MichiganCardinal

vs. Setting: 01/08/2023 TBD on FOX Site: Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI Weather: 30° High, 23° Low, 19% chance of snow, 8mph Wind Opening Spread: Packers -4 All-Time Series Record: Packers lead, 105-74-7 Last Meeting: 11/06/2022, Lions won 15-9 Green Bay Packers (8-8) Head Coach: Matt LaFleur (4th Season: 47-18) Projected Starting QB: Aaron Rodgers (18th Season: 147-74-1) Last Week: 41-17 W v. Minnesota Vikings (12-4) Playoff Situation: Win and they are in Your Detroit Lions (8-8) Head Coach: Dan Campbell (2nd Season: 11-21-1) Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (7th Season: 53-45-1) Last Week: 41-10 W v. Chicago Bears (3-13) Playoff Situation: Win + Seattle Seahawks Loss (v. LA Rams), and they are in Elsewhere in the NFL Saturday: Chiefs @ Raiders (4:30pm), Titans @ Jaguars (8:15pm) Sunday (All Times TBD): Buccaneers @ Falcons, Patriots @ Bills, Vikings @ Bears, Ravens @ Bengals, Texans @ Colts, Jets @ Dolphins, Panthers @ Saints, Giants @ Eagles, Browns @ Steelers, Cowboys @ Commanders, Chargers @ Broncos, Rams @ Seahawks, Cardinals @ 49ers

Hadn't seen this. Maybe they should void that game.... just don't count it for anyone.....

I don't think Anderson will be there at this point. He was a pipe dream athletic freak you could hope fell into your lap, but I'm certainly not going to complain if Houston/Hutch is the one-two punch of the future, if they continue this level of productivity. I think they will do their due diligence on QBs, but not feel pressured to take one. Which is appropriate.

It’s possible. I don’t think it would be the worst thing in the world if we ran it back with Swift and Jamaal. When fully healthy, this was probably a good enough offense to go 12-5 and win the North with just a league average defense. And that’s without Jamo, who could seriously be one of the most explosive players in the league next season. I can certainly understand the rationale behind saying this draft should be defense, defense, defense. If they value Bijan Robinson or Jahmyr Gibbs highly though, it wouldn’t shock me at all to see them take one in the 1st Round. As simplistic as it sounds, I think the front office values talent, wherever they can find it (and they seem to have a good knack for seeing it). It’s why they made the move to go get Jamo, it’s why they took multiple defensive linemen in 2021. If you can find 4+ talented players in any given draft, you’re well on your way to building a talented team within three years. More importantly than drafting or not drafting a Running Back is that you get an Alvin Kamara, Christian McCaffery, or Derrick Henry if you do, instead of Kerryon Johnson, Ameer Abdullah, Mikel Leshore, or Jahvid Best.

I wouldn’t count that chicken yet. It was good to see vintage Swift, but I’m not sure that one solid performance at home against a team with a terrible defense that is 3-13 is indicative of sustained success. 7 carries for 31 yards against the Vikings the first time around, 5 carries for 6 yards against the Dolphins and 5 carries for 19 yards against the Bills all stick out to me. Those are three games where he was active, lost by a collective 11 points, any one of which could have been a win with a stronger and more consistent rushing attack.

I think the Rams have a real shot at beating the Seahawks. The Seahawks aren't that good, and the Rams have nothing to lose and everything to gain by shutting their divisional rival out of the playoffs. I think that both the Packers and Lions are both better than any of the Vikings, Bucs, Giants, Seahawks, and Commanders right now. It's why you have to win games like the first Minnesota game, the Miami game, and the Seattle game though (not a complaint).

Now watch Stafford get activated off of IR for the week 18 game against the Seahawks to deliver us to the playoffs.

In his post game presser, Campbell said that he hoped Green Bay won today so that they could have a bigger game next week. I think if you’re faced with a single game you need to win, Campbell is the perfect coach. May not be able to do that same thing a number of games in a row but you give him one game, he’ll get 1000% effort out of his players for that one game.

It’s possible the Seahawks/Rams game gets flexed to a Saturday game.

That was PI, no? No replay here but Chark was rolling around on the ground when the pass arrived

Houston is something special

This team could be really special next year

A few times now.

Gotta make everybody here feel included. 😉

It’s electric in here. Haven’t let up.

Has anyone heard of Quinn XCII? The halftime performer? Literally never heard of him.

Houston is turning into an absolute beast of a find

I’ll get to tell my grandchildren that I was there the day the Lions forced a punt.

The Back Judge had nothing on that somehow. He was bailed out by the deep wing.

Time to outscore the opposition

I fell asleep at like 10 and woke up at 12:01 to the sound of fireworks and the sight of Ohio State floundering its way to elimination

I wonder how much of the putrid performances by both teams can be attributed to taking a month off before this game.

It’s hard to really force a player to play. That rule might stop them from posting “I’m going to X” and getting a head start on work with X (which would probably be helpful in another way), but I don’t think they would be any more likely to play for Y in the bowl game. It would just be a badly kept secret that they were opting out with an intent to transfer.

It’s hard to be disappointed with a 13-1 season. I wonder if this - and an NIL chunk of change - incentivizes Corum to run it back. They win this game with him in the backfield.

Put another way, the officials may have been the best of the three teams on the field, despite their mistakes.