4 Takeaways From the Packers' Win Over the Lions – FOX Sports

         POPULAR SEARCHES           <br>             BROWSE BY           <br>The <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/green-bay-packers-team">Green Bay Packers</a> and <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-team">Detroit Lions</a> continued their historic rivalry on Thursday at Ford Field, meeting for the 193rd time in series history. It’s the second-most played matchup in <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl">NFL</a> history behind the Packers and Bears (210 games).<br>Meeting for the 23rd time on Thanksgiving, the Packers held on for a 31-24 victory to improve to 8-3-1 on the year, while the Lions dropped to 7-5 on the season. Green Bay now has a leg up in the NFC North over its division rivals, although both teams trail the first-place Chicago Bears, who play tomorrow in Philadelphia.<br>Here are my takeaways:<br>Lions head coach Dan Campbell is well-known for his willingness to go for it on fourth down, but Packers head coach Mike LaFleur showed he was also in a betting mood on Thursday.<br>Green Bay went for it three times on fourth down in Detroit territory, turning two plays into touchdowns and the last one to finish the game for the win. <br>The first was a Love fade pass to <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/dontayvion-wicks-player">Dontayvion Wicks</a> on fourth-and-2 from Detroit’s 22-yard line for a score, giving Green Bay a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter.<br>Later in the first half, the Packers went for it again on fourth-and-1 from Detroit’s 2-yard line, with Love finding <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/romeo-doubs-player">Romeo Doubs</a> on an out route for the score and a 17-7 lead. Finally, Love found Wicks again down the field with pressure in his face for 16 yards late in the game to seal the victory.<br>Meanwhile, Campbell and the Lions finished 0-for-2 on fourth downs. Jaymir Gibbs was stuffed for a two-yard loss on fourth-and-3 from Green Bay’s 47-yard line in the first half and <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/jameson-williams-player">Jameson Williams</a> dropped an easy conversion for a first down on an out route in the fourth quarter.<br>The Lions are 0-for-7 on fourth downs over the last three games.<br>Love had a big day, completing 17-of-28 for 218 yards and four touchdowns, with no interceptions. Wicks was his favorite target, totaling five receptions for 78 yards and two scores. <br>Parsons entered Thursday’s game leading the NFL in pressures with 64. He proved hard to block for Detroit, totaling eight combined tackles, four quarterback hits and 2.5 sacks against <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/jared-goff-player">Jared Goff</a> and the Lions. Parsons finished with a game-high 10 pressures.<br>Parsons had half of a sack in the first half, and his last two came at crucial times in the fourth quarter.<br>Parsons also helped the Packers hold <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/jahmyr-gibbs-player">Jahmyr Gibbs</a> to 68 rushing yards. Gibbs entered Thursday’s contest No. 5 in the league in scrimmage yards with 1,330. <br>Detroit’s go-to receiver <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/amon-ra-st-brown-player">Amon-Ra St. Brown</a> suffered a left ankle injury when his teammate rolled up on him in the opening quarter. He was ruled out for the game soon after he made it to the locker room.<br>With Brown out, fellow receiver Williams filled the playmaker’s void, posting seven receptions for 144 yards and a score.<br>The Packers’ No. 1 back, Jacobs, looked like his old self in his return to the lineup after missing last week’s easy win over the <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-team">Minnesota Vikings</a> with a knee injury.<br>Jacobs finished with 83 yards on 17 carries (4.9 yards per carry) with a season-long of 29-yard rush in the first half. <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/emanuel-wilson-player">Emanuel Wilson</a> did a nice job in place of Jacobs last week, totaling a career-high 107 rushing yards, but if the Packers want to make a deep playoff run, they need their top back healthy and playing well. <br>In their chase for the top spot in the NFC North, the Packers host the division leaders in the <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/chicago-bears-team">Chicago Bears</a> (8-3) next Sunday in "America's Game of the Week" (4:25 p.m. ET on FOX). It’s part of a tough stretch to finish out the year for the Packers, with a rematch against the Bears coming just three weeks in Chicago with games against the <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/denver-broncos-team">Broncos</a>, <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens-team">Ravens</a> and Vikings to finish out the year.<br>The Lions will attempt to get back on the winning track against the <a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys-team">Dallas Cowboys</a> in a nationally televised contest next Thursday night before traveling to the West Coast to face the top team in the NFC -- the Los Angeles Rams -- at SoFi Stadium in Week 15.<br><a href="https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/eric-d-williams"><i>Eric D. Williams</i></a><i> has reported on the NFL for more than a decade, covering the </i><a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams-team"><i>Los Angeles Rams</i></a><i> for Sports Illustrated, the </i><a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/los-angeles-chargers-team"><i>Los Angeles Chargers</i></a><i> for ESPN and the </i><a class="entity" href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks-team"><i>Seattle Seahawks</i></a><i> for the Tacoma News Tribune. 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