Aaron Rodgers took the shotgun snap on an untimed down with no time left, shuffled to his left, slipped a sack, rolled right and heaved a pass that seemed as high as it was long.

Richard Rodgers, drifting toward the end zone while teammates and opponents crowded behind him, leaped and made the catch on the 61-yard play to give the Green Bay Packers a stunning 27-23 victory over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night.

The Packers got one more shot to win after Detroit defensive end Devin Taylor was called for grabbing Aaron Rodgers' facemask on a tackle on what would've been the last play.

The Packers (8-4) had lost four of five.

Matthew Stafford connected with Calvin Johnson on his second touchdown pass of the first quarter to help Detroit build a 20-point lead that it couldn't keep.

Aaron Rodgers scored on a 17-yard run with 3:04 left, pulling the Packers within two points.

Stafford connected with TJ Jones to convert a third-and-12 from the Detroit 18 after Green Bay called its final timeout with 2:54 to go. The Lions needed one more first down to seal the victory, but Green Bay forced them to punt and got the ball back on the 21 with 23 seconds left.

Following two incompletions, including one in which Detroit appeared to get away with pass interference, Aaron Rodgers threw a pass to James Jones, who lateraled it to Richard Rodgers, who tossed it back to the quarterback with no one behind him to lateral it again to keep the play alive.

But Taylor grabbed Aaron Rodgers' facemask, giving the Packers another play.

The Packers scored their first points with 5:44 left in the third when James Starks fumbled and Randall Cobb recovered it in the end zone.

Aaron Rodgers finished 24 of 36 for 289 yards with two TDs and an interception.

Stafford was 23 of 35 for 220 yards and two scores. He also lost a fumble.

Detroit went ahead 17-0 after its first three drives and capped the opening possession of the third quarter with a field goal to go ahead 20-0.

>>Bears Host 'Niners Sunday

If the Chicago Bears are to reach .500 for the first time in more than a year, they must find a way to halt their struggles at home.

A visit from the lowly San Francisco 49ers should help.

Looking to continue their second-half surge, the Bears try to keep the 49ers winless on the road Sunday.

Chicago (5-6) has won three of four but each victory came on the road. The Bears have dropped 11 of their last 14 at home and are 1-4 this season at Soldier Field, where they'll play three of the final five. They lost their last two there to Minnesota and Denver by a combined five points.

San Francisco (3-8) has been outscored 176-71 while going 0-5 away from home for the first time since winning only its road finale in 2005.

Running back Carlos Hyde appears likely to miss a fifth straight game with a stress fracture in his foot, meaning ex-Bear Shaun Draughn could again be the featured back. Draughn has averaged 3.4 yards per carry while gaining 146 in starting the last three games.

Teammate Blaine Gabbert has completed 65.3 percent of his passes with four TDs and three interceptions in three games since taking over for Colin Kaepernick.

Defensively, San Francisco has held two of its last three opponents to fewer than 20 points and limited the Cardinals to 337 total yards in last Sunday's 19-13 defeat. However, the 49ers haven't forced a turnover in the last three contests and matched a season high with 13 penalties against Arizona.

They'll try to get after Chicago's Jay Cutler, who posts a career-high 92.5 passer rating and has thrown one INT in the last three games.

Even if tight end Martellus Bennett returns from missing last week's contest with sore ribs, Cutler should still look the way of Zach Miller. Bennett's backup has four TDs in the last four games.

>>Rams Host Cardinals Sunday

NFC West rivals are headed in opposite directions, with the Cardinals winners of five straight and the Rams losers of four in a row heading into Sunday's matchup in St. Louis.

Arizona (9-2) can match a six-game run from last season but won't have Chris Johnson available after the club's leading rusher was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. The Cardinals haven't disclosed the injury, though reports indicate Johnson fractured part of his tibia in last Sunday's 19-13 win at San Francisco. He can't return until the Super Bowl.

That leaves third-round pick David Johnson as the starter. He has 139 yards rushing, four touchdowns on the ground and three through the air but has fumbled a total of three times.

St. Louis (4-7) is enduring its longest losing streak since dropping the final seven games of a 2-14 campaign in 2011 - the year before Jeff Fisher was hired. This slide has put Fisher's job in jeopardy, though he isn't concerned.

Fisher said he hopes Case Keenum can return from a one-game absence due to a concussion. Nick Foles was back as the starter in last Sunday's 31-7 loss at Cincinnati one game after losing the starting job.

Keenum is 2-9 as a starter.

>>Coldplay Announced As Super Bowl Halftime Entertainment

Super Bowl 50's halftime show has been booked.

During halftime of Thursday night's game between the Packers and Lions, CBS Sports' Jim Nantz announced that Coldplay will perform at Super Bowl 50, which is scheduled to be played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Feb. 7.

Since forming in 1996, Coldplay has won seven Grammy Awards and is best known for songs like Yellow, Fix You and Viva La Vida. The British rock band's seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, will be released on Friday.