With the exception of two games this season — one they won (Kansas City) and one they didn’t (Baltimore)— the Detroit Lions have been favored to emerge victorious in nearly every game they’ve played so far. So, when it comes to hosting the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day, a game they’ve lost the last six times, you might think NFL journalists would predict a Lions loss, right?
Well, if you did, you’d be wrong.
In their 84th annual Thanksgiving Day game, NFL writers across the country are not only picking the Lions to snap their dreadful holiday streak but also predicting they’ll do it in a big way.