The Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers found a savior in the form of receiver Allen Lazard on Monday night at Lambeau Field. The former undrafted free agent came through when he was needed most in the Packers’ 23-22 victory over the Detroit Lions.

Lazard entered the game after Rodgers asked Packers receivers coach Alvis Whitted to get him involved, as Green Bay took over with 12:12 remaining in the game at their own 21-yard line, down 22-13.

“I may have put in a good word there in the fourth quarter to get him (Lazard) some opportunities,” Rodgers said after the game.

Before Monday night, Lazard only had one career reception. Despite that, Rodgers wasted no time getting Lazard the ball, as he caught four passes (three for first downs) for 65 yards and a crucial 35-yard touchdown, all in the fourth quarter. Three of his catches came on the Packers’ game-winning drive.

The connection was so good, that Rodgers had a perfect passer rating (158.3) when targeting Lazard, according to PFF. Lazard was PFF’s highest-graded offensive player (91.8) in the Packers’ win.

Additionally, Lazard’s 35-yard touchdown reception had an 18.7 percent completion probability, according to Next Gen Stats, the least probable completion for Rodgers this season.

“I honestly just believed in myself. I knew what my capabilities were. I know the talent that I have,” Lazard told ESPN’s Rob Demovsky. “It’s a different stage, but it’s the same to me.”

Lazard, originally signed as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa State by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018, was signed to the Packers practice squad last December. He was cut from the team in August after an impressive preseason, but was re-signed to the practice squad and elevated to the 53-man roster shortly before Week 1.

With no Davante Adams (turf toe) and Geronimo Allison (concussion, chest), an ailing Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who was in and out of the game with a lower leg injury, and a struggling Darrius Shepherd and Jake Kumerow, Lazard was the Packers’ last hope at receiver in a game that Green Bay never gave up in. He proved to be just what Rodgers and the Packers needed.