Wide receiver Antonio Freeman put his play where his mouth was Sunday afternoon.

Freeman created a bit of a stir when he complained last week that he wasn't seeing the ball enough, but he saw it nine times Sunday and made the most of his opportunities in the Packers' 31-23 win over the Baltimore Ravens.

Freeman gained 138 yards on the nine receptions from quarterback Brett Favre and scored a touchdown. It was the 19th time Freeman has surpassed 100 yards in his career, which ties him for fourth on the Packers' list with Boyd Dowler.

"There was a lot more pressure and motivation after what was reported," Freeman said. "All I think is that if I get more involved in the offense we're a better football team."

Favre said he didn't object to Freeman's statements last week. "I defended Free last week," Favre said. "He wanted to get more involved, and we hadn't been getting him the ball enough lately. I told him that anybody on this team can be 'the guy' in any given game. Today, Free was one of those guys."

Sunday did not start well for Freeman. He failed to come up with a pass in the Packers' second series and was soundly booed by the critics in the crowd of 59,866 at Lambeau Field.

The fans might have shown a short fuse with Freeman in part because he had not had much of an impact until Sunday. Freeman had nine receptions for 80 yards and one touchdown going into the game. His longest gain had been 14 yards. He had only 31 yards in the three games leading up to Sunday.

That disappointing start, following a rather mediocre 2000 season for Freeman, had prompted fans and some in the media to question whether he was really the impact player he was paid to be.

Freeman also was frequently seen at Bucks games last season, at times when he should have been resting or preparing for a Packers' game. He is good friends with Bucks' guard Sam Cassell and loves NBA basketball.

Some brushes with the law over traffic violations also didn't help Freeman's reputation.

But, on Sunday, he looked focused, at least after the first pass to him. "I should have caught that ball," Freeman said. "It also was the play on which I suffered my latest concussion, so I had some alligator arms, didn't extend enough for the ball.

"But, that was good that it happened. After that, I was my own biggest critic and concentrated even more."

Freeman had six catches for 66 yards in the first half and scored on an eight-yard pass. He added three more catches for 72 yards in the second half.