Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day showdown with the Green Bay Packers featured a depleted roster missing several offensive weapons and key trench players, which contributed to the offense’s overall struggles. But above everything else, the defense delivered arguably its worst outing of the season as the Lions fell 31–24, dropping to 7–5.

The Detroit Lions battled through injury and officiating controversy on Thanksgiving, but it still wasn’t enough to beat a Green Bay Packers team that punted just twice on the day. Jordan Love threw for 234 yards and four touchdowns, while Josh Jacobs added 82 of the Packers’ 125 yards on the ground.

In a 27-24 loss to Minnesota on Sunday, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff was pressured on 47.6% of his 42 dropbacks.

Campbell was reminiscing about the 2002 New York Giants and their scramble to make the playoffs. The Giants won their final four games that season to make the wild-card round, finishing 10-6 before a 39-38 wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Jared Goff targeted Amon-Ra St. Brown 12 times in the Detroit Lions' 16-9 loss to Philadelphia. He completed just two of those passes.

A year ago, the Detroit Lions were locking up a playoff berth against the Packers. Now, they're behind in the race, thanks to a reversal of fortune.

The Green Bay Packers won on Thanksgiving, toppling the Detroit Lions. That doesn’t change their NFC playoff picture placement at all and they remain in sixth, but they are poised to move up this weekend.