The last time the Detroit Lions won a game at Lambeau Field, Brett Favre was an Atlanta Falcon, Wayne Fontes was coaching, and Erik Kramer was starting for the Lions in place of the injured Rodney Peete.
That was 1991.
Since then, the Green Bay Packers have protected their home field 17 consecutive times against the visiting Lions, and will be heavily favored to run it to 18 this Sunday.
Green Bay started the Lions' recently snapped 19-game losing streak in 2007, then was the team to send Detroit from 0-15 to the infamous 0-16 mark in week 17 of 2008.
This is the first time the teams have played since then, which brings us to question one.
1. Will There be (Bad) Blood?
As I mentioned earlier this week, the Lions have a great deal of animosity towards the [...]
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Don't worry; it's not all bad.
After shouting random profanities to an inanimate object (my TV screen) for about 15 minutes following the final tick of a Pittsburgh Steelers victory at Ford Field, my mind started functioning in a less primal way.
That's what I started thinking about something other than a new person to curse (George Yarno).
I started analyzing the game, and what I came up with was basically bipolar: "It wasn't that bad. Wait, yes it was. And what was up with that?"
Know what? It's just easier if I break it all down for you. So see if you can make sense of my musings on the game any better than I can.
Good: Eight Points
A loss is a loss, and the score, after Sunday, doesn't matter.
But this Sunday, eight points separated the [...]
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