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NFL WEEK 9 · GREEN BAY 45, NEW ENGLAND 27 · NY GIANTS 19, PHILADELPHIA 11

Two NFC teams won on the road on Sunday in very different ways. Green Bay did it through the air at Foxborough. The Giants did it off the edge in Philadelphia.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Jordan Love went 23 of 29 for 372 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another, and Green Bay beat the Patriots 45-27 in a meeting of 5-3 teams. The Packers piled up 478 total yards and scored 21 points off four New England turnovers.

Christian Watson (171 yards) and Matthew Golden (164) both set career highs. Packers.com said no Green Bay pair had posted 150 yards and a touchdown each in the same game since Don Hutson and Andy Uram in 1942. Xavier McKinney intercepted Drake Maye twice.

It was the first Packers road game with 45 points and 450 yards since Vince Lombardi's team did it at Philadelphia in 1962. Green Bay also became the first visiting team in Gillette Stadium history to score more than 42.

There was a cost. Josh Jacobs left early with a fractured finger and did not return, per Packers.com.

PHILADELPHIA. The Giants won 19-11 at Lincoln Financial Field, their first win in Philadelphia since October 2013, and the Eagles lost a seventh straight game, their longest losing streak since 2012.

J.J. McCarthy took a big hit from Zack Baun in the third quarter and left with a hip injury. Jameis Winston came in and threw the go-ahead touchdown to Isaiah Likely for a 13-8 lead. McCarthy returned on the next possession and led two late field-goal drives, according to Giants.com and NBC Sports Boston.

Rookie Arvell Reese, the fifth overall pick, was everywhere: 12 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble. Joe Milton, making his first Eagles start, went 18 of 34 for 169 yards as Philadelphia managed just 220 total yards.

Green Bay just put together its most complete performance of the season on the road against a 5-3 team. If Love keeps hitting Watson and Golden like this, the NFC North race will run through him.

The Eagles started 2-0. Seven losses later, with a third different starting quarterback, the problem is no longer one position. The Giants, meanwhile, are 5-2-1 and leading the division.

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What to watch: Green Bay hosts Minnesota next, and the Vikings play tonight. The Giants are on a short week. How the market prices a Giants team that has won ugly, with McCarthy's hip in question, is worth following. No pick.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Commanders meet on Thursday Night Football, 12 November, 8:15 PM ET (1:15 AM UK Friday). The Packers host the Vikings on Sunday 15 November, 1:00 PM ET (6:00 PM UK).

HOW TO WATCH 📺: Giants vs Commanders is on Prime Video in the US. In the UK, every NFL game streams on NFL Game Pass on DAZN.

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