*** Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions ***

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions

Statement game for the Lions here. A team that hasn't won a Thanksgiving game since 2003 and hasn't won there division since 1993. For once they have a very legit chance to do both. With the Packers reeling and the Bears playing like crap, the Lions feel this is there division to lose now. Lions will be as fired up as can be. Everyone knows how bad the Packers secondary is, Stafford will put up monster numbers. On the other side, no team in the NFL has been better against the rush the past 3 weeks. Since Detroit's bye week, they have given up 104 rushing yards on 53 carries to Laveon Bell, Matt Forte, and Bobby Rainey. 1.96 YPC. Eddie Lacy will have very little running lanes to run through leaving many 3rd and longs for Flynn. If you want to put your money on Flynn having to carry his whole team on his back with very little support from his RB or his defense than go ahead. I see a blowout looming.

• Lions -6 (4x)

Think Lions win but this has last second Matt Stafford all over it. Last week the villian, this week the hero. I'm thinking Matt Flynn has a good game and we have ourselves a back and forth..

I think either Lions in Overtime, Last second TD or last second field goal. For me. No play...

The Packers had an inspired effort on Sunday to tie the Vikings.  The Vikings?  Packers have so many things going for them.  Rodgers out.  Injuries all over the place.  Overtime game on Sunday.  Short week on the road.  This is a great opportunity for the Lions to roll on Thanksgiving Day.  But knowing the Lions they will probably find a way to screw things up again. 

I didn't take the Packers as a dog this week but I say Lions win 27 to 24.

Riceboi mentioned the OT angle so I ran it through a database and came up with the following numbers:

Teams that played an OT game and then play on Thursday are ATS 3-17 and SUP 5-15. An interesting angle which points to Detroit especially when you consider the Packers went the full 15 minutes.

With all the Detroit talk about their past record and their swoon last 2 weeks its inevitable that 6-7 will attract many GB backers but...................................

NATE BURLESON AND MEGAMAN are due. I look for these guys to have a field day tomorrow and while Flynn will air it out as well, The Black cloud which is the GB secondary will be EXPOSED YET AGAIN. No way in HELL they can cover these 2 guys.

1 or the other has a big day and look for REGGIE to get in on the action.Everybody is down on DETROIT and they are where they've never been in long time 1st place.

DETROIT WINS BY 21