JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Aaron Rodgers was far from impressed with his season opener.He was concerned that Green Bays offense wasnt effective early and had some struggles in the red zone. Nonetheless, the Packers harshest critic was a big reason they won a close game on the road in sweltering heat.Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, leading Green Bay to a 27-23 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the teams season opener Sunday.Rodgers lked every bit like a two-time league MVP. He extended plays with his feet, escaped sacks and was accurate all over the field.I dont think we played very well offensively, Rodgers said. But we won. Its tough to win in this league. Its tough to win on the road.Rodgers completed 20 of 34 passes for 199 yards, with TD passes to Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams. He was sacked once for no yards and didnt turn it over.He helped the Packers win their second opener in the last five years. This one came on a hot and humid day that left some players cramping and others completely exhausted.LK WHOS BACKNelson played his first game since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the 2015 preseason. The injury significantly impacted Rodgers, who lost his best deep threat, and the offense, which fell to 23rd in the league and tied for 25th in passing.Nelson didnt show big-play ability in the opener. He finished with six receptions for 32 yards, including a 6-yard TD in the second quarter.FINAL SHOTThe Jaguars mounted a late drive that came up short on a fourth-and-1 play at the Packers 14. The Jaguars had converted their previous three fourth-down plays, but Allen Hurns failed to move the sticks on a bubble screen.We kind of knew that was what they were going to do, said Blake Bortles, who completed 24 of 39 passes for 320 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. They are a big `bring the house team, so we just have to execute. I should have done something differently. It was fourth-and-1 or whatever, so we just have to get it. If you dont, you lose.VINTAGE RODGERSWith 13 seconds left in the first half, Adams hauled in a 29-yarder that was vintage Rodgers, who managed to get rid of the ball with a defender tugging at his jersey and still got enough on it to reach the end zone. Adams got up and pointed to the back of his jersey several times.Youve got to make the tough ones, Adams said. Thats the caliber of receivers we have here and thats the standard we hold ourselves to. ... It was a tight window to get the ball in there, but the window was cracked. It was not a wide-open window.IVORY HOSPITALIZEDJaguars running back Chris Ivory was hospitalized Sunday with a general medical issue and was inactive for the opener. Ivory was taken by ambulance from the team hotel to a local hospital early Sunday. He was limited in three practices this week because of a calf injury, but the team said that was not related to his hospital stay.Chris Ivory is doing well and is expected to be released from the hospital in the next day or two, the Jaguars said. More info will be provided at that time.NO CALLS?Jaguars receiver Allen Robinson finished with six catches for 72 yards, but there were nine more passes thrown his way. At least two of those, maybe more, could have been flagged for pass interference. The 2015 Pro Bowler tk the high road.Its not about the calls, Robinson said. Blake gave me a ton of opportunities to make a play. Ive got to make more plays. Seeing that thats how the game is being called, Ive got to adjust my physicality to the game.Fellow receiver Marqise Lee placed the blame elsewhere.I dont know what the refs were lking at, Lee said. 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"We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. Having two big pieces back is going to be a key for us moving forward for years to come," said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. RENO, Nev. -- Gary Wdlands seven-point lead in the Reno-Tahoe Open sounds a lot bigger than it is in the wild modified Stableford scoring system. Wdland holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle and hit an approach shot from the fairway to 2 inches for one of his six birdies Saturday to take the third-round lead with 37 points at Montreux Golf Club on the edge of the Sierra Nevada. The scoring system awards eight points for eagle, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, minus-one for bogey and minus-three for double-bogey or worse. A late-charging Brendon Steele vaulted into second place with 30 points. He played the last six holes in 7-under par under a traditional format, capping five consecutive birdies with a 33-ft chip-in for eagle on the 616-yard 18th. Wdland, the 2011 PGA Tour rkie of the year who like Steele has one career victory, said he figures it translates into maybe a two-stroke lead heading into a typical Sunday. "Its tough to tell in this format," said Wdland, whose best finishes this year are three ties for 16th at the Phoenix Open, Memorial and AT&T National. "Obviously, if you make birdies, you can move up quickly," the Kansas native said. "Somebody can hole out on a par-5 and all the sudden a seven-point lead vanishes." Just ask Steele, who started the day tied for 24th with 13 points. He had two bogeys with a lone birdie for a net zero points on the front nine but started the back side with a 6-ft birdie putt on the par-4 10th. "Didnt have any points going into No. 10 and I was feeling like I was getting run over," he said. "All of a sudden, things changed and the ball started going in the hole." "I think I was in 50th place going into the back nine, so you can obviously move up pretty quick," said Steele, whose lone PGA victory also came during his rkie year at the 2011 Texas Open. His best finish this year is a tie for sixth at the Phoenix Open. Last year he tied for fourth at the Texas Open, tied for fifth at Phoenix and was eighth at Reno. Beginning with the 518-yard 13th, Steele reeled off consecutive birdie putts of 13, 5, 7 and 6 feet. The streak was in jeopardy when he hit into a bunker guarding the 464-yard, par-4 17th but holed out the sand shot from 27 feet. On No. 18, he drovve the ball 364 yards, hit his second shot 246 yards into the rough behind the green, but -- after moving some camera equipment and adjusting his swing because a fence was in the way -- knocked his chip in the hole.dddddddddddd. "Just trying to hit a gd shot. I dont ever really try to hole chips," he said about the dramatic finish that is the best consecutive, six-hole stretch on the PGA Tour this year. The 17 points Steele tallied on the back nine alone equal the best one-day record in the format at Reno, equaling the mark J.B. Holmes set last year and Rod Pampling equaled in Fridays second round. Under traditional play, Steeles card would have read 37-28-65. "It doesnt happen that often. You really have to enjoy it when it does," he said. "I mean, I didnt know what the score even was, but as far as the score goes, its probably the best Ive ever had." David Mathis heads into Sundays round in third place with 29 points, followed by second-round leader Andres Romero at 27, Charlie Wi at 25, Dickey Pride 24 and Rory Sabbatini 23. Stuart Appleby was in a group two more points back at 21. Ottawas Brad Fritsch picked up 10 points for the second straight day, firing five birdies, leaving him in a tie for 19th place with 19 points. Wdland, who claimed his victory at the 2011 Transitions Championship, holed out from a greenside bunker 50 feet away for an eagle on the par-5 second Saturday then chipped in from about 53 feet after hitting his tee shot over the green into the rough on the par-3 seventh to avoid trouble early. "Today was an interesting day," said Wdland, who started the day in second place with 21 points, one behind Romero. "I felt like I hit it really well, I just didnt hit many greens, especially early in the round," he said. "All in all, my short game saved me today." Wdland sandwiched birdies around a bogey on the par-5 ninth when he failed to get up and down out of a greenside bunker and two-putted for birdie on the par-5 13th before his 126-yard approach shot on the 439-yard 15th stopped just 2 inches shy of the hole. He added a 12-ft birdie putt on the 18th to head into Sundays final round ahead by seven points. "All in all, Im going to have to go out and make birdies tomorrow," he said. ' ' '