We’ve all decided that Monday night’s game against the Green Bay Packers is essentially a must-win game for the Detroit Lions. Sunday’s poll indicated that 96 percent of Lions fans believe this is a do-or-die game for Detroit.
But those kind of stakes aren’t enough for the Lions to outright win this game, even if the Packers don’t have their All-Pro quarterback. No, the Lions are going to have to do some damage on their own.
However, this Packers teams isn’t like many teams the Lions have faced so far. They don’t have a smothering defense.