GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Green Bay Packers used a slow and steady performance at Lambeau Field Sunday afternoon to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17.
Aaron Rodgers throws a pair of touchdown passes to Randall Cob and run into the end zone for another.
Green Bay improves to 3 & 1 on the season and maintains a one game lead in the NFC North over the 2nd place Chicago Bears.
The Packers will hit the road for next Sunday’s game, traveling to Cincinnati for a noon kickoff with the Bengals.
Also at today’s game the Packers welcomed back dozens of former players from the Super Bowl 31 winning team to celebrate the game’s 25th anniversary.
The team was introduced at halftime.
Brett Favre, LeRoy Butler, Desmond Howard, Antonio Freeman, Gary Brown, Gilbert Brown, Shannon Clavelle, Jeff Dellenbach, Matthew Dorsett, Earl Dotson, Santana Dotson, Doug Evans, Bernardo Harris, Lamont Hollinquest, Chris Jacke, Travis Jervey, Calvin Jones, Sean Jones, Lindsay Knapp, Bob Kuberski, Dorsey Levens, Derrick Mayes, Gene McGuire, Jim McMahon, John Michels, Roderick Mullen, Craig Newsome, Mike Prior, Andre Rison, Marco Rivera, Eugene Robinson, Mike Robinson, Bill Schroeder, Jeff Thomason, Adam Timmerman, Bruce Wilkerson, and Frank Winters were on hand.
The celebration coincides with the team’s annual alumni weekend. Other former Packers at the game included Dave Robinson, Jerry Kramer, Jan Stenerud, Marv Fleming, Donny Anderson, Jim Grabowski, Don Horn, Willie Buchanon, Lynn Dickey, Paul Coffman, David Whitehurst and Nick Barnett.
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