Packers at Lions

Go for the division title. Root for the Packers. Lions have the Bills next.

From another thread:
Thursday night’s game between the 11-1 Lions and the 9-3 Packers looms large in the NFC North standings. Detroit can become the first NFC team to clinch a playoff berth with a win or tie. A Lions loss, though, puts the Vikings right back into the race for the division title, the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye.
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I cant root for GB, just can't

purplefaithful wrote:
From another thread: Thursday night’s game between the 11-1 Lions and the 9-3 Packers looms large in the NFC North standings. Detroit can become the first NFC team to clinch a playoff berth with a win or tie. A Lions loss, though, puts the Vikings right back into the race for the division title, the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye. ==================================

I cant root for GB, just can't

Damn I just realized that. If the Lions lose and the Vikings win, the NFC #1 seed is very much in play for the Vikings. Atlanta leads the South with a .500 record, Seahawks lead the West at 7-5. Philly at 10-2 is the only competition for the top seed.

MaroonBells wrote:

Damn I just realized that. If the Lions lose and the Vikings win, the NFC #1 seed is very much in play for the Vikings. Atlanta leads the South with a .500 record, Seahawks lead the West at 7-5. Philly at 10-2 is the only competition for the top seed.

Lots at stake the last 5 weeks for sure...

I would rather Detroit have the #1 seed than Philly.

purplefaithful wrote:

Lots at stake the last 5 weeks for sure...

I would rather Detroit have the #1 seed than Philly.

Agree. I think Philly gives us all a little PTSD.

In this situation, I am forced to root for the Packers, sorry. It's a slippery slope. One more loss for the Packers puts them a game further behind us in the standings (assuming we keep winning). But a loss for the Lions here puts the ball firmly in our hands in terms of any chance of winning the NFC North. Home advantage can be a powerful thing.

Now is the time for Jordan Love to show he's worth the money. Detroit is depleted with injuries and its bright lights time for Thursday Night Football. The national media is on pins and needles, ready to throw the parade for the Packers with a win as they want to crown them desperately. No excuses for Love.

I find that whatever my brain tells me, my heart won't let me ever root for the Packers regardless. So I just go with the it....FTP.



And by the way, no other NFL team has more than seven defensive players on injured reserve; Detroit has 13. NO EXCUSES GREEN BAY!

I don't want to root for either of them. I'm just glad one of them has to lose (unless it's a tie).

comet52 wrote:
I don't want to root for either of them.  I'm just glad one of them has to lose (unless it's a tie).

I think a tie might aCtually not be bad for the Vikings. Not as good as a Lions loss.

I tried to hold my nose and root for GB but I just couldn’t I tried rooting for the Lions but I just can.t stand Dan Campbell. I mean I REALLY can’t stand him. Arrogant and stupid. So I just watched. Man, those are two really good teams. Hard nosed, hard fought, heavyweight bout of rock em sock em football. We have our work cut out for us. But, hey, that’s ok. I’m just praying we stay healthy so we can see how we match up. Should be fun!

Campbell's a fucktard. I think they lose to the Bills and the Vikings.

Really a close score last night but the loins really dominated in stats. Looking forward to see how the Bills match up with them.
I still don’t think the Lions will be representing the NFC in the superbowl.

The game went largely how I thought, and it confirmed something for me: the Vikings can take either/both of those teams in the coming rematches.

I'm hoping that we've had all these close wins while failing to "peak" too early...and we're saving our best for the stretch/playoff run.

Agreed. Campbell isnt a very likable guy, but I would rather see Detroit win the NFC than Philly. Winning last night helps that.

Det and Philly are the most complete teams in this conference. I think MN and GB are tier 2. I know division games are usually close/throw the records out the window type events, but I dont think GB would have hung with Lions that closely if Detroit wasn't out about 8 D starters (I exaggerate on the #).

I wanted Detroit to win last night for that reason plus it pretty much knocks GB out of division contention. 

With that out of the way, now we can hope that the Bills or someone can take one from the Kitties and hopefully we take care of our own business.

Lets make that last week count, but we may have to go 4/1 to make that come true.

Caactorvike wrote:

I tried to hold my nose and root for GB but I just couldn’t  I tried rooting for the Lions but I just can.t stand Dan Campbell. I mean I REALLY can’t stand him. Arrogant and stupid. So I just watched. Man, those are two really good teams. Hard nosed, hard fought, heavyweight bout of rock em sock em football. We have our work cut out for us. But, hey, that’s ok. I’m just praying we stay healthy so we can see how we match up. Should be fun!

He is one big ol' meathead, isn't he? And he was about an inch from being a complete moron. Mark my words, his hyper aggression is going to bite him in the ass in the playoffs against someone. It might work in the macro, but the playoffs are the micro. His postgame speeches are nauseating. The Lions are definitely a very good team, zero doubt about it, but I'm no fan of Campbell. The media loves him of course because it makes great theater.

Norse wrote:
Really a close score last night but the loins really dominated in stats. Looking forward to see how the Bills match up with them. I still don’t think the Lions will be representing the NFC in the superbowl.

I hope not or we will hold another record at the top of the list.

FLVike wrote:

I hope not or we will hold another record at the top of the list.

Vikings vs Bills lol!

If the Lions get to the Superbowl we are the only team ever to move from the bottom to the top of this list;

NFC Title sequence from longest absent

NFC
1.  Detroit Lions (1957)
2.  Minnesota Vikings  1976
3.  Washington Commanders  1991
4.  Dallas Cowboys  1995
5.  Chicago Bears  2006
6.  Arizona Cardinals  2008
7.  New Orleans Saints  2009
8.  Green Bay Packers  2010
9.  New York Giants  2011
10. Seattle Seahawks  2014
11. Carolina Panthers  2015
12. Atlanta Falcons  2016
13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers  2020
14. Los Angeles Rams  2021
15. Philadelphia Eagles  2022
16. San Francisco 49ers  2023