The Green Bay Packers have spent far longer than is acceptable in the shadow of the typically lowly Detroit Lions. It’s time for the natural order to be reestablished.
That’s my storyline for this weekend. On paper, these are two talented football teams that have had some hard-fought battles in recent years mostly go Detroit’s way. The Lions are one of a couple teams that have put a pretty low ceiling on the Packers’ potential achievement the last couple years. If Green Bay is going to take the next step this year for a deep playoff or Super Bowl push, they’re going to need to establish a higher ranking in the pecking order of the NFC North, and that means defeating Detroit.