With less than two minutes left in the game, facing a fourth and seven, it looked like the Green Bay Packers were about to drop their second preseason game in a row. That’s when Sean Clifford, who was fourth in the Packers’ quarterback rotation on Saturday, took the game over.
Clifford not only scrambled for nine yards on fourth down to convert that series of downs, but he also ran for an 11-yard touchdown scramble two plays after. That gave Green Bay a 23-19 lead over the Indianapolis Colts with 1:31 left on the clock, their first lead of the entire game. According to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, Clifford hit 19 miles per hour on the touchdown.
The Packers’ reserve defense held strong on the final drive, which ended in four straight incompletions. The final throw from the Colts was a bang-bang