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Then with less than one minute left before the half, Jared Allen — listed as doubtful on the latest injury report due to a sprained shoulder — blew by Chad Clifton and sacked Rodgers in the end zone for another two points to make it 14-7.

“It was a combination of we didn’t do the fundamentals the way we know how to and me probably holding the ball a little too long,” Rodgers said. “They did a great job. You’ve got to give them credit.”

He finished 15-for-26 for 142 yards, no turnovers and no touchdowns. The NFL’s leading passer on third downs entering the game, Rodgers completed only one third-down throw that moved the chains, and the Packers went 1-for-11 in those situations.

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Outgained 126 yards to 9 in the third quarter, the Packers scored two touchdowns and took the lead on those returns. Childress was asked if he found himself fretting after that.

“I don’t ever feel like that because I’ve got a group of fighting fools on that football team,” he said. “They don’t judge quarters. They don’t judge plays. They just play the next one.”

Notes: Donald Driver established a franchise record with a reception in his 104th straight game for Green Bay, besting the mark set by Sterling Sharpe from 1988-94. ... According to STATS the last time a team had two safeties in the first half of a game was Sept. 8, 1996, when San Francisco did it against St. Louis. ... The Packers lead the league with 16 INTs; six have gone for TDs.

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