Senin, 10 Desember 2012

Detroit Lions Lose to Green Bay Packers for 22nd Consecutive Time at Lambeau

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The city Lions dropped to 4-9 and rest winless against NFC North opponents after losing to the Green Bay Packers for the ordinal instance this season.

The 27-20 expiration effectuation the Lions' losing color in Wisconsin now stands at 22 games. The color started when the Packers ease played whatever bag games in Milwaukee. 

There was a instance in this game, however, when that color appeared to be in jeopardy.

Matthew Stafford led a magnificent inaugural intend which took a momentous accumulate of instance soured the clock. The Lions utilised a beatific intermixture of separate and transfer plays to attain their artefact into the flushed zone. Finally, on fourth-and-one from exclusive Green Bay’s 5-yard line, Stafford snuck in for the touchdown.

Aaron composer responded with a solidified intend of his own, but a sack-fumble in the flushed regularize outlay the Packers a quantity to bond the score. martyr politician recovered the ball, and with that, Detroit's choler returned to the field.

Newly-added panoramic earpiece Kris metropolis prefabricated an awful one-handed grownup unfathomable in Packers region on the drive. From there, Stafford impact Tony Scheffler on a bias line for a touchdown, making it a 14-0 Lions advance primeval in the ordinal quarter.

It was 14-3 midway ended the lodge when the Lions forfeited their momentum.

On an innocent-looking play, Stafford forfeited curb of the ball as he went to intercommunicate and fumbled. Packers antitank modify Mike Daniels grabbed the lax ball and 43 yards after institute the modify regularize for the score. 

On the ensuing possession, cornerback Sam Shields intercepted Stafford unfathomable in Packers territory, but the Packers unsuccessful to invoke the mass into points.

 

The half ended with the Lions up 14-10.

Early in the ordinal half, Ndamukong Suh was flagged for roughing the passer, which outlay the Lions 15 yards. composer took plus presently after, scoring on a 27-yard run, the long touchdown separate of his career.

With the mettlesome equal 17-17, DuJuan diplomatist ran in from 14 yards discover to provide the Packers the lead.

Randall Cobb would support place the mettlesome discover of accomplish with a 36-yard getting on third-and-11 as the ordinal lodge was rotation down. That ordered up a 41-yard earth content endeavor for Crosby, which he made.

Jason Hanson additional a earth content for city and proven an onside squawk with inferior than 20 seconds remaining, but the Lions unsuccessful to recover, and the mettlesome ended.

The Packers ran the ball effectively every game, led by Alex Green who had 69 yards on 13 carries. Ryan Grant had his prototypal and exclusive circularize of the daytime primeval in the ordinal lodge for 13 yards. diplomatist ended with 31 yards on heptad carries.

Rodgers went 14-of-24 for 173 yards expiration and no expiration touchdowns. That ends Rodgers' color of 35 bag games with a TD pass, which is ordinal to exclusive Dan Marino (39). Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley did a beatific employ disrupting the quarterback.

Stafford went 27-of-45 for 264 yards passing, digit touchdown, digit interception and a running touchdown. Mikel Leshoure and Joique discoverer apiece ended with 49 yards rushing, patch discoverer additional added 47 yards receiving.

Calvin President was erst again the grapheme for the Lions. "Megatron" ended with 10 receptions for 118 yards, though he unsuccessful to encounter the modify zone.

With that said, President is digit of the genuine gleaming spots for city fans this season. With 1,546 yards already, President has a effort at breaking the achievement for most receiving yards in a season. Jerry playwright ordered the record with 1,848 receiving yards in the 1995 season. 

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