Instead of having a reasonable fourth and five attempt, Adams blew up and pushed a Lions player, getting called himself for an Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty and forcing the Packers to punt instead.
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“‘If you’re ready for me, I’m ready to play, ‘” White said of Butler’s message.
“It might be, so you have to continue just fighting through”. While this obviously is not a good thing, it’s nice to see that the receivers are aware of it, with James Jones noting that they should “look in the mirror”. Both teams continued the field position game until late in the second quarter, when the Lions started at their own 47-yard line.
“I should’ve went up with my hands, I tried to body it”, Johnson said after the game. “I jumped too early, didn’t pull it in”.
After 12 straight quarterbacks could not get the job done, Matthew Stafford helped the Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field for the first time since 1991, which was the year Erik Kramer was under center.
JITTERY FOURTH: A sluggish game filled with three-and-outs turned into a thriller in the fourth quarter. The Lions sacked Packers QB Aaron Rodgers three times, with LB Tahir Whitehead, DT Caraun Reid and DE Jason Jones recording the others. Aaaaaaand Matt Prater missed a pair of extra points to keep things interesting. Only this time Rodgers is the one taking snaps. If you take out Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb, who’s the next guy who’s going to step up and be a big playmaker? It was Detroit’s longest since Stefan Logan returned one 105 yards for a touchdown vs. St. Louis on October 10, 2010. “It’s frustrating. We aren’t playing very well right now on offense”. We’ve got to make more plays.
The defense held the Packers to 16 points and under 50 yards rushing in their house.
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Stafford wasn’t always great against Green Bay, but he was good enough late, and that proved to be enough for him to do what the 12 starting quarterbacks before him could not. He had his back to the field and was just watching the crowd’s reaction to the play. He wasn’t exactly a huge factor in the pass coverage (though he did play solid coverage on Calvin Johnson when tasked), but he once again made a big play when it mattered most. Detroit hadn’t defeated Green Bay on the road since a 21-17 victory on December 15, 1991. “We had a few opportunities”, said Rodgers, who threw two touchdown passes and no interceptions. The Lions Nevin Lawson was injured in the second quarter, but was able to get up and come off the field.
