Getty Jordan Love prepares to pass against the Detroit Lions.
Jordan Love was ready for his Thanksgiving rematch with the Detroit Lions after a crushing defeat in their first meeting.
On November 23, the Green Bay Packers quarterback led the team to a 29-22 victory over the Detroit Lions, going 22-of-32 for 268 yards and three touchdowns. After trailing the Lions by 24 points at halftime in their first meeting, the Packers got off to a fast start on Thanksgiving, with a 53-yard pass on the first play from scrimmage and a 20-6 lead at the half.
Love had a message for the Lions after the game.
Jordan Love is preparing for his rematch.
Love told reporters after the game that he was confident his team could go into Detroit and upset the NFC North division leaders.
“We had their phone number,” Love told Bleacher Report. “We’ve been waiting for this game for a while.”
The Packers had a bold start to the game, with Love finding wide receiver Christian Watson on a deep pass on the first play from scrimmage. Love said after the game that coach Matt LaFleur had second thoughts about the big swing to start the game, but Love talked him into sticking with the scripted play.
“It was something we put in this week that we thought was going to work,” Love said, via “We were confident in it.”
The Lions tried their own bold play later in the game, but got a disastrous result. Trailing by nine points in the third quarter and facing a fourth down from their own 23, Lions head coach Dan Campbell dialed up a fake punt that was snuffed out by the Packers.
The Packers took over and scored three plays later, giving them a 29-14 lead.
“It’s a bad call,” Campbell told reporters after the ga
me. “I shouldn’t have done that to those guys.”
Jared Goff Struggled
While Love had a career-best three touchdown passes, Lions quarterback Jared Goff struggled against an aggressive Packers defense. The veteran quarterback had a career-high three fumbles in the loss, and said after the game that he wasn’t quite sure what went wrong.
“No rhyme or reason,” Goff said, “I tend to look at them individually and see what I could have done better and sometimes there’s an answer and sometimes there isn’t. But overall, yeah, it’s my job to take care of the football and I have to do a good job of it.
Goff also had three interceptions in the comeback victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
The Lions fell to 8-3 after the loss. While they still lead the NFC North by two games over the Minnesota Vikings, the Lions fell a game and a half behind the Philadelphia Eagles for the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC and a bye week to begin the playoffs.
On December 3, they will have a chance to bounce back against the 5-5 New Orleans Saints. Heavy projections powered by Quarter4 give the Lions a 66% chance of winning and a -5 point spread.
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