The Over/Under (O/U) for the matchup is sitting at 47 points. G Lane Taylor started for T.J. Lang (shoulder) and T Don Barclay replaced Bryan Bulaga (ankle). PROBABLE: WR Jared Abbrederis (rib, chest), CB Demetri Goodson (illness), S Micah Hyde (hip), LB Nate Palmer (foot), G Josh Sitton (back). Slot WR Lance Moore was sidelined with the same issue….
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Eifert hurting: Bengals TE Tyler Eifert missed practice again, per the team’s official website, and he is questionable “at best” for Sunday’s game against the Browns.
The improbable finish is the second in four days in the NFL. Prater has made 37 of his past 40 field goals since signing with the team last October. The once struggling Matthew Stafford has come around and suddenly the Lions are making a little noise in the NFC North. Stafford’s three-yard pass to wide open tight end Eric Ebron completed that drive. A loss in Detroit could put the Packers in a desperate position just to make it into the postseason. “Right now, it’s kind of flipped at the right time”.
Rodgers passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns and also scored on a 17-yard scramble for Green Bay (8-4), which rallied from a 20-point deficit.
Stafford said playing well adds to the pain of losing. Detroit has a formidable special teams unit that averages 99.1 return yards per game, ranking fourth in the NFL. Will Hill returned the block 64 yards for the winning touchdown. Eddie Lacy, meanwhile, has gotten into a groove. The running game was almost invisible. I can’t believe Richard got it. “He wears your defense down”.
A screen pass to James Starks carried 25 yards to the Lions 8.
Still, it was actually a good game, and Green Bay had a great opportunity to win it right at the end. The Packers fans here, and there are lots of them, have awakened.
Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers stunned the Detroit Lions with the young lady play of the game.
In 1974, Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Clint Longley slung a 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson on Thanksgiving Day in 1974.
There are turning points to every season. “He and Tahir (Whitehead) kept showing up as guys making tackles all over the place”. The Packers probably won’t throw the ball often in Detroit. They’ve won three of four.
In a rare turn of events in the Packers-Lions rivalry, it’s Detroit riding the hot streak into Thursday night’s renewal of this rivalry at Ford Field.
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The only remaining starter along the Packers’ offensive front is guard Josh Sitton.
