Game 13 : Packers @ Lions - Thursday, Dec 5th 7:15 PM

[adambr2]

I wish he had just scored. Would have been better for us. They’re going to score anyway.

[yourout]

I'm okay with trying a kick return after they score the touchdown here because it's going to be pretty hard for us to go very far in that amount of time without any time out

[82brewcrew82]

12 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Now here is the possession where historically the defense gives up a touchdown because we scored. But only after the clock is basically drained to 0. 

Perfectly on point.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

If the Lions go for this, it sure feels like the deciding play in the game 

[yourout]

Seven point play coming up.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Backbreaker, and a completely plain Jane play too. Awful. 

[yourout]

Welp... That sucked.

[adambr2]

Never a doubt. Hafley just pansted by Ben Johnson.

[yourout]

Nothing to lose by trying to return.

[82brewcrew82]

Well executed.  Great drive.  Gotta hand it to them.

[adambr2]

Just now, yourout said:

Nothing to lose by trying to return.

I’d be less surprised to see them cough up the ball than I would be with a 107 yard return.

[adambr2]

Looks like more or less a carbon copy of the first game. A far better coached and more disciplined team that makes the two or three big plays in big moments during the game against a team that clearly didn’t learn anything from their first meeting.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

That drive was bad defensively the defense has realistically surrendered 14 points and got off the field. This is on the offense. If the first 15 plays were a scripted plan MLF should be embarrassed. The Lions have not stopped the Packers running the football in either game, but the Packers have managed to take their ground game out of the game themselves.  

[yourout]

Giving up 17 ain't great but only scoring 7 against the JV defense is no we're near good enough.

[wOOgiE22]

Hindsight is 20/20 but would have been way better off letting them score with a minute. Knew they would get it in on 4th. 

[Recovering Chicagoan]

Unless the Packers get really hot the last two or three weeks of the season, I don't see them getting past the Lions or Eagles in the playoffs -- assuming the Packers make the playoffs.

[82brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Looks like more or less a carbon copy of the first game. A far better coached and more disciplined team that makes the two or three big plays in big moments during the game against a team that clearly didn’t learn anything from their first meeting.

I don't get why its hard for some to admit that Detroit is just better at pretty much everything right now.  Not saying that has always been the case or that it will be forever but right now, it is absolutely true and maybe nowhere more noticeable than with the coaches.

[OldHeidelberg]

I don't trust the defense at all but this is on the offense and Love will have to lead it back.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, Recovering Chicagoan said:

Unless the Packers get really hot the last two or three weeks of the season, I don't see them getting past the Lions or Eagles in the playoffs -- assuming the Packers make the playoffs.

I don't think anyone does. It sure seems to be trending toward two epic conference finals with KC/BUF and PHL/DET. 

I think the Packers are a really good team. They are the top of the second tier. Their defense is definitely trending the right way finally but to be honest it's Love that's kept them from the next level this year. The pass rush isn't elite either but Love just hasn't been what he was last season.  

[82brewcrew82]

Just now, OldHeidelberg said:

I don't trust the defense at all but this is on the offense and Love will have to lead it back.

Drive out of the half is the key in my opinion.  Anything less than a TD and I think that is the game.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

I don't get why its hard for some to admit that Detroit is just better at pretty much everything right now.  Not saying that has always been the case or that it will be forever but right now, it is absolutely true and maybe nowhere more noticeable than with the coaches.

No one isn't admitting that. Lol. Like literally no one thinks that. You keep saying it like somebody is though. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The Packers are making the playoffs guys. We can stop putting that qualifier on things. The 8th seed right now has 6 losses. There are four 6-loss teams. One will win the South, and the Packers beat 2 of the other 3. 

The most probable scenario in which the Packers miss the playoffs would be them finishing 0-5 and even then they could make it. At 1-4, they would still be a near lock. 

[adambr2]

8 minutes ago, wOOgiE22 said:

Hindsight is 20/20 but would have been way better off letting them score with a minute. Knew they would get it in on 4th. 

Not challenging an unwinnable challenge would have been great, too.

MLF has a long history of making emotional in-game decisions that come back to bite his team later.

[Recovering Chicagoan]

2 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Not challenging an unwinnable challenge would have been great, too.

MLF has a long history of making emotional in-game decisions that come back to bite his team later.

Agreed. Not a wise challenge.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Did Al call him Tristan Watson?