Lions stop road skid against Packers with 18-16 win

Rodgers threw for 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. The Packers are coming off of back to back losses, which is something that is entirely uncharacteristic of Aaron Rodgers.

Sounds a lot like Warner’s prescient comments from September 2014, when the Packers were suffering from a similar strain of predictability and Rodgers told the football world to R-E-L-A-X.

Prater’s 51-yard field goal gave Detroit a 12-3 lead with 13:10 remaining. Johnson in turn tops team receiving with 32 yards, two catches, no touchdowns.

Mason Crosby’s 52-yard field goal attempt was blocked. Detroit’s defense meanwhile held the Packers to just 16 points. Starks averages 4.3 yards per carry on 78 attempts and Lacy is good for just 3.7 yards per carry.

Ansah finished the game with two tackles and three quarterback hits.

The statistics don’t necessarily show it, but Detroit’s defense played their tails off Sunday, and are the No. 1 reason the Lions walked away from Lambeau Field with that streak broken. They’d punch it in a couple of plays later with a 2-yard Brandon Pettigrew touchdown from Matthew Stafford. After whiffing on the extra point, it was 9-3 Lions.

Backup cornerback Crezdon Butler, signed from the practice squad on Friday, stuck a hand in front of Davante Adams to break up the 2-point try.

In the middle of one of the worst seasons in franchise history, the Detroit Lions ended a losing streak that’s haunted them for more than two decades with the most unlikeliest of heroes. The Packers had just 140 yards in their 29-10 loss to the Denver Broncos, and it was unable to overcome Carolina last week.

Don’t let the near comeback fool you; the Green Bay Packers have major problems. “We needed to convert that one”, Rodgers said.

The Goats: The Packers offense has sputtered in the beginning stages of games for at least a few weeks now, only gaining cohesion when it was too late.

“I don’t know man we kept getting opportunities to win that ballgame”, said defeated receiver James Jones. On Sunday it took the Packers more than 54 minutes of game time to score their first touchdown against the Lions, when Rodgers was essentially in hurry-up mode. “You would expect us at home to score 19”. Look for the Packers to rebound with a resounding victory that will send them into next week’s showdown at Minnesota with a full head of steam.