Packers' 4th down aggressiveness trumps Lions' decisions to complete season sweep

The Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions rivalry belongs to the Cheeseheads successful 2025.

The Packers completed the play expanse with a 31-24 triumph connected the roadworthy connected Thanksgiving afternoon.

Green Bay was assertive early, scoring a brace of touchdowns connected 4th down successful the archetypal half. With 25 seconds near successful the half, though, Jameson Williams scampered for a 22-yard touchdown to bring Detroit to wrong three, and the Lions got the shot to commencement the half.

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Green Bay Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (13) celebrates a touchdown against Green Bay Packers during the archetypal fractional astatine Ford Field successful Detroit connected Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Junfu Han / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

The momentum was short-lived, though, arsenic the Lions weren’t arsenic palmy erstwhile matching the Packers’ aggressiveness. Jahmyr Gibbs was stopped connected a 4th and 3, giving the Packers the shot adjacent midfield. On conscionable the 2nd play, Jordan Love recovered Christian Watson for a 51-yard people to enactment Green Bay up, 24-14.

The Lions answered quickly, arsenic Jared Goff connected with Isaac Teslaa for a touchdown to marque it a three-point crippled again, but the Packers matched it with Dontayvion Wicks' 2nd touchdown of the afternoon.

Detroit was driving down the tract successful the 4th and went for it again connected 4th down successful tract extremity range, but Jameson Williams, who had been cooking with Amon-Ra St. Brown injured early, dropped what would person been a archetypal down, giving the Packers the ball.

Green Bay Packers backmost Jordan Love (10) makes a walk against the Detroit Lions during the archetypal fractional astatine Ford Field successful Detroit connected Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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The Packers punted and Detroit drove again, with the assistance of a antiaircraft punishment connected a third-and-15 sack. They did person to settee for a tract goal, though. With an enactment to punt, the Packers decided to spell for it connected 4th down to crystal the game, and Wicks came up with a tremendous drawback good beyond the sticks to each but extremity it. Love knelt retired the timepiece for their eighth triumph of the season.

It was the archetypal clip the Packers won some games against Detroit successful a play since 2020, and it volition surely substance successful the playoff hunt.

Green Bay Packers defender Aaron Banks (65) and Green Bay Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (13) observe aft a touchdown against the Detroit Lions astatine Ford Field.  (Lon Horwedel/Imagn Images)

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Love threw 4 touchdowns, 2 of which were to Wicks. The others were to Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs.

The Packers are present 8-3-1, portion Detroit fell to 7-5. Green Bay has different NFC North day adjacent week erstwhile they big the Chicago Bears. Detroit volition enactment location to big the Dallas Cowboys.

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