GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers wanted Allen Lazard on the field, and Lazard wanted Rodgers to throw him the ball.
Both moves helped save the Green Bay Packers on Monday night against the Detroit Lions.
Even with Davante Adams already out for a second straight game with turf toe and Geronimo Allison knocked out of the game with a head and chest injury, the Packers still didn't immediately turn to Lazard.
In fact, it wasn't until after rookie receiver Darrius Shepherd dropped a pass at the Lions' 1-yard line -- it actually ricocheted off his facemask and was intercepted -- that the Packers finally went to the relatively unknown 6-foot-5 receiver.