The teams have been facing each other since The rivalry began in when the Lions fans developed hatred for the Packers. Detroit The Detroit Lions emptied out the playbook in the season finale scoring long touchdowns on a pair of trick plays. Green Bay Packers preview. Pin On Green Bay Packers. Pin On Spicy Nfl Chili. You must be logged in to post a comment. Skip to content.
News US. Tags: detroit green history. Previous Post Scleroderma Verrucosum Spores. The Packers defense has as many takeaways as the offense has first downs. The current time of possession stats show that the Lions have held the ball for , while the Packers have had it for just But for all that, Detroit still have just a seven-point lead. There is room yet for Green Bay to get back into this game — but they will need to get something going on offense first.
There was a guy singing, and a marching band, and some other shenanigans I think. Was it good, anyone? This tweet suggests not:. This dude from the Mickey Mouse Club is putting on like a 3-hour halftime show so kickoff is going to be a little later than usual. Got a bit off track with updating our list of Thanksgiving movies submissions there towards the end of the half, so here are a few more:.
A very surprising miss from David Akers, who hooks his kick wide of the right-hand upright from 37 yards after Stafford had manoeuvred his team into range with completions to Calvin Johnson and Kris Durham. The Packers head coach called a time-out just as Akers was lining up to take the kick for the first time — although few would have expected that to disrupt a veteran kicker on a field goal from such relatively modest range.
Matters moving swiftly from bad to worse to for Green Bay, who go three-and-out once again, and worse yet might just have lost their starting center for the day. Evan Dietrich Smith appeared to get his ankle pinned to the turf, although he was able to leave the field under his own steam. His replacement at center, TJ Lang, promptly delivers a low snap to Matt Flynn on second down, and the quarterback is sacked for the third time this game.
Detroit clearly intend on trying to extend their lead before the half, as they burned two time-outs to make sure they would get the ball back. Redemption just keeps getting sweeter for Reggie Bush, who slips through the middle of the line for a yard gain down to the one-yard line, and then on the next play takes it in himself — this time going around left end.
That early fumble is fast becoming a distant memory for the running back, who has played very well since, albeit with the help of some absolutely superb blocking from the Detroit offensive line, which is quite simply having its way with that Green Bay defense so far. A four-yard run from Reggie Bush takes us to the TV time-out. Or you could just stay right here and talk to me. Updated at 6. The quarterback was staring down Jordy Nelson on third-and-six, and completely failed to notice that Eddie Lacy had been left completely uncovered, and was open for a quick pass beyond the first-down marker.
For the first time in the game, Detroit manage to finish a drive — Stafford capping an eight-play, 85 yard drive with a five-yard pass to Jeremy Ross. The quarterback was excellent on that drive, delivering pinpoint passes to three different players, but there was also redemption in there for Bush, who opened this game with a fumble, but now has combined yards between his 10 carries and three receptions.
An absolutely perfect pass down the left sideline for Reggie Bush — who had split out to wide receiver, earning himself a very favourable match-up with linebacker AJ Hawk. The pass goes for 34 yards, and Detroit are across midfield once again. Well this is getting a little repetitive.
The Lions are driving again, and they have Jeremy Ross to thank for keeping things moving on a third down reverse. The receiver and return man looked certain to be tackled for a loss by AJ Hawk — who diagnosed the play perfectly and knifed directly into the backfield — but eluded him with a sharp twist of the hips and sprinted away for a yard gain across midfield.
First down Detroit at the Green Bay Oh dear. Oh Detroit. Morgan Burnett recovers the loose ball, and strolls two yards into the end zone. So despite outgaining the Packers by 90 yards through the first and-a-half minutes of this game, the Lions now trail by seven points. The Lions have outgained the Packers by yards to 54 so far, but the scores are all tied up.
These are the sort of mistakes, combined with a failure to convert long drives into touchdowns, that cost teams games that they ought to win. They are the sort of mistakes that Detroit always seem to be very adept at making. At last, some points on the board, David Akers converting from 27 yards, although Detroit have to be disappointed not to punched the ball in.
They have moved the ball yards on two possessions, but only have three points to show for it. Detroit have third-and-goal at the nine coming up after a false start set them back on second down , so they should at least come away with a field goal here — as long as they can avoid any more cheap turnovers. Here are a few more Thanksgiving movie suggestions? The Godfather trilogy is always a turkey day favorite.
They would play at Detroit for 13 consecutive years until As a result, the Packers and Lions have met on Thanksgiving more than any other teams. For most of these years, the Packers were in the NFL's basement while the Lions were among the elite teams in the NFL, winning championships in , , and The Thanksgiving series in Detroit reflected this, with the Lions winning nine of the thirteen games compared to just three Packers triumphs in , , and and a tie in The game stands out in this stretch.
En route to their second consecutive championship, the Packers entered Detroit at , but were dominated in every phase and lost It was their only loss of the season. Following the loss in , Packers head coach Vince Lombardi agitated to get the Packers removed from the yearly series in Detroit. He understood that giving a rival a yearly game every year on the holiday in front of a fired-up crowd would result in more Packers losses than wins. Green Bay would not play in Detroit again on Thanksgiving until the mids.
While this was going on, the Dallas Cowboys began their series of playing on Thanksgiving. It is widely believed that the Cowboys wanted to be guaranteed to continue playing on the holiday as a result of their first Thanksgiving game in The timing was impeccable--Texas was the last state to adopt the "Fourth Thursday in November" rule as a result of the Franksgiving controversy when it finally imposed the rule in Before , Texas had used the last Thursday in November rule, which caused the state to celebrate Thanksgiving a week after the rest of the country on occasion, most recently in As a result, the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys have always been the host teams for the Thanksgiving games.
In , the Packers went into Dallas for their first trip into Texas on the holiday and lost to the Cowboys, It was also the Packers' first-ever loss to the Cowboys. Curiously, the NFL for reasons which will likely never be fully known or understood switched the Cowboys off Thanksgiving in favor of the St. Louis Cardinals in and , and the Cowboys and Cardinals played each other in Dallas on Thanksgiving in This move caused tremendous outcry, and not just because the Cowboys were a much more nationally-recognized team.
There was also a very popular high school football game that still takes place on Thanksgiving every year in St. Louis, and this move thus proved highly unpopular with Cardinals fans as well. The Cowboys resumed hosting Thanksgiving games in and have played on the holiday ever since.
The Rams have not played on Thanksgiving since moving to St. Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones rumbles ahead for a yard pickup off the edge against the Minnesota Vikings.
The touchdown was the 66th between Rodgers and Adams, breaking a tie with Rodgers-to-Jordy Nelson for the most productive TD combo in franchise history. Green Bay Packers safety Darnell Savage secures an interception vs. Game Highlights. Game Highlights: Packers vs.
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