On 3rd-and-3, Jordan Love threw a jump ball to the corner of the end zone for Christian Watson, who beat Jerry Jacobs and elevated for the easy catch and score. The fake punt led to an immediate Packers touchdown three plays later. 3:30, third quarter: Jordan Love hits Christian Watson for TD, Packers lead 29-14 The Lions moved quickly into Green Bay territory on a pair of first down passes to Kalif Raymond then followed it up with a series of runs before the fourth down failure. The Lions gave the ball back down two scores with time quickly running out on them.

On 4th-and-7 from the Green Bay 31-yard line, Jared Goff was sacked by Rashan Gary, who beat left tackle Taylor Decker around the edge. He had plenty of time to find the holes in the secondary in the first half before the Lions came up with some third down stops late.ĭAVE BIRKETT: Lions butchered by Packers 29-22 for 7th straight Thanksgiving Day lossġ3:32, fourth quarter: Jared Goff sacked on fourth down for turnover on downsĭetroit could not cut into the Packers lead on the next drive. Jordan Love was 22-for-32 for 268 yards and three touchdowns and was sacked zero times. The defense delivered another underwhelming performance, giving up 29 points and 377 yards. The running game was solid and produced 125 yards combined from David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs and one touchdown (from Montgomery) on 26 carries. He was under constant pressure all afternoon and was sacked three times and hit 11 times to compound some of his struggles.

Goff was 29-of-44 for 332 yards, two touchdowns and three fumbles lost. The Lions gained 464 yards but were 7-for-15 on third down and 1-for-6 on fourth down, including 0-for-5 until the final drive, on top of the turnovers. The Lions offense remained out of sync all afternoon and could not come up with third and fourth down conversions to get the touchdowns necessary for the comeback. The lead was insurmountable for Detroit despite giving up only six more points.

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