propelled the Bears into first place in the division, following the win.