The Green Bay Packers are 10-0. They own a three game lead in their division. They are easily the best team in the NFL. So why am I so nervous about tomorrow’s game?
I think first of all the stigma of losing to the Lions still lingers even though they are 7-3 and not the same old Lions. I still would hate to lose our perfect record to them.
The Packers have not played a real stinker game yet this year so I don’t see that happening tomorrow. Under Aaron Rodgers you are much less likely to get a four or six interception game that can lead to a lesser team blowing you out. So I think the Packers should be able to hang with the Lions all game. Can they outscore them is the question.
The Lions remind me of the Packers circa 1993, they are in dire need of that statement win. Beating the Packers would give them that. The Packers may have been a little bored lately. The only games in the last six the Packers looked really good were against the Falcons on a Sunday night and the Vikings on a Monday night. The Packers like the bright lights.
To play the ‘if’ game if the Packers win tomorrow the NFC North Division is essentially theirs. If the Packers lose they are not only back in a fight for the division title but will have a hard time getting home field advantage for the playoffs. Hard to believe because they would still be 10-1, but the 49ers are hot on their heels. If you are a Packers’ fan you are a Ravens’ fan tomorrow too.
To be honest, I am trying to fight the confident feeling I have about this game. It just seems to good to be true. I mean come on! Go in to Detroit, 10-0, beat them on national TV. Make millions of people’s Thanksgiving a wonderful day. Make a huge statement to the rest of the league. Too good to be true. This is the Lions biggest game since 1962 and even with all the Packers can accomplish, it means more to them.
My gut feeling is usually wrong, but my gut is telling me the Packers absorb a strong early punch by the Lions but win like they have all year. Take a hit, settle down, then strike quick and often and hold on in the end. Packers 38, Lions 28.