ESPN.com · Dec 29, 2019
Packers squeak out win over Lions to secure needed playoff bye
DETROIT -- The Green Bay Packers have a week off to get ready for their first playoff game and by the looks of things at Ford Field on Sunday, they're going to need it.
A week after they looked like a Super Bowl contender, the Packers played like a team unworthy of a first-round bye for a good part of the afternoon.
Their 13th win of the season -- 23-20 on Mason Crosby's last-second 33-yard field goal -- was one of their ugliest, and that's saying something considering they've been winning that way for the better part of December.
After they squeaked out a win over the Redskins in Week 14, Rodgers said he "wouldn't mind winning ugly all the way to the Super Bowl."
