Jordan Love's big day helps Packers to dominant win over Cardinals: Key takeaways

Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers gave fans a lot to love on Sunday, thanks to a 34-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals on a brisk day at Lambeau Field.

Aided by Love's 258 yards and four touchdown passes, the Packers (4-2) dominated the Cardinals on both sides of the ball from the start. The offense, fully healthy for the third time this year, welcomed back Christian Watson (ankle) and Romeo Doubs (suspension), and the wide receivers didn't disappoint; The duo combined for six catches, 117 yards and three scores – including a doubs-toe-tapper for one of their two touchdowns.

Meanwhile, Green Bay's defense stifled Kyler Murray and Co. on a day when the Cardinals (2-4) lost star rookie wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. to a concussion. Arizona also recovered three fumbles and registered 13 penalties, compared to Green Bay's five, after entering Week 6 as the NFL's least penalized team.

Love included

For the first time this season, it looked like Love had given the Green Bay quarterback a $220 million contract this offseason.

You'll see an interception on his stat line, but that happened because wide receiver Bo Melton slipped on the wet turf when Love got in the way late in the first half. Outside of that throw, Love finished 22 of 31 for 258 yards and four touchdowns, tying a career high set two weeks ago. This is the first time a Packers QB has thrown four touchdown passes in consecutive home games since Brett Favre in 1995. — Matt Schneidman, Packers beat writer

McKinney's INT streak ends

Safety Xavier McKinney's interception streak ended after five games early in his Packers career, in part because Murray didn't test him or the Packers particularly hard. Green Bay still recovered from three errors and forced two of them. One came from defensive tackle Karl Brooks, who picked off running back James Conner on a screen and recovered at the Arizona 30-yard line.

The second came from rookie safety Evan Williams, whose strong performance continued as he forced a fumble from wideout Greg Dortch on a 16-yard gain and cornerback Jaire Alexander recovered. The third came when Murray lost the ball on the edge of Green Bay's red zone late in the fourth quarter and defensive tackle Kenny Clark recovered. — Matt Schneidman, Packers beat writer

Could the Packers send Narveson packing? Or will the Packers address the kicking issues?

How long will the Packers stick with kicker Brayden Narveson? The undrafted rookie missed his fifth field goal of the season, this one from 44 yards.

Luckily for the Packers, this one didn't come back to bite them like several of his previous misses had. All five of his missed shots came from less than 50 yards away. He hasn't even attempted a field goal of at least 50 yards.

All five of Narveson's misses, and even his 48 miss against the Titans in Week 3, which was negated by a Tennessee penalty, either missed right or hit the right post. Narveson responded with a 41-yard pass, but will that be enough to save his job for another week? — Cutting man

The Cardinals suffer a loss in Green Bay

After last week's win in San Francisco, the Cardinals had a chance to build confidence on Sunday in Green Bay. It should come as no surprise that they failed to do so.

Arizona has not won consecutive games since the 2021 season. Nevertheless, this 34:13 defeat was particularly bad.

With GM Monti Ossenfort still in the process of building the roster, the Cardinals often enter the field with a talent deficit. It's the nature of a major remodel and doesn't leave much room for error. The Cardinals are nowhere near good enough to overcome mistakes and beat a good team on the road. We saw that in Lambeau too.

A team that penalized the least in the NFL committed 13 penalties for 100 yards. Conner and Dortch fumbled. Murray botched a handoff in the red zone. Cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting allowed a touchdown pass that could have easily been wiped out. Injuries taken into account. Harrison left in the first half with concussion symptoms. The offensive line and secondary took a beating.

But Sunday's loss was another setback for a team that can't find consistency from week to week. — Doug Haller, senior writer from Arizona

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