Packers Sweep the Lions on Thanksgiving Reaction & Breakdown

Packers Sweep the Lions on Thanksgiving Reaction & Breakdown

I love Toyota thon crosser nation welcome to an episode of podcast the podcast where you don’t Pakistan but it sure does help I’m your host Tom a very happy Thanksgiving to everybody Everybody celebrating. It’s much better when the Packers get a win. Graci. And today we are going to be talking about the Green Bay mother loving Packers getting the win over the Detroit Lions with a score of 31-24. And a few things coming out of this game. One, this is the first time that the Packers have swept the Lions since 2020. So, it has been five long years since they’ve been able to do that. On top of that, they are still undefeated in the division. They are a perfect 3 and 0 with the Bears coming up a week from Sunday. The Bears of course have a very important game against the Philadelphia Eagles, but for the Packers, you could not have asked for better here. Now, there were times where the defense was infuriating because the lack of tackling was horrible. And Carrington Valentine, you have been incredible all season in coverage, but that was a very bad tackle on Jameson Williams. On top of that, Devonte Wyatt had to get carded off after being rolled up on. That injury did look significant. Hopefully, it’s not as bad as it looks, but at the time he did have to get carded off. We’ll see if there’s an update from Matt Laflur, but that would be a huge loss on that defensive line. And heading into this game, just like the Lions, who were dealing with injuries in their secondary, dealing with injuries on their offensive line, the Packers were dealing with their own injuries as well. They didn’t have Lucas Vaness once again. They had no Quay Walker in the middle. They had no Matthew Golden. And during this game, not only did Devonte Wyatt get banged up, but also Edin Cooper did as well. And yet, this Packers offense looked fantastic at times. Josh Jacobs returned. He had himself a pretty nice game. Went 17 carries for 83 yards. The Packers had a total of 125 rushing yards on the day. But this was really all about Jordan Freaking Fracking Love. Jordan Love for I think the third or fourth time in his career now had a four touchdown game. Went 18 for 30, 234 yards, four touchdowns, and they didn’t allow a single sack. So, a huge shout out to the offensive line who was also doing a pretty good job opening up some running lanes today. Dantavian Wixs was one of the players of the game. Not only did he have that very clutch fourth down grab that wound up sealing the game, but he was our leading receiver. Six catches for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Christian Watson also had himself a day. Four catches for 80 yards and another touchdown off a 51yd pass from Jordan Love, which was an absolute beauty. And what did the Packers do right today? In that first half, they dominated time of possession. And while the Lions were able to eventually catch up, the Packers went two for two in the red zone today. They were three for three on fourth down, including that very clutch fourth down call at the very end of the game. The Packers had an opportunity to punt it away because their defense had been playing well, but they decided to trust their receivers. And like I said, Wix just made a phenomenal grab. So, honestly, there is very little to complain about with the offense today because they looked really damn good. Taking a look at the defense, Micah Parsons, he had two sacks this past Sunday. He picked up right where he left off. Two and a half sacks today, eight QB pressures and four QB hits. He was sensational on the field today. And honestly, Micah Parsons has just been a radical gamecher for this defense and especially the past couple of weeks. He did really well against the Lions the first time they played in week one this season. He continued that today. And even though guys like Rashawn Garry, who started off really hot, haven’t really been doing so well, the fact that Parsons is getting doubleteamed almost every single play, it allows for other guys to get opportunities. And hopefully when Lucas Vaness is fully back healthy, we’ll see that defensive line at full strength. But again, we have to see how Devonte Wyatt actually is with that injury. Taking a look at the Lions offense, Goth had a really great game. He went 20 for 26, 256 yards, two touchdowns, but was sacked three times. They went for it twice on fourth down and went 0 for two. Very reminiscent of the 0 for5 game against the Philadelphia Eagles just a couple of weeks ago. And one of those fourth downs, it just hit Jameson Williams in the hands and he dropped it. And so because of that, the Packers got the football. So Packers got bailed out a little bit there. Gibbs 20 carries for 68 yards. The Packers allowed 119 rushing yards. Overall, considering what Gibbs did against the Giants just this past Sunday, I’d say that was a pretty good game for the run defense. Their leading receiver was Jameson Williams. Seven catches for 144 yards and a touchdown. He went off as Aman Rosain Brown left early in that game and did not return with an ankle injury. He also got rolled up on by his own offensive lineman. So hopefully his injury is not significant either. And the officiating this game, oh it was a pain in the ass. He had the Wix touchdown in which I originally thought that he did not catch that ball, but they’re saying that he caught the ball and got that right foot down, giving them Packers the first touchdown of the day. And that was on fourth down. And then later in that game on fourth and short, they had a false start, but Matt Laflur called a timeout. However, he called a timeout definitely after the offensive lineman moved. The commentators again, and I watched this game on mute, the commentators said that, “Oh, he was screaming for a timeout.” So, they got awarded that timeout and eventually Romeo Dobs got himself a touchdown. However, there was also some blatant pass interference calls that were missed on the Lions and we just sit here and anytime we have to talk about the officiating, it is not a good time. But yeah, it just was not great today. And now taking a look at the Packers going forward. As I mentioned, this is the first time that they’ve swept the Lions in five years. They’re three and 0 in the division. They got a critical game against the Chicago Bears. And if the Bears lose, the Packers will once again be number one in the NFC North. And considering the Packers are doing much better in the division from where they were last year, I’m feeling pretty darn good. They got three divisional games left, two against the Bears, and they are going to be playing the Vikings once again, who are struggling at the moment. And then they got the Broncos and the Ravens to round out the rest of the year. The Broncos game is definitely going to be tough. We’ll see how the Bears play, especially when they get pieces of their secondary back as it is expected that they’re going to get Kyler Gordon and Jaylen Johnson back tomorrow. But overall, I could not be happier with this Packers performance. Toyota is officially on. Jordan Loveing that offense was surgical at times today. Some really big time throws from Jordan and yeah, they didn’t turn the ball over. They only had three penalties, so they definitely have cleaned those things up over the past couple of weeks. And for right now, the Packers are sitting pretty and are just waiting for the Bears to hopefully lose so the Packers could be number one in the NFC North once again. But let me know what you think down in the comments below. You can ask me something at.com. And a big shout and thank you to all the Patreon and YouTube members for supporting this channel. And a very happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating. I appreciate the hell out of y’all. I am so thankful to be able to do this every single day. We’re getting closer and closer to 1 million subscribers. So, feel free to subscribe. It is free to do so. There will never be any sponsors here. So, thank you so much for watching. I’m Tom Graci. And as always, go Pack Go. Also, we won on the 27th. The cult still lives.

The Green Bay Packers have swept the Detroit Lions for the first time since 2020 after defeating them on Thanksgiving, 31-24. Jordan Love threw 4 TD’s as Micah Parsons once again had over 2 sacks. The Packers are now 3-0 in the division.

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