Packers at Lions season finale flexed to Sunday night game

The outcome of Lions-Cowboys, the game with the Packers will decide the NFC North. Detroit is set to play at Dallas Monday night in a game that will have no impact on the significance of the Packers-Lions showdown. The win would also force Washington into a tricky situation, as they would have to win next week and hope for a Detroit win over the Packers in order to clinch the sixth and final playoff spot.

The Packers’ defense never will be the strong side of the ball for this 2016 team, but the unit very much needs to pull its weight and that starts with the guys up front getting home. The Lions could clinch a playoff birth with a win on Week 16’s Monday Night Football game against Dallas. The Redskins would need to beat the Giants and have the Lions beat the Packers in Week 17. More often than not, a team’s chemistry and identity is forged through adversity but McCarthy answered that question by saying he came to that realization in the hot August nights before a meaningful game was even played. If the Lions win tonight, the Redskins win on Sunday and the Lions lose or tie to the Packers, the Redskins are eliminated. Green Bay is 8-6-1 against the spread this season and 3-4 ATS on the road. The Packers jumped out to a 31-3 lead, holding off a late comeback and winning by seven points.

Eli Manning will throw interceptions when he is pressured. (Before that, there had been five ties in 20 seasons.) That means there’s a 1 in 252 chance (0.396%) the Packers/Lions game ends deadlocked. From a preparation standpoint, Manning suggested that playing the Lions again would be slightly better. The Cowboys throttled the Detroit Lions 42-21, which puts the Motown crew on thin playoff ice.

Before the season, I picked the Packers to beat the Steelers in Super Bowl LI. Detroit needs to beat Green Bay with both Atlanta and Seattle losing. Green Bay has been unstoppable on offense in recent weeks.

“This is the biggest game of the year for us”, he said. Ty Montgomery has emerged as a more than viable replacement for the injured Eddie Lacy, averaging 6.0 yards per carry on 69 attempts. If the Packers win, the Redskins will be out.