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Familiarity key for Packers' defense in second season under Pettine

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford surpassed 300 passing yards and slung a trio of touchdowns -- gifting his top-three receivers with one each -- and mercifully ended the visitors' season. Albeit with Brett Hundley at the helm rather than Aaron Rodgers, who was back on injured reserve after a brief return from a broken collarbone two weeks prior, no one expected much from the team's sputtering -- and sometimes downright pitiful -- offense.

Defensively, however, the Packers were still significantly outmatched. While that may have been a result of personnel decisions than anything else, i.e., players playing out of position, team brass felt otherwise.