Week Thirteen: Green Bay Packers (7-3-1) @ Detroit Lions (7-4)

[MichiganCardinal]

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Setting: 11/27/2025 1:00pm on FOX

Site: Ford Field in Detroit, MI

Weather: Climate Controlled

Opening Spread: Lions -3

All-Time Series Record: Packers lead, 107-78-7

Last Meeting: 09/07/2025, Packers won 27-13

 

Green Bay Packers (7-3-1)

Head Coach: Matt LaFleur (7th Season: 74-36-1)

Projected Starting QB: Jordan Love (6th Season: 25-18-1)

Last Week: 23-6 W vs. Minnesota Vikings (4-7)

Looking Ahead to Week #14: Sunday vs. Chicago Bears (8-3)

 

Your Detroit Lions (7-4)

Head Coach: Dan Campbell (5th Season: 46-32-1)

Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (10th Season: 88-56-1)

Last Game: 34-27 W in OT vs. New York Giants (2-10)

Looking Ahead to Week #14: Thursday Night vs. Dallas Cowboys (5-5-1)

 

Elsewhere in the NFL

Thanksgiving: Chiefs @ Cowboys (4:30pm on CBS), Bengals @ Ravens (8:30pm on NBC)

Black Friday: Bears @ Eagles (3:00pm on Prime)

Primetime: Broncos @ Commanders (SNF), Giants @ Patriots (MNF)

1:00pm: Rams @ Panthers, 49ers @ Browns, Texans @ Colts, Saints @ Dolphins, Falcons @ Jets, Cardinals @ Buccaneers, Jaguars @ Titans

4:05/4:25pm: Raiders @ Chargers, Vikings @ Seahawks, Bills @ Steelers

Edited Monday at 07:44 PM by MichiganCardinal

[IdahoBert]

So, both teams playing on three days rest. Well, there is a certain egalitarian symmetry to that I guess. 

[lordstanley]

3 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

So, both teams playing on three days rest. Well, there is a certain egalitarian symmetry to that I guess. 

Three of the Lions' next 5 games will be Thursday games on 3 days rest. I think Thanksgiving as a one-off is plenty.

[MichiganCardinal]

Just now, lordstanley said:

Three of the Lions' next 5 games will be Thursday games on 3 days rest. I think Thanksgiving as a one-off is plenty.

Week 14 against Dallas will be on regular rest, since it's back to back Thursday nights. Then they'll get the nine days rest before playing the Rams. Regular week before the Steelers, then short turnaround again for Christmas in Minnesota. Then another long week before Chicago.

[MichiganCardinal]

12 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

So, both teams playing on three days rest. Well, there is a certain egalitarian symmetry to that I guess. 

The Lions having to play overtime doesn't help, though at least the offensive line only needed to play one additional play.

[RedRamage]

16 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

The Lions having to play overtime doesn't help, though at least the offensive line only needed to play one additional play.

Plus the defense obviously needed more practice, so maybe that extra plays in OT will help them??

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Sports_Freak]

58 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Three of the Lions' next 5 games will be Thursday games on 3 days rest. I think Thanksgiving as a one-off is plenty.

Next game is against Dallas on a Thursday...a full week rest. Then 10 days off before facing the Rams in LA.

[MichiganCardinal]

TA cleared the first step of protocol, sounds like he might be available Thursday.

[lordstanley]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

Next game is against Dallas on a Thursday...a full week rest. Then 10 days off before facing the Rams in LA.

Oh yeah, 3 Thursdays but only 2 of them on short rest 

[Jason_R]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Wright pulled the idiot move of trying to hurdle a tackler and ended up landing on his head. Now he’s on the report, NP with neck injury. 

Looks like Davenport and Paschal should play. And maybe Frazier will have to play since Glasgow sat out practice with a knee injury. 

[sagnam]

2 hours ago, Jason_R said:

Wright pulled the idiot move of trying to hurdle a tackler and ended up landing on his head. Now he’s on the report, NP with neck injury. 

Looks like Davenport and Paschal should play. And maybe Frazier will have to play since Glasgow sat out practice with a knee injury. 

He learned too much from Hockenson. Such a stupid thing to do. I think that some of it is from defenders going low on TEs, impossible to get low enough to go shoulder-to-shoulder with someone diving at your legs. The reality is usually the defender doesn’t dive as expected and the hurdler ends up getting flipped on their head.

[Sports_Freak]

3 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Oh yeah, 3 Thursdays but only 2 of them on short rest 

Ahhh..yes. The game at Minnesota. But they'll also be on short rest and it gives up extended time off before the season finale at Chicago.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

10 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

I'm looking forward to his return too, but it feels like you might as well just hold him back until a true must-win, because he's only going to be good for maybe 40 snaps before getting injured again. Maybe this qualifies as a true must-win though.

[Sports_Freak]

I don't even want to know the Lions Thanksgiving record in the last 20 years or so. It seems like we have lost a majority of the time. And sure, this isn't a totally must win but it's very important. It will be a harder road to the playoffs with a loss. Green Bay beat us opening day and the Lions always seem to win revenge games. But the struggles we've had recently makes me a bit nervous.

[MichiganCardinal]

16 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I don't even want to know the Lions Thanksgiving record in the last 20 years or so. It seems like we have lost a majority of the time. And sure, this isn't a totally must win but it's very important. It will be a harder road to the playoffs with a loss. Green Bay beat us opening day and the Lions always seem to win revenge games. But the struggles we've had recently makes me a bit nervous.

Compared to some of their historical futility, their Turkey Day record isn't actually that bad. They are 38-45-2 all-time. After a 2016 win against Minnesota, they were actually close to .500, at 37-38-2. Going way back to 2003 after Joey Herrington's thrilling victory over Brett Favre, they were actually 33-29-2.

To answer your question that you didn't want to know the answer to though, they are 5-15 in the last twenty years. Losing 9 in a row from 2004-2012, and 7 in a row from 2017-2023 doesn't help.

Edited 12 hours ago by MichiganCardinal

[MichiganCardinal]

 

Tough business.

[Jason_R]

2 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

 

Tough business.

Hat tip to Arthur Maulet. Next man up. 🫡

[MichiganCardinal]

 

These are estimates, the Lions are only doing walkthroughs, but not a good report even by recent standards.

Paschal's evaluation clock is up tomorrow, he has to either be activated or shut down for the season. Going from FP to NP in consecutive walkthroughs may indicate they are shutting him down. Also not looking good for Glasgow, Raymond, or Wright. Would like to see Arnold go FP tomorrow in indication that he's good for Thursday. Campbell already said Kerby was a no-go again this week, will make six straight.

Next man up at TE would be TE4 Ross Dwelly. They have two TEs on the practice squad right now too, Anthony Firkser and Zach Horton. More likely they would roll with Skipper as a jumbo set OT again.

[Sports_Freak]

7 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

 

To answer your question that you didn't want to know the answer to though, they are 5-15 in the last twenty years. Losing 9 in a row from 2004-2012, and 7 in a row from 2017-2023 doesn't help.

Noooo...turkey day indigestion;

[Jason_R]

2 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

 

These are estimates, the Lions are only doing walkthroughs, but not a good report even by recent standards.

Paschal's evaluation clock is up tomorrow, he has to either be activated or shut down for the season. Going from FP to NP in consecutive walkthroughs may indicate they are shutting him down. Also not looking good for Glasgow, Raymond, or Wright. Would like to see Arnold go FP tomorrow in indication that he's good for Thursday. Campbell already said Kerby was a no-go again this week, will make six straight.

Next man up at TE would be TE4 Ross Dwelly. They have two TEs on the practice squad right now too, Anthony Firkser and Zach Horton. More likely they would roll with Skipper as a jumbo set OT again.

Are we gonna see if Colon is an upgrade at center?