The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers face off for the second matchup this season, this time in the opening Thanksgiving Day classic. Roles are reversed from a typical Lions Thanksgiving Day game: Detroit is nearly guaranteed to make the postseason at 8-2, while the Packers are hanging on to threads of belief that they can make an unlikely postseason run.
But last week, the Lions nearly lost to a Chicago Bears team completely out of the race. Are they in danger of another close one this week against the Packers? Let’s take a closer look with our On Paper preview and prediction.