Happy Thanksgiving!

No question the best game played all season considering the opposition.

Jordan Love is both improving every game and fun to cheer for.

Monster game from Rashan Gary.

Love to see the young players getting playing time, and truth be told would like to see more of it going forward.

Finally, where was this aggressive, Joe Barry defense during the first 1/2 of the season?

I got nothing to add. You can find a few negatives sprinkled in this game. I'm not going to focus on them. This was a big win. And i'm proud of these guys. Very pleased seeing the offense start to make strides. Go Pack Go. Hey Dan Campbell...who's ya daddy!

MLF is having a great play call or two lately, but have to give shoutout to player execution.  Love still under throwing, but we saw receivers, particularly Watson, make necessary adjustments today.  How great would have it been to see that last deep ball to Watson off Love's backfoot (channel Favre / Rodgers) connect to salt it away?!?

Won't take away from the W, let's enjoy it, but at the same time, let's have perspective Lions also gave us a lot of help beating themselves. Ten days till we host Goliath (KC).

This is on the moon. Since the AFL-NFL merger, the Lions were 0-12 in Thanksgiving games when the moon’s phase was waxing gibbous.

The current phase? Yep. 0-13.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/11/23/detroit-lions...

Whereas D@n CamPbeLL HaS Ch^nGed thE CuLTurE of THE LOLIONS, and

Whereas the LOLions are superior to the Packers at every position, and

Whereas the LOLions have drafted effectively and efficiently to rule the NFC North for the next 20 years, and

Whereas the Packers had zero (0) percent chance of winning today per CHTV poster Via.Lombardi, and

Whereas the Packers only play “entertainment shit” rather than smashmouth/kickass FOOTBAW, and

Whereas Jordan Love should be benched, and Sean Clifford installed as starting QB,

I hereby award all of us/all y’all/every single one of us a fantastic Thanksgiving Day victory over Dee-Troit (it's not like it was on national TV or anything).

Let’s eat!

People all over the world
Join hands
Start a Love train, Love train

Now, strides can be in the conversation without doubt.

Turned Thanksgiving into Thanks Taking.

Keeping it short as people need to eat.

It was a pretty dominant win--more than the score indicated. I was fine with that last Lions TD because they dinked and dunked their way down the field and burned up most of the clock and one time-out, so they needed to recover an onside kick to have any hope of winning the game. That last drive was a situation where the prevent defense really was the correct defense to play. A quick TD by the Lions would've been a killer in that situation.

Carry the G folks. It’s not too late to jump on the Love Train. ❤️ WOOT WOOT

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody.

Jordan Love was outstanding today. He was making his reads, going through his progressions, and hitting his back foot and letting it rip. Don't look now but Love is finally over a 60% completion rate and has 19 TD passes.

I've been SUPER critical of MLF but his decision to finally receive the ball to start the game and setting the tone for once was exactly what this team needed.

I LOVED the call for the keeper around the left side in the 4th quarter...The 2 pt. conversion call not so much.

The O-Line pass blocked really, REALLY well today.

Johnathon Owens and Gary balled out today. Actually I thought the defense played pretty well overall considering everybody they were missing.

Best game in the past2 years, progress in evidence. The receivers didn’t have much in the way of drops. Not many costly penalties stalling drives. Didn’t like eschewing the FG in the first half, but it didn’t come back to bite them as in most games. No injuries as I recall. Good effort all around.

Defense won the LOS today. Love was solid. Overall excellent game from a severely wounded Packers team. MLF should have gone for the dagger FG after Love’s long run late in the 4th but it worked out in the end.

Great pass rush and big plays from the defense throughout the game especially the first half. I thought Dillon was a key to the game as well. Watson with a huge first half.

All around excellent team effort and a very pleasant surprise win against a nemesis.
Go Pack Go! Thanks, Since ‘61

I was rooting for them to lose every game so they could get rid of MLF, Barry and get a top 5 draft pick. Now I am not sure what to do!

I had to work the thanksgiving parade in NYC this morning I listened to the game in my car on the way home very exciting on the radio ! Happy Thanksgiving all !

I've been waiting and hoping for Jordan Love to show us something "special." He did that today with some beautiful throws that showed impressive arm strength. Like many Packer fans I had my doubts about Davante Adams and Rashan Gary early in their careers and was thrilled to be proven wrong. Hope lightning strikes again with Love.

