Winners and losers from Packers' last-second victory over Giants in Week 11

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In typical Green Bay Packers fashion, they left it late.

Despite entering as heavy favorites, the Packers faced a real scare from the New York Giants, requiring a Jordan Love touchdown pass to Christian Watson late on to win it. Green Bay had opportunities to blow the game open, but a combination of dropped passes, missed interceptions, and unforced errors kept the Giants in it.

Green Bay found a way, and that's all that matters. Now at 6-3-1 and alive in the NFC North race, what did we learn from the win?

The Packers' biggest winners and losers from their win over the Giants in Week 11

Winner: Jordan Love

Any box score watchers will see Jordan Love's 13-of-24 passing and blast his performance, but anyone who paid attention knows just how unstoppable he was.

Love overcame seven drops, pressure consistently in his face, and a lack of consistent help on the ground, yet still delivered near-perfection. Pro Football Focus gave Love an elite 94.0 grade after making three big-time throws with no turnover-worthy plays.

Through 10 games, Love has completed 67.7 percent of his passes for 2,421 yards, 15 touchdowns, and three interceptions for a 103.2 passer rating. He hasn't been the problem for the Packers' offensive inconsistency. Love put in an outstanding game on Sunday despite everything falling apart around him.

Winner: Matt LaFleur

The same applies to Matt LaFleur in this game. He's come under immense pressure after the Packers scored a combined 10 points in back-to-back home losses. While Green Bay had so many unforced errors on Sunday, LaFleur had the perfect game plan.

LaFleur didn't drop the passes. He didn't fumble. He didn't fail to block. He was in sync with Love, but the execution from the supporting cast was far too inconsistent. Even with Love and Josh Jacobs out of the game at one stage, LaFleur called a brilliant drive for Malik Willis, resulting in a touchdown.

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The Packers scored 27, but LaFleur's game plan could've easily turned this into a blowout.

Winner: Christian Watson

Give. Christian. Watson. The. Ball.

It's that easy. Almost every other Packers receiver dropped passes for fun, but Watson is so reliable. He hauled in four passes for 46 yards and two incredible touchdowns. Both required strong hands and concentration in traffic, and Watson delivered big plays when his team needed them the most.

He has it. That ability to make magic happen. And when the passing game goes through him, the entire Packers' offense flows better. In the Jordan Love era, Green Bay is now 6-1 in games where Watson catches at least four passes, and 10-11 when he has three or fewer.

Winner: Micah Parsons

What more can we say about Micah Parsons? The rest of the Packers' pass rush is frustratingly inconsistent, but Parsons just shows up and makes life miserable for quarterbacks. Opponents use every tactic to stop him — double teams, triple teams, holding him. It doesn't work.

Parsons added 1.5 more sacks to his tally while also forcing the game-winning fumble on Jameis Winston. That's eight sacks in 10 games.

Winner: Daniel Whelan

Forget the windy conditions. Daniel Whelan doesn't care. He was booting rockets down the field on Sunday, repeatedly flipping field position in the Packers' favor. He had a long of 61 yards, while averaging 48.8 yards per punt and pinning the Giants inside their own 20-yard line twice in tough conditions.

Loser: Luke Musgrave

The Packers needed Luke Musgrave to step up following Tucker Kraft's season-ending injury, but the opposite was true on Sunday.

Musgrave had one catch for minus one yard. He also fumbled out of bounds and almost had another — the refs overturned the decision and called it a dropped pass. The Packers need so much more from their former second-round pick, but he spent the majority of the second half on the bench.

Loser: Romeo Doubs

Romeo Doubs has been so reliable this season, but he had two uncharacteristic drops. The first came on a third-and-11 on the Packers' opening drive. Love threw a perfect pass to Doubs, who was wide open, but he dropped it.

He bounced back to catch four passes for a team-best 53 yards, but on another day, those drops may have cost the Packers.

Loser: Lucas Havrisik

This was Lucas Havrisik's big opportunity with Brandon McManus out due to injury. Windy conditions didn't help, but he missed two of his three kicks, all extra-point tries. Havrisik didn't attempt a field goal. While the weather clearly had an impact, it hasn't helped Havrisik's chances of winning the job full-time.

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