Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Thanksgiving
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USA Today's NFL experts make their picks for a Week 13 showdown between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers
Love is the first Packers QB with multiple touchdown passes on fourth down in the same game since at least 1978. In three Thanksgiving games as the starter, Love has completed 68% of his passes for 776 yards with nine touchdowns and no interceptions.
Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day showdown with the Green Bay Packers featured a depleted roster missing several offensive weapons and key trench players, which contributed to the offense’s overall struggles. But above everything else, the defense delivered arguably its worst outing of the season as the Lions fell 31–24, dropping to 7–5.
Jack White, the singer and guitarist best-known as part of the rock duo the White Stripes, will perform at halftime. The White Stripes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month.
The Lions showed little urgency during a 6-minute drive that ended in a field goal late in their Thanksgiving game
MLive's Dungeon of Doom podcast offers their thoughts on the thin margin for error through the final five games if Detroit wants to even make the postseason.
Jordan Love's wife, Ronika Stone Love, reacted to the Packers' win over the Lions by giving the team the perfect nickname.
NFL officials stoked drama on Thursday as they granted a timeout for the Green Bay Packers despite the team appearing to commit a false start penalty beforehand.