Aaron Jones finally ended the Green Bay Packers’ first-half touchdown drought.

Green Bay’s resourceful reinforcements on defense took over from there and helped the Packers snap a four-game skid by beating the Los Angeles Rams 20-3 on a rainy Sunday.

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“I feel like that will help us get rolling, give us that confidence that we need,” said Jones, who ran for 73 yards on 20 carries to lead Green Bay’s 184-yard ground attack. “I always say it only takes one to get things going.”

Jones put the Packers ahead with a 3-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter, the first time Green Bay had reached the end zone in the first half of a game since a Sept. 17 loss in Atlanta.

Rookie tight end Luke Musgrave scored his first career touchdown on a 20-yard reception from Jordan Love and Anders Carlson went 2 of 3 on field-goal attempts for the Packers (3-5). Love went 20 of 26 for 228 yards despite getting sacked four times.

That was enough to beat the Rams, who dropped their third straight. The Rams played without quarterback Matthew Stafford, who sprained a ligament in his right thumb last week in a loss at Dallas.

“The weather was kind of in and out of rain, which did minimize some of the different things that you can activate, particularly in the pass game,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “We had a tough time ball handling even in the run game. So, there really weren’t a lot of positives to take away.”

With Brett Rypien starting in Stafford’s place, the Rams failed to reach the end zone. Rypien went 13 of 28 for 130 yards with an interception, and the Rams lost one of his two fumbles.

Rypien struggled against an injury-riddled Green Bay secondary that started two rookie seventh-round picks in cornerback Carrington Valentine and safety Anthony Johnson Jr.

“Not too bad for a seventh-round pick, huh?” said Valentine, who had three passes defended.

Johnson, who had played just eight defensive snaps all season before Sunday, intercepted a pass that teammate Jaire Alexander deflected to set up a fourth-quarter field goal.

Johnson said he didn’t know he’d be starting until Sunday, but visualized that he would get his first career interception.

“I saw the quarterback’s eyes and saw where he was going, so I broke that way,” Johnson said. “And as I’m running that way, I see the corner route is coming and I’m going to close, and Ja flies out of the air, tips it up. I’m like, ‘Oh, there it is. It’s mine.’”

The Packers had been outscored 73-9 in the first half of their past five games, but they led this one 7-3 at the break and could have been up by more if they hadn’t wasted opportunities with penalties. Green Bay’s defense shut the Rams (3-6) down the rest of the way.

Los Angeles’ only points came on Lucas Havrisik’s 52-yard field goal late in the second quarter.

Jones’ touchdown followed one of Rypien’s turnovers. Rypien initially mishandled a snap and then tried to roll to his right. Jonathan Owens sacked him and forced a fumble that De’Vondre Campbell recovered at the Rams 41-yard line.

The Packers fumbled the ball away on each of their first two second-half series, but the Rams failed to capitalize either time.

After Ahkello Witherspoon recovered Dontayvion Wicks’ fumble at the Rams 42, Los Angeles punted rather than attempting a long field goal on fourth-and-17 from the 36.

Jordan Fuller knocked the ball from Aaron Jones on the Packers’ next series, and Duke Shelley’s 9-yard fumble return gave the Rams the ball on the Green Bay 36. The Rams’ ensuing possession ended with Havrisik’s 49-yard field-goal attempt sailing wide right.

“We don’t do a good job of capitalizing when our defense gets the turnovers, and we weren’t able to really get anything going momentum-wise,” McVay said. “It’s a good, humbling day. Sometimes you have days like that.”

Carlson, who missed a 48-yard field goal to end the first half, extended Green Bay’s lead by kicking a 26-yarder late in the third quarter and a 34-yarder with 9:08 left in the game. Musgrave capped the scoring by catching a pass across the middle at around the 15 and running into the end zone with 3:41 remaining.

“It’s not perfect — it’s never going to be perfect — but I think just the position we were able to put ourselves in and come out with a win, it definitely is going to help us,” Love said. “We’ve just got to keep stacking going forward.” — Steve Megargee in Green Bay, Wis.

Joshua Dobbs threw two touchdown passes, including a go-ahead 6-yarder to Brandon Powell with 22 seconds remaining, and also ran for a score five days after being acquired in a trade to help rally the Minnesota Vikings past the Atlanta Falcons 31-28 on Sunday for their fourth straight win.

Minnesota (5-4) overcame the loss of rookie quarterback Jaren Hall to a concussion in the first quarter.

Dobbs led the go-ahead drive after Tyler Allgeier’s 5-yard scoring run gave Atlanta the lead with 2:08 remaining.

Dobbs was acquired from the Arizona Cardinals on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Dobbs started all eight games for the Cardinals as a fill-in while Kyler Murray recovers from a knee injury. Murray’s imminent return made Dobbs available for a trade.

Dobbs made his case to keep the starting job for Minnesota. He completed 20 of 30 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns and had seven carries for 66 yards and another score.

The Falcons (4-5) ran the ball on the final 12 plays of their 13-play, go-ahead touchdown drive, including five consecutive runs by Allgeier.

Taylor Heinicke threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jonnu Smith in his first Atlanta start to give the Falcons a 21-13 lead in the third quarter. Dobbs’ 18-yard scoring run and 2-point pass to Trishton Jackson tied the game.

Atlanta relied on a safety and four field goals by Younghoe Koo before Heinicke found Smith on the Falcons’ first touchdown midway through the third quarter. Smith caught the screen pass before taking off down the sideline and triumphantly raising his left arm near the 10-yard line.

Heinicke was selected as Atlanta’s starter on Wednesday, though coach Arthur Smith said he had only a short-term focus and would not commit to a plan at quarterback past this week. Heinicke took over in the second half of last week’s 28-23 loss at Tennessee after Desmond Ridder was sacked five times and lost a fumble — his 10th turnover in the past five games.

Hall, a rookie, didn’t last the first quarter in his first start as the replacement for veteran Kirk Cousins, who is lost for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Hall suffered a concussion on a helmet-to-helmet hit from Falcons cornerback Jeff Okudah. Hall was stopped on a third-and-4 run at the Atlanta 1 and was escorted to the locker room.

Nick Mullens, who had been Cousins’ primary backup, is on injured reserve with a lower back injury.

Dobbs had his first practice with the Vikings on Wednesday, leaving little preparation time. His first series of plays began at the Minnesota 7 and ended with a third-down sack by Calais Campbell in the end zone for a safety early in the second quarter. The sack gave Atlanta a 5-3 lead.

Heinicke completed 21 of 38 passes for 268 yards with one touchdown and one interception. — Charles Odum in Atlanta.

The Detroit Lions (6-2) had a bye week and will play at the Los Angeles Chargers next Sunday.