GREEN BAY, Wis. – Fitting.
In the middle of one of the worst seasons in franchise history, the Detroit Lions ended a losing streak that’s haunted them for more than two decades with the most unlikeliest of heroes.
The Lions held Aaron Rodgers and the vaunted Green Bay Packers offense in check most of the game and Crezdon Butler, who signed off the street Saturday as an injury replacement for Rashean Mathis, broke up the potential game-tying two-point conversion as the Lions won at Lambeau Field, 18-16, for the first time since Dec. 15, 1991.
The Lions had lost an NFL-record 24 straight road games to the Packers, including a playoff loss in 1994 and a Week 17 defeat last year that cost them the NFC North title.