ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions were 1-7 when they headed up to Green Bay last month. They had dumped three coaches and their top two executives.
They were coming off an embarrassing 45-10 loss against what was then a last-place Kansas City team. And they were traveling to a place they had not won since 1991.
The odds were definitely not in their favor.
In the face of all that, Jim Caldwell's pregame message was simple: "Why not? Why not us?"
By now, you know the rest.
Detroit's defense neutralized Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and its offense scored just enough to pull off a crazy 18-16 victory.