GREEN BAY – It hasn’t happened for a half-dozen years, and the Packers’ prospects for 2015 would look much brighter if it doesn’t happen on Thursday night.
An NFC North opponent hasn’t swept a season series from the Packers since 2009, but that’s what the Lions have a chance to do in prime time at Ford Field.
For all of Head Coach Mike McCarthy’s prowess in the division since entering it in 2006 – a .750 winning percentage at the start of his 10th season – it’s hard to believe the Packers need a win at Detroit just to split this gauntlet of a four-game division stretch.