3 keys to victory for Detroit against Packers
There’s a good likelihood the Lions will be facing a deficit against Aaron Rodgers and Darrell Bevell, in his first the Packers late in the game this game as Lions interim head Sunday, as well. man, secured a come-from-beThe Packers enter the Week hind win in Week 13 against the 14 contest, averaging a leagueChicago Bears. leading 31.6 points per game.
He and the Lions have a bigSo, if the Lions want to have ger task ahead of them this any chance at hanging with Sunday, in trying to take down Green Bay and coming from beAaron Rodgers and the NFC hind, if the situation presents North-leading Green Bay Packitself, they must play with the ers . same fire and passion as they
Here are the three things Bevdid against the Bears. ell & Co. must do to pull off the It’s arguably the biggest key upset victory. to victory for Stafford & Co. in
Continue playing with same this one. passion and fire that was exisGet D’andre Swift back in the
frayg etting Swift back and tent in fourth quarter against
Bears
The Bears opened up the fihealthy is so essential for the Linal quarter in Week 13 with ons to have any chance at a latea touchdown to make it 30season run.
20, and Matthew Stafford proSure, Peterson secured a couceeded to throw an interception ple of TD runs a week ago in Chion the subsequent drive. cago.
In previous weeks, with But, the ground game has Matt Patricia at the helm, that still noticeably sputtered withwould’ve been enough to wave out Swift’s presence, and clearly the white flag. hasn’t been as explosive.
There’s no way the Lions The rookie is Detroit’s runwould’ve come back from that ning back of now and the futype of deficit and won the game.
But, instead, Stafford & Co. displayed a level of fi ght and spirit that was basically nonexistent with Patricia roaming the sidelines.
Stafford led a seven-play, 96yard scoring drive to make it a three-point game, 30-27, and then, Romeo Okwara came up
with a huge strip- sack of Chicago quarterback Mitchell Trubisky on the Bears’ next offensive possession.
On the following drive for Detroit, Bevell’s offense found its way into the end zone for the game-winning score, via an Adrian Peterson five-yard run.