New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- GREEN BAY, Wis. - Christian Watson was coughing up blood on the Packers' sideline when an ambulance carried him out of Lambeau Field on Thursday night, and the stadium went quiet. By the third quarter he had hopped out of that same ambulance in his shoulder pads and run back into the game, and the place came apart in cheers.

The Green Bay Packers beat the Carolina Panthers 27-19 to move to 5-3, while Carolina fell to 3-4. Watson's hospital tests came back clean except for a broken rib, the team said, and he still finished with eight catches for 113 yards.

The round trip was the night's best story, but it was not what decided the game. Jordan Love did that, along with a pass rush that spent four quarters in Bryce Yo...