Malik Willis threw for a touchdown and ran for another on Sunday as the Green Bay Packers never trailed in a 30-14 win over the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, Tenn.
Playing against the team that traded him last month for a 7th-round draft choice, Willis completed 13 of 19 passes for 202 yards and added 73 yards on the ground in the best game of his three-year NFL career.
Green Bay (2-1) also got three field goals from kicker Braydon Narveson, who was in training camp with Tennessee. The Packers dominated in total yardage, outgaining the Titans 378-237.
Tennessee quarterback Will Levis completed 26 of 34 for 260 yards with two touchdowns. The second-year signal-caller absorbed eight sacks and tossed two interceptions as the Titans fell to 0-3.
Willis set the tone right away, hitting a pair of 30-yard passes on his team's first drive and cashing it in by running for a 5-yard touchdown less than three minutes into the game.
Tennessee got off to a promising start offensively, matching Green Bay as Levis found Nick Vannett for a 1-yard score at the 7:15 mark.
But after Narveson connected on a 21-yard field goal, Levis made the big mistake, tossing an interception that Jaire Alexander returned 35 yards to make it 17-7 with 58 seconds left in the first quarter.
Narveson upped the lead to 20-7 at halftime with a 26-yard field goal, and Willis hit Emanuel Wilson for a 30-yard touchdown with 8:33 left in the third quarter for a 27-7 cushion. A penalty on the Titans during a missed field goal extended the drive.
Levis found DeAndre Hopkins for an 11-yard strike at the five-minute mark of the fourth to draw Tennessee within 13 but it couldn't get closer. Narveson capped the scoring on a 47-yard field goal with 3:34 remaining in the game.
Tennessee rushed for only 33 yards on 11 carries.
--Field Level Media
Green Bay | Tennessee | |
Malik Willis | Player | Tony Pollard |
6 | Attempts | 6 |
73 | Yards | 14 |
12.2 | Avg Yards | 2.3 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
29 | Long | 4 |
Green Bay | Tennessee | |
Christian Watson | Player | DeAndre Hopkins |
2 | Receptions | 6 |
67 | Yards | 73 |
33.5 | Avg Yards | 12.2 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
37 | Long | 20 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Green Bay | 378 | 188 | 190 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 |
Tennessee | 237 | 33 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |