Three points are missing. Three games behind. That sums it up.

Immediately afterwards I felt quite bitter. But after much thought, the pack went head-to-head with the team that was considered one of the best at the time. I think that really says something about this team… and I still feel like they haven’t reached their peak yet. We are excited to see where the next few weeks will take us!

Here’s my opinion, tell me I’m wrong: This team can beat anyone! Sure, they lost, but if the offense lets the defense rest for a few more minutes in the first half, the Pack wins.

The slow start on offense certainly hurt, but the game was built to be won in the second half and the Lions put up a great performance when they needed to. I truly believe this Packers team can beat anyone. They felt the same way at the end of last season. It is the one who makes the plays at the crucial time. Always.

We didn’t lose, we just ran out of time.

You won’t win every game that comes down to the last play. The Packers had already won three. That’s how it works.

Sure, there was a big stop on 4th down that led to a short field and a rushing touchdown for us. But allowing 4/5 conversions on fourth down is a killer. I don’t really think it would have made a difference in the outcome of the game if we had scored a TD on our last possession. Our defense just wasn’t up to it.

Maybe not, but that’s the chance you have to give yourself against this offense.

The inbox is less fun these days, isn’t it? What play could have changed the outcome for the Packers’ victory?

You have to hand it to Dan Campbell, he sticks to what he believes in and it has the desired results. After the failed fourth-down conversion (and subsequent GB TD), other coaches would have taken over the field goal and hoped the defense would contain JL. But he did it and sealed the victory. I wonder if he would have done the same thing if Detroit had fallen behind by 1, right?

I think he does the same thing when the Lions are down 1 or 2. He wouldn’t give the ball back to Love if he could help it.

Why wasn’t Goff demoted late on the fourth-down handoff? His knee touched the ground before he passed the ball.

A surprisingly popular query. A lot of people are grasping at straws. He didn’t take a knee and wasn’t touched by a defender. Pretty simple.

Joe from Duffield, Canada

It was a good game and I thought we might sneak out of the W. But our defense felt like death by 1,000 cuts… I give the Lions credit for defending methodically, but I never felt like the defense was going to get a stop. Due to the injuries, the players seemed lost in the coverage and I couldn’t be the only one shouting at the TV to cover the middle of the pitch. Take the extra days to get healthy and move on to the next one!

This is a difficult chess game with Ben Johnson the way the offense is set up. They have a whole library of screens and other quick passes that are a great answer to any blitz attack. The ball is gone in an instant. If you don’t blitz, Goff can sit back, move into the pocket and let one race downfield. And if you blitz and it’s not a screen, he knows exactly where to go with it to get rid of the ball or how to escape and throw it away. They rarely make a mistake, especially when the four-man rush is kept at bay. Goff made one and the Packers capitalized on it. They also got a big second stop in the second half on fourth down. But they needed a third stop and couldn’t get it.

Mike, in the end is it because GB couldn’t stop Detroit’s offense or is that an overly simplistic view?

They couldn’t stop them when they had to, even though they had plenty of opportunity to do so.

12 minutes less time in possession. 31 games less. Five third-down plays to their 15. How was this game tied with two seconds left? Arrgghh!

20 third- and fourth-down plays compared to the Packers’ five games. That’s crazy. The Lions force you to stop every four downs quite often, which isn’t easy. They scored four touchdowns against Green Bay this year on fourth-and-goal conversions. I’ve never seen that in a season series before.

Bryan from West Salem, WI

ML mentioned, and it’s been said many times here in II, that in this league only a handful of games account for wins and losses. I would also argue that there is a clear difference between teams that lose those handful of plays because their opponent is simply better and teams that lose them due to poor execution or self-inflicted injuries. It seems to me that our 9-4 Green Bay Packers fall squarely into the latter category, which gives me hope because this can be fixed. Is that fair?

I don’t know. The Lions are awfully good. The two plays that bothered me the most in this game were (1) the Christian Watson fumble because he just roughly exposed the ball, which you can’t do (although he certainly did his best to do that as the game went on). to compensate for the game). on) and (2) the second four-and-goal touchdown when the Packers weren’t ready and the Lions took a quick snap. This simply cannot happen in such a crucial situation.

The administration definitely left a lot to be desired. Lots of phantom and missed calls throughout the night.

I understand that they need to stand out to the referees, but wow, that was a terribly inconsistent game. They’ll call things like the illegal contact on Nixon or the rub route on Watson, but not Love getting hit in the face, being held as Nixon blitzes, or OPI on ARSB’s in-break route. If you let them play, do it consistently. Those two calls to us were an eight-point change.

Chris from Rhinelander, WI

Can you please explain the OPI on Watson near the end of the game? It looked like he was running his way and the defender ran into him. I’m sure his job was to take out the defenders, but it didn’t look like he put much effort into it. It directly changed the outcome of the game.

LaFleur and Love spoke about it at length after the game. All I can say is that it’s a hard break. The referees thought the Packers ran a pick play, but that wasn’t true. They tried to screen Jayden Reed on the left and Christian Watson was the next option as the game progressed with the low cross from the right. But he hit the defender trying to chase down Josh Jacobs, who was running out of the backfield. As LaFleur said, the bottom line is you have to avoid the defender on the crosser. A difficult decision that I don’t think is even made when Love throws to the left, where he’s originally looking.

Good morning II. No question, just a comment. That was a slobberknocker. I could voice a few complaints, but I don’t think I will. We just competed against one of the best in the league…we just needed a bigger foot with more toes. Tell Detroit we’ll see them again soon and we’ll all have our guns.

The Packers still have at least a few games left, but if they’re lucky enough to get another shot at the Lions, I suspect Detroit will be healthier too. Focus on what’s in front of you and watch where the chips fall.