Across SB Nation, this week is Rivalry Week. Here at Acme Packing Company, we will be examining the Green Bay Packers’ greatest historical rivalries and those against their current divisional rivals. Today we begin with a look at the team’s second-oldest rival, the Detroit Lions.
The early NFL was a mix of teams in large cities and those in small ones. While Chicago and New York were well-represented in the late 1920s and early 1930s, so too were a pair of small towns: Green Bay, Wisconsin and Portsmouth, Ohio.