A different Packers team — in fact, most of the Aaron Rodgers era — would have lost a game like Monday night against the Lions. That’s both literally and figuratively true as Green Bay hadn’t won a game -3 in turnovers since 2001, so let’s set aside the literal for a moment. What Matt LaFleur’s team faced against Detroit was a Murphy’s Law game.
A flea-flicker to start the game. An uncharacteristic fumble from Aaron Jones. Drops galore. Two turnovers off the hands of rookie Darrius Shepherd. It was the kind of contest where if you’re playing Madden, you restart the game because the computer has decided you’re just not winning, a metaphor made better by the fact the Lions have, for years, been the Packers’ little brother.