It wasn't just Love who impressed today. The list is long and includes members of the offense, defense, special teams, and coaching staff. Who are these imposters and what have they done with that sorry Green Bay Packer team we almost buried a few weeks ago?

Dare I even suggest that the playoffs are still a long shot but not impossible??

Best Thanksgiving ever. I wasn't able to watch first half but my nephew kept me posted as we drove to a relative. Didnt even know he likes football! We had a great time.

And by the time we sat down to eat , Victory was in hand!

I guess River Dinghy Dan has never heard the phrase “never chase your losses”.

More beef in the middle of the D line and suddenly the opponents run game isn’t as easy.

Packers O-line deserves a game ball.

Love is increasingly understanding the need for my guy or no guy.

I loved that shovel pass dump off to Dillon to save a play - great improv - Dillon had another great game.

Packers secondary is punching way above their experience level.

Engabare and Wooden contributed well.

Watson is becoming lethal on those slant routes where he can watch the play unfold. Doubs is the more reliable deep ball target (for now).

Heath contributed well, so did Kraft.

Love is patient.
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What a treat to see our still young, already maligned-as-mediocre quarterback lead the Packers in a hostile environment against a top team by standing tall in the pocked with impressive poise, pinpoint precision, and even some improv adaptability.
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Not only the best game ever for Love, but maybe for coaches LaFleur and Barry, too.
Few penalties amidst all of the noise, and mostly good execution.
Tough blocking and tackling.
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After what appeared to be a big mistake by Dillon in going the wrong way on 4th-and-short, he comes back to rumble on a running play for maybe 18 yards.
After Doubs dropped an easy catch to miss out on a first down conversion, he came back with a nice grab across the middle for maybe 18 yards.
In general, good resiliency by our guys.
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When Jonathan Owens made that big hit to stop a runner, I thought to myself, there's a guy who loves to play football.
Who doesn't want to play football on Thanksgiving, or any fall day? I want to play football today, but my wife can't run, and my dog can't catch.
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I'm thankful that we as fans of the Green Bay Packers get to enjoy this wonderful holiday as both fat and happy.
My best to all of the staff and fans here at CHTV.
A special thanks to Nags for this pithy column of gut reactions after every game to set the table for a feast of postgame analysis.

What a wonderful surprise this game was--I don't think many of us were expecting a strong winning performance on the road vs. a very good team, especially with so many guys out.

Aggression early on offense and all game long on defense paid off handsomely.

Game MVPs: Love, Watson, Gary, and Owens. Heath is a keeper.

Coaching thumbs up to MLF for some of his calls--with the notable exception of the ill-conceived two-point try. He definitely bested Campbell, who strayed outside the boundaries of logic with some of his decisions.

Hats of to the O-Line for not allowing a sack, and Love for getting rid of the ball when he needed to. Now if only they could run block--help!

We didn't produce an abundance of first downs in the second half, but at least we managed a few, which was enough to keep some possession and the Lions deeper on their side of the field when we punted.

A little drama at the end was to be expected, so there was a big sigh of relief when the onside kick dribbled harmlessly into Reed's hands. We finished the job!

Kudos to the whole team with this unexpected win. Love’s best game by far, he was accurate and liked seeing him run on the fake to Dillon. He’s athletic and hope to see more of it. Keep going and improving. GPG!

You dont know how pleasant this game was, having family in Mich, Lions fans and they were at the game...daughter said theLions fans were super cocky before the game, then turned angry and swearing , then many left early...haha...Give Gary and Barry a raise..

All I'ma say, is I'm about 9 millers deep, but Jordan love looks like a FUCKIN guy. And I love these young wrs. But the most shocking part of today was rashan Gary and his pals up front getting shit done against the lions top tier OL.

What a great win—!!!
Apologies to Owen’s—I heavily criticized him last week. Keep up the good work.
I might have to board the Love train. The only throws he missed were catchable/should’ve been caught. Keep rollin Jordan.
We clearly need a better short yardage play/player.
Too cute on the 2-pt conversion. Surely we can do better.
Happy Thanksgiving y’all—I’m enjoying the taste of victory.
Go Packers!!!

Great win today!
I still think we need a new defensive coordinator next year though.
Barry seems like a nice guy, but the defense isn't going to be a super bowl caliber defense with him
as coordinator.

