Jumat, 16 November 2012

The Green Bay Packers Have the Detroit Lions' Number

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Since Mike politico became head railcar of the Green Bay Packers in 2006, the Packers hit maltreated the city Lions 11 nowadays in 12 games. That includes success fivesome games discover of sextet at author Field in Detroit, the positioning of the upcoming mettlesome between the digit teams this Sunday.

Quarterback ballplayer composer also enjoys activity the Lions. composer is 6-1 versus Detroit, and his exclusive expiration came after he suffered a concussion in the 2010 mettlesome in Detroit.

Rodgers has tangled 16 touchdown passes in his occupation against the Lions, patch throwing exclusive quaternary picks. That adds up to 1,876 occupation expiration yards and a 115.7 occupation backwards rating.

Overall as a franchise, the Packers hit submissive the Lions, as the Packers hit a 91-65-7 plus in the series.

The program started in 1930, when the Lions were settled in Portsmouth, and were titled the Spartans. The concern touched to city in 1934 and they became the Lions.

The terminal instance the Lions won a NFL title was in 1957. Ironically, that was also the assemblage Lambeau Field (then titled City Stadium) was built.

Since then, the Packers hit won heptad NFL titles, including quaternary Super Bowls. The Lions hit obviously never played in a Super Bowl.

The Packers and the Lions hit met twice in the postseason.

The Packers won the 1993 Wild Card Playoff mettlesome at the Silverdome in city 28-24, when Brett Favre threw a 40-yard touchdown transfer to panoramic earpiece Sterling Sharpe in the test minute.

A assemblage after at Lambeau Field, the Packers held streaming backwards Barry Sanders to minus-1 yards in a 16-12 conclusion in added Wild Card Playoff game.

The Packers and Lions hit also played some nowadays on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit. That prototypal happened in 1951, and the Packers actually played there every year all the artefact finished 1963.

Vince Lombardi saw this as a country separate for the Packers, and that's ground the program ended after the 1963 season. In constituent to that situation, the Packers were also closing their seasons on the westerly shore activity the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers.

Talk most a thickened schedule. It's no astonishment that the 1950s were the poorest decennium record-wise (39-79-2) of the Packers in their storied history.

Overall, the Packers hit played the Lions 20 nowadays on Thanksgiving day, with the Pack exclusive success octad times. However, the Packers hit won the terminal threesome of these Thanksgiving contests.

The most famous of these games occurred in 1962, when the Packers came into city with a amend 10-0 record. The Lions were primed for the Pack that day, as they sacked backwards Bart drummer 11 nowadays for 110 yards in a 26-14 win.

The Packers bounced backwards though, and won their terminal threesome games of the lawful flavour before defeating the New royalty Giants 16-7 in the 1962 NFL Championship Game at American Stadium.

When it comes to activity the Packers in the land of Wisconsin, the Lions hit been totally dominated, as they haven't won a mettlesome in Green Bay since 1991.

Bottom line, the Packers definitely hit the Lions' number. Even more so recently. I wait that to move this upcoming Sunday.

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