MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It looked like quarterback Aaron Rodgers was just going to spike the ball, but he decided to fake out most of the 70,875 in attendance, including some of his teammates and nearly all of the Dolphins, and it paid off in a big way.

Instead of a spike to stop the clock, Rodgers completed a 12-yard pass to Davante Adams and then completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Quarless with three seconds left to lift the Green Bay Packers to a 27-24 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

“It’s one of those things that you don’t really tell anybody what’s going on,” Rodgers said of the non-spike play. “You’re just yelling clock and signaling clock and then right before I snapped it, I looked out to the right and they were way off outside so I just kind of faked it and moved. Davante wasn’t looking at me initially, but after he saw me probably moving he looked and I threw it.”

Rodgers completed 24 of 42 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns and engineered the winning 11-play, 60-yard drive.

“Aaron Rodgers and our offense in the two-minute drive were excellent,” Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said.

Wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb also caught touchdown passes for Green Bay (4-2), which won three straight.

Miami (2-3), playing for the first time since beating Oakland 38-14 in London on Sept. 28, was unable to hold onto a 24-17 lead with five minutes left.

“They had more plays in the fourth quarter,” Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin said. “I thought it was a good, hard-fought football game, but they certainly deserve the win.”

Wide receiver Jarvis Landry, running back Lamar Miller and wide receiver Mike Wallace scored for the Dolphins. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill threw for 231 yards and two scores with two interceptions.

What the Packers said:

“Obviously we didn’t protect great today so sometimes when you’re quarterback is getting hit like he did today, he could have some happy feet, but great composure there in the pocket in the last drive and finding ways to continue to make a big play. He never really impresses me anymore, you kind of almost expect that out of him.” — Right guard T.J. Lang said.

What the Dolphins said:

“Fourth and 10, the whole situation, in my opinion at the time played into our hands. That’s exactly what we wanted. I’d love to have it on my back to close the game out. That’s the game. One play will change the finish of the game. We had a lot of opportunities to not even be in that situation, but it went down to the last drive and we didn’t close it out.” — Defensive end Cameron Wake said.

What we learned about the Packers:

1. WR Davante Adams is going to have a key role in the offense. The second round pick from Fresno State was second on the team in receptions (six) on eight targets and receiving yards (77), which are all career-highs. Aaron Rodgers had confidence in Adams late in the game to go to him for the big fake spike play.

2. Running back James Starks will be used if Eddie Lacy is unable to break free. Lacy led the team with 14 touches, but Starks had 10 and was the primary back during the Packers’ game-winning touchdown drive.

–CB Sam Shields intercepted a pass in the second quarter, but left the game in the third with a knee injury before a Dolphins drive began. Shields said his knee just gave out, but nothing is torn. He was walking with a noticeable limp after the game, but said, “I’m alright.”

–TE Andrew Quarless was pleading with QB Aaron Rodgers throughout the game to get him the ball and it paid off in a big way for the game-winning score. Quarless’ grandmother, who resides in South Florida, was in attendance. “This is probably her second game so stuff like that and everything that goes into it just makes it a lot better,” Quarless said.

–S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, a first-round pick in April’s draft, posted a career-high seven tackles, including one for a loss, and one pass defended. The Packers led 10-3 at halftime before finding themselves down 24-17 in the fourth quarter. “They came out striking (in the second half) and we came out slow,” Clinton-Dix aid. “That’s one thing we’ve started working on, is finishing.”

What we learned about the Dolphins:

1. The defense is improved with safety Reshad Jones (nine tackles), linebacker Koa Misi (nine tackles), and defensive tackle Randy Starks (one tackle) back on the field after returning from injuries.

2. Mike Wallace remains an important threat in the Dolphins offense and is on pace to have a good season (80 receptions, 1,002 yards, and 13 touchdowns). Wallace scored a touchdown for the fourth time in five games after scoring five in all 16 games last season.

–DE Cameron Wake recorded his first sack since recording two in the season opener against New England. After posting 8.5 last season, Wake, a three-time Pro Bowler, now has 3.5 this year.

–RB Knowshon Moreno (elbow) returned to action after missing the last two games. Lamar Miller earned the start, but Moreno was given an opportunity on the Dolphins’ second drive, which ended when Moreno could not convert on a 4th-and-goal from the 1. Moreno finished with six carries on 10 yards compared to Miller who had 14 carries for 53 yards and a touchdown.

–WR Jarvis Landry set career-highs with six receptions for 75 yards and scored his first career touchdown on an 11-yard pass from QB Ryan Tannehill in the third quarter.