Packers vs. Lions Preview: Is Detroit a Deserving Favorites?
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00:05 Tomorrow, a rematch of last year's regular season finale for
00:09 the entirety of the 2022 campaign.
00:11 It was Aaron Rodgers last game as a Green Bay Packer where
00:16 the Packers needed just a victory over Detroit to see the postseason.
00:21 It was the Lions pulling the upset in Lambeau.
00:24 And this year DRS, it's Detroit as the road favorite against
00:29 the Green Bay Packers.
00:30 Do you think the Lions are the deserving favorite entering Thursday night football?
00:35 >> Here's the tough part about me as you know me, watching Thursday football games,
00:38 I never go towards the road team here.
00:40 To build a case for the home team or no team at all, it's the biggest challenge
00:44 in professional sports to get your team ready for a road game on Thursday.
00:48 But if we do have some differences between, hey, look it,
00:51 Seattle's gotta go to Miami on a Thursday night.
00:53 You get the point here, long travel, you're not gonna practice at all.
00:56 It's not that far from Detroit to Green Bay.
00:58 And also keep in mind, Detroit last week was at home in the dome.
01:02 So it wasn't like they had to travel back from San Francisco, get home,
01:05 rest up for a couple days, and then travel to go on the road to Green Bay.
01:08 So that rest advantage might not be built in as much as it should be for Green Bay.
01:12 I do believe they should be the favorite in this game.
01:14 And secondarily, what are we getting out of Green Bay in this game?
01:16 If you could tell me, Ben, right now, you're gonna get a healthy Aaron Jones and
01:19 a healthy Christian Watson.
01:20 I'm gonna say, you know what?
01:21 Green Bay is gonna be really tough to beat at home on Thursday night.
01:24 But I've been liking what I've seen from Detroit,
01:26 including their week one victory over Kansas City.
01:29 They let one get slipped away here against a decent Seattle team, but
01:32 they righted the ship last week against Atlanta.
01:34 It's hard.
01:35 If this game was on Sunday, I would absolutely, Ben, love the Detroit Lions.
01:40 But the fact that it's on a Thursday is gonna make it tough for
01:42 me to pull the trigger on them.
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