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The real reason Detroit Lions never had a chance to upset the Packers

The Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon at Ford Field. Because the Green Bay Packers always beat the Detroit Lions … at Ford Field, at Lambeau Field, at whatever field the Lions choose.

It doesn’t matter. It always ends the same, often painfully.

And did again, a 31-24 loss all but ending the Lions' playoff chances, giving interim head coach Darrell Bevell his first defeat and reminding anyone who watches this team that while the Lions played with more spirit and life for the second week in a row, the talent gap between the top of the division and the bottom is too great.