Patriots vs. Packers live updates: Two playoff hopefuls meet in Week 9

New England quarterback Drake Maye stepped up in the pocket for a play-action pass downfield, and his throw to wide receiver Mack Hollins sailed to the left of his target. That allowed Green Bay Packers All-Pro safety Xavier McKinney to intercept the pass on the game's second play. McKinney returned the interception 36 yards all the way down to the Patriots' 14.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson ranked fourth in the NFL in receiving yards (708) through Week 8, the most receiving yards through eight games by a Packers since Davante Adams (2021). Packers wide receiver Matthew Golden ranked seventh in the NFL in receiving yards (609) through Week 8. Much of Golden's targets come deep down the field as he has the most air yards on targets (1,165) through eightt games since Mike Evans in 2019. 

Watson and Golden are the first duo with 600-plus receiving yards each through eight games since the Miami Dolphins duo of Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle in 2022. 

* First Green Bay packers duo ever with 600-plus receiving yards each through eight games

The 2026 Green Bay Packers have the fewest rushing yards (485) by a team above .500 through eight games in NFL history. They're also the third team since 1950 with no individual 50-yard rushers through eight games. 

The Packers ask Jordan Love to captain the ship with one hand tied behind his back, and he is powering them into a playoff position with a 5-3 record. Green Bay entered Week 9 dead last in the NFL in rushing offense by over 15 yards per game (60.6 rushing yards per game) while leading the league in dropped passes with 23, eight more than the next closest teams (the one-win Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers). Love has also been hit 53 times this season, the fourth most in the league. With all that adversity, Love leads the NFL in passing yards (2,246) and completions of 20-plus air yards (17) and is fourth in passing touchdowns (16). He is the NFL's Ethan Hunt, completing seemingly impossible missions with regularity.  

Drake Maye is looking like the quarterback that finished second in the NFL MVP race in 2025 across the last five weeks of football in 2026. He led the NFL in both total yards and total touchdowns from Weeks 4-8. His five consecutive games with three-plus total touchdowns is the second-longest such streak in Patriots history, behind only Tom Brady's 10 in a row in New England's perfect 16-0 regular season in 2007.

New England's offensive revival is helping power their run of four wins in the last five games. 

Almost everyone the Patriots had listed as questionable for Week 9 against the Green Bay Packers is active: Tight end Hunter Henry (foot), safety Kevin Byard (chest), cornerback Carlton Davis III (neck), offensive tackle Morgan Moses (foot), safety Brenden Schooler (hamstring) and guard Greg Van Roten (hamstring). 

Green Bay's defensive revival is helping power their run of four wins in the last five games. 

Packers No. 2 running back MarShawn Lloyd (knee) practiced in a limited capacity on Thursday and Friday, and Green Bay decided to make him inactive in Week 9. Green Bay will have cornerback Keisean Nixon (groin) and running back Chris Brooks (ankle) on Sunday.