Official Week 9 Green Bay vs Detroit Thread

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The Green Bay Packers return home to take on the Detroit Lions for their third game at Lambeau Field in four weeks.
  • Including a 1994 playoff victory, the Packers are 28-5 against the Lions in the state of Wisconsin since 1992.
  • The Packers have 61 wins at home against Detroit, tied for the most home wins by one NFL team against another all-time (Chicago also has 61 wins versus the Lions).
  • This is the first time since Dec. 8, 1996 (10-3 Green Bay vs. 12-1 Denver), where both teams enter a game at Lambeau Field in Week 9 or later with a .750-plus winning percentage, per the Elias Sports Bureau.
  • The Packers have won three of the last five home games against the Lions.
  • Last season, each team won in the other's stadium.
  • The Packers lead the all-time regular-season series, 104-76-7 (.577), and have won both postseason contests the two clubs have played.
  • Green Bay's 104 regular-season wins over the Lions are the second most it has against any team (106 vs. Chicago).
  • The Lions and Packers share one of the league's streakiest series. One team has swept the season series in six of the last eight years. The clubs have split their meetings twice in that span (2021 and 2024).
  • The Packers swept the season series 11 times in the last 20 years.
  • Green Bay scored 42 points in the meeting at Lambeau in 2020, the most it had scored at home against the Lions since posting 45 in 2011. The Packers followed it up by scoring 35 in an 18-point victory at home in 2021.
  • Three of the last four contests between the teams at Lambeau Field have been decided by 14-plus points.
  • Dating back to 2019, Green Bay is 6-4 overall against the Lions.
  • It is the second straight season and the fourth time in the past five years that the first meeting between the two teams will take place in Green Bay.
  • This is the first of five NFC North games the Packers will play in their final nine contests. It is the first time since 2015 that five of the final nine games will be against the division.
  • Green Bay will be on the bye next week. It comes in Week 10 for the first time since 2012 and marks the fourth time in six seasons under Head Coach Matt LaFleur that the Packers' bye has been Week 10 or later.
WITH THE CALL
FOX Sports, now in its 31st season as an NFL network television partner, will broadcast the game.
  • Play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt joins analyst Tom Brady and sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi.
  • The game is also available through NFL Sunday Ticket by YouTube.
  • All Packers games can be heard on the Packers Radio Network, which is made up of 54 stations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and North and South Dakota. 97.3 The Game – WRNW-Milwaukee is in its third season as the flagship station of the Packers Radio Network. For a map and full listing of radio affiliates, go to packers.com/video/radio-network. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst), and three-time Packers Pro Bowler John Kuhn (sideline reporter) call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 30th season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 26th season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.
  • The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio on channel 83 or 226 or through the app (Packers Radio Network feed).
  • Sports USA Radio will be broadcasting the game to a national audience with Larry Kahn (play-by-play) and James White (analyst) on the call.


THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
Packers vs. Lions:
  • All-time, regular season: 104-76-7
  • All-time, postseason: 2-0 (1-0 at Lambeau)
  • All-time, at home (regular season): 61-29-4 (35-15-3 at Lambeau)
  • Streaks: Green Bay has won 24 of the last 29 regular-season meetings at Lambeau Field.
  • Last meeting, regular season: Nov. 23, 2023, Ford Field, Packers won, 29-22
COACHES CAPSULES

  • Matt LaFleur: 62-29-0, .681; (3-4 postseason); 6th NFL season
  • Dan Campbell: 35-34-1, .507; (2-1 postseason); 5th NFL season
  • Head to Head: LaFleur 2-4 vs. Campbell
  • vs. Opponent: LaFleur 6-4 vs. Lions; Campbell 4-2 vs. Packers
MATT LaFLEUR…In his sixth season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
  • Is in his 16th season in the NFL, having previously served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quarterbacks coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16), and an offensive assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09).
  • In his first five seasons leading the Packers, authored one of the greatest starts to a head-coaching career in NFL history. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, his 56 wins are tied for the second most in league history by a head coach in his first five seasons in the NFL, trailing only George Seifert (62 in 1989-93).
  • Became the first coach in NFL history to post 13-plus wins in three straight seasons and his 39 wins from 2019-21 passed Seifert (38) for the most wins by an NFL head coach in his first three seasons in the league (Elias). His 39 wins are also tied for the second most by a coach over any three-season span in league history, trailing only Andy Reid's 40 wins with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2020-22 and Mike Ditka's 40 wins with the Chicago Bears from 1985-87 (Elias).
  • In his first season leading the Packers in 2019, became the first coach in club history to lead the team to the playoffs in his debut season. Also led the largest one-year win improvement in team history (plus-seven wins).
DAN CAMPBELL…In his fourth season as the Lions' 28th head coach.
  • Has 26 years of NFL experience, including 15 years as a coach and 11 as a player. Most recently served as an assistant head coach/tight ends coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2016-2020.
  • In 2023, helped Detroit to its first-ever NFC North title and first division title since 1993. The team finished with a 12-5 record, tying the single-season franchise record for wins in a season.
  • Led Detroit to its first winning season since 2017 as the Lions finished 9-8 overall in 2022. The team finished the season ranked in the top five in the NFL in five offensive categories and also set an NFL record for sacks by rookies with 20.5.
  • Is the fifth former Lions player to be named a full-time head coach for the team and the first since Joe Schmidt, who played for Detroit from 1953-65 and served as the head coach from 1967-72.
 
This will be a very tough test. We have some key injuries. Yes, the Lions lost Hutchinson but it's hard to know if that is a weakness or not. To my recollection they have only played the Texans since Hutchinson was injured. I did not see that game so I don't know how that affected them if any.

The defense has little to no room for error. Alexander is hurt again. He is an excellent player but lately it seems like he is always hurt. I can't remember who else on defense came up on injury

Personally I think we have a better chance of winning if Willis plays. OL has to be in tip top shape. Just my initial thoughts.
 
GBP4EVER said:
To win on Sunday GB is going to have the defense go lights out and get a few TO's.
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I don’t see it. Lions firing on all cylinders right now, will see how they shake out down the road.
 
detroit is so confident that they had five players who did not practice and are not injured. that's bulletin board material.
 
Really, do you think there's any billboard material that will have the Pack out tough the Lions.

The Pack only wins if it stays focused, plays within itself, and does its assignments.

We don't out tough anybody. Doesn't mean we can't win. We just aren't going to win by being offended and getting tough
 
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