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          Jayden Reed with stellar 33-yard TD run for Packers

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          • Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 01:46 AM
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              Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him on Twitter at @RobDemovsky.
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          The Green Bay Packers might not have identified their No. 1 receiver yet, but when it comes to receivers as rushers, there's little doubt Jayden Reed is the guy for the job.

          He showed why again in the second quarter against the Eagles, giving the Packers their first touchdown of the season on a 33-yard end-around run to take a 12-7 lead. (Josh Jacobs' two-point conversion run failed after the Packers decided to go for two after a Philadelphia penalty on the point after try).

          Reed, the Packers' slot receiver, had two rushing touchdowns last season as a rookie and averaged 10.8 yards per rushing attempt. Backup running back Emanuel Wilson got the drive going with three carries for 37 yards to set up Reed's score.

          Since 2021, the Packers have had three rushing touchdowns of at least 30 yards, and Reed has two of them, according to ESPN Stats & Information. All three have actually been by receivers, as Christian Watson has the other.

          Reed matched the Giants' Saquon Barkley with a rushing and receiving touchdown with his 70-yard catch-and-run touchdown from Jordan Love, who stepped up in the pocket and hit a wide-open Reed just inside Philadelphia's 40-yard line. Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson then slipped on a field on which many players have fallen down, and Reed was gone.

          It was the longest touchdown pass of Love's career and the second-longest pass play of his career (he had a 77-yard pass against the Raiders last season).