Once again, from Croatia to all of you Americans fellows - HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!

I think Patrick Taylor is being over looked today. His blocking in the defense of Love was damn good!

Funny how the Lions have good stats even when they lose. Jared Goff was 29/44 for 332 yards, 2 TDs, and no interceptions. Reminds me of Stat Padford (Matthew Stafford) back in the day. The Lions WRs and RBs had good numbers too. And yet it felt like the Packer defense handled them pretty well for most of the day. They didn't need a bunch of dropped passes like they did against the Chargers either. Nice to get two fumbles and four 4th down stops, including a snuffed-out fake punt.

Today makes the coming Vikings game a bit more important...

Wow, what a win. The energy was there from the first play. My gut reactions:
- Defense played a lot of five man fronts and limited the Lion run game. FINALLY! Without a good run game, the Lions couldn't beat the Packers. Go figure.
- Team was very disciplined today. Very few penalties. Imagine how helpful that is.
- Very few drops. Wow how helpful that is!
- I absolutely love it when Love throws the short check downs. Made everything easier.
- The defense was a monster stopping the Lions on five fourth down plays.
GPG

I don't recall the last time we won on Thanksgiving. I don't even recall exactly the last time we looked so good even with Rodgers! With all these injuries, it looks like some of these young guys said they are going to make the most of this. Owens! Heath!

So now we have MLF calling a good game, Love throwing it accurately (still a few under-throws though) and D playing solid. What's there to complain about? Answer: 20 points in first qtr and 9 the rest of the way. Lions scored 16. I always hated that the Packers never seem to stomp on a team before coasting.

Dec 3, Sunday night against the Chiefs is now something to look forward to and not just a game we are expected to lose.
Life is much better after a game like this.

Anyone going to the Giants game?

What a superb win. And what an incredible turnaround from J Owens from Sunday. Delighted for him. No word from Stockholder, I was sure he’d be on here congratulation Love :)). An extra happy thanksgiving to all at CHTV from the Emerald Isle.

Heads up play by Van Ness on the fake punt.

Well done by our commenters today! A couple of additional items which already may have been discussed, but I will accent:

*For those who missed the post above, Jordan was 11-12 with one TD over the middle of the field today!
*I think Owens was embarrassed last week, and was out to prove he is a better player. He was solid today -12 tackles!!
*Watson set the tone early, and continued to be a force through the game....The Lions HAD to pay attention to him, which opens up opportunities for others. Soon, we will see one of those Eagle-type of games, with 2 or 3 TDs and 150+ yds as Jordan is starting to find him.
* Think about the last few years at Ford Field: Bakhtiari, Runyan, Stokes, Gary, Aaron Jones, Watson, Doubs ALL INJURED, looks like for now, we have no additional injuries. That field SUCKS!
* Also, what a change from last game with Detroit (and for the year)....very few unforced errors!
*We need to improve tackling by our secondary (not including Owens in this one). Wrap and drop them! But this YOUNG group has performed admirably in the passing game.
*We miss our ball hawks, but I feel we will see one soon from Valentine and/or Walker.
*The TV crew did an excellent job today, demonstrating Jordan's success or lack thereof. Like nearly all QBs, footwork matters, and Jordan loses consistency when throwing off his back foot.

Ill bring up one thing they must work on...Fourth or third and very short...learn the "tush push" or something other than a deep handoff...that could have been a huge swing that mangled play...Dillon should be able to push Love a yard or two...practice it.

Great performances by -many- on a day we were short-handed (17 players on the injury report?!) in a place and against a team we have not faired well against for the last several years. Truly a 'statement game' type performance against a division-leading rival that is considered one of the top dogs in the conference.

That being said, biggest bright spot for me was minimal pre-snap penalties / mental miscues resulting in negative yardage at critical points in the game.

Perhaps the cleanest game The Packers have played all year. It certainly helps you win when you're not shooting yourself in the foot.

Here's to seeing continued improvement (a concept some fans around here seem to think is a dirty word) through the remainder of the season.. It feels like the young players on offense, and the play caller, is starting to find its identity and pacing.

Oh, and until they lose again.. 11-6 GPG

And you people wanted to Tank.
Love played his best game ever.
And this was the best game all year- so far.