The Lions D is suspect, but to make that relevant an opponent has to challenge their offensive performance. That means stopping a very good running attack and, at the same time, getting to Goff via his passing lanes, because he’s perfectly willing to get the ball out fast in a check down. Thats tough to do when he’s behind probs my the best OL in football. He is on a career tear at the moment.

Beating the Lions comes by scoring regularly on them or putting Goff flat on his back quickly, early and often. They’ve been scored on, but getting to Goff has been a much rarer achievement.

Given our rush this year and their success against blitzing I’m skeptical that our D can pull that off, particularly if Jaire and or Williams are out or less than 100%. That means we have to out score them. I don’t think a semi healthy Love is a good bet to do that, unfortunately. I doubt Willis can, but I don’t really know how much Willis can do, we’ve never pushed that envelope fully. It’s just bad timing. We haven’t been firing on O recently really anyway.

Whoever is QB, we need to go all out offensively (that doesn’t mean just through the air). If we go down through excess aggression, so be it. Unless we can be all over Goff all day, a cautious approach will almost certainly be fruitless.

The key thing is we need to recognize it is one game and not risk long term key injuries through aggravation. We get into the playoffs by winning games in numbers, not necessarily this one. By the next meeting we may be better and they may not be, but if we have key players out for a while or still hobbled, that may not matter.,

The Packers media is setting up Love to play agains the Lions-- 'good news-only a groin strain', 'day to day', 'he'll get daily therapy'.

Personally, I don't want him out there. He is still wearing a brace which indicates a less-than-healed MCL, his left leg is likely tight.

Cleveland Clinic:

"How long a groin strain lasts depends on how severe the original injury is. Most people need a month or two to fully heal after a mild or moderate groin strain (grade 1 or grade 2)."

you left out Aaron Jones had 2 catches for 37 yards. Stafford can still sling it and finally had his two exceptional receivers available, and they had big games as usual. do you even watch the games or do you just look at the box scores and make assumptions?

Bears: There's signs of them possibly coming apart at the seams regarding the coaching. The players have voiced their concerns at various points in the season, including this one. Waldron didn't adjust to the blitz this game, which made life difficult for Williams and rendered him ineffective for three quarters. And then there was the botched hand-off to a backup offensive lineman at the goal line in the middle of the fourth quarter--wow, what a crazy call in that situation!

Eberflus is 1-13 against teams with winning records. So with quite a bit of talent, it's questionable whether he'll be back. Bears fans are already salivating over the prospect of Ben Johnson, who supposedly wanted the HC job previously, but the management elected to stay pat with Eberflus.

I do not see the Packers winning this game. After Williams got injured the defense allowed the Jaguars to come back and it was on the offense to come back and win. They came close to losing to a bad team. The Lions are a much better team especially on offense. They are going to score a lot of points and if Alexander and Williams hurt they will score more points.

I would rather see Willis start because I do not trust Love with the injuries he has. Willis at QB and if we can have a good heavy run game that eats up the clock and keeps the score lower is the only way I see us winning.

Frankly i think it would be unwise to start Love. He obviously will not be 100%. We have the bye week next week so let him return after the bye for the final half of the season. Why risk further injury to Love? We need him for the long run. Besides, Malik has really been impressive and he is at least at full strength. Be smart.

Of the potential injuries and the impact of that on the field the one that has me the most concerned is Evan Williams. Hopeful he can go and be 100% if he does. He's been impactful and difference maker on the field.

If Alexander can't suit up and go he can still make his contribution by talking smack from the sidelines in warmup gear. So there's still that.

I would love for GB to pull this off but absolutely everything would have to go right. The Lions are just really good right now.

I like it Mike.

The wheels are coming off in Minnesota after a fast start. Who could have possibly foreseen that? Only anybody who's been paying attention for decades, I guess. It's like predicting the next time Halley's Comet will be visible.

I think the Commies are one of the best teams in the league, and I think they'll win their division. The Bears came within microns of beating them, at home. Unlike the Vikes, they're not going to crumble. I hate to say this, but the Bears looked pretty good to me.

I was a mere youth, not even old enough to drive, when the season opened with the Lions beating us 40-0. It's like having all the hope sucked out of you for the season. I don't think that's going to happen this weekend. I think the Oline continues to protect the QB and open holes for the running game, the Packers protect the ball, and we score 30+ points. And it's probably going to take 30+. I don't think it's a realistic expectation that we'll hold Detroit under 20.

As impressive as Detroit's offense is, it can still be slowed down or even stopped for a while. The Packers will have to try to keep Detroit under 30 to have a chance.

In Arizona everything seemed to go the right direction. After that our offense was dead for too long periods. With Love healthy or not. I see the talent, I see the potential and versatility. But I don't see consistency. Lows are too long. We don't need to be 2020 offense but we are leaving way too many points on the field. I know Love has been hurt but last Sunday these multiple long throws to the side didn't work at all. Receivers couldn't get separation and I don't even mean the interception. Drops in clutch time came back again. Like some people say - feast or famine and it's not a good plan for more than a single game.

When It comes to our defense I didn't make up my mind until Texans. This game showed me that bad results in specific parameters in specific games are just a part of a plan - yards per carry, lack of pressure etc. You can't be everywhere and do everything. Limiting Texans passing game to minimum was a statement. The story continued in the 1st qr in Jacksonville. We put a hat on them. But after? I started to doubt my arguments again. It looked like Barry was back. If not a handful of strong individual plays we lose the game. The way Lawrence ripped us in the middle of the field was painful. Uncovered receivers, missed tackles, our pass rushers caught like flies on glue. Waiting for a sentece to be carried out. I started to think if Jags may be way better than their record. I hope so. Last season we had a problem in the middle of defensive field. This season it is opposite. No pressure and average at best CB play.

Taking this all into consideration I know we are not bad, I know we have a huge upside. But I don't see us being in par with power rankings top 5 team in the league. I want us to be there as much as all of you reading this. On paper we don't have any chance against Lions, but any given Sunday. The world of sports remembers bigger surprises.