Packers lose in embarrassing style to Lions: Greatest memes and Tweets
NFL Twitter legitimately couldn’t imagine the Packers discovered a approach to lose to the Lions as Inexperienced Bay’s troubles reached new ranges.
Each the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions have been in free fall coming into Sunday’s sport. The Lions discovered a handhold. The Packers saved plummeting.
Aaron Rodgers threw three interceptions whereas finishing simply 53 % of his passes. NFL Twitter was ready to send him into retirement by halftime.
Detroit’s protection stepped as much as restrict the Packers to simply 9 factors. They stopped them quick on three fourth-down conversion makes an attempt and held them scoreless within the crimson zone.
Those that watched the sport nonetheless appeared on the 15-9 scoreline on the remaining whistle and virtually couldn’t realize it had occurred.
Greatest memes and tweets after the Packers misplaced to the Lions
A lot of the eye after the sport was paid to the Packers’ futility however there have been those that simply needed to have fun the Lions’ accomplishment.
Jared Goff and the Lions offense weren’t all the time fairly however they got here away with factors in a well timed style. Shane Zylstra scored the primary landing of the sport with 15 seconds left within the first half on a one-yard move from Goff. The quarterback then efficiently pulled off a two-point conversion to Jamaal Williams
The choice to go for 2 put stress on the Packers to reply. After they lastly hit paydirt within the third quarter courtesy of Allen Lazard’s 20-yard landing, Inexperienced Bay additionally tried a two-point play nevertheless it didn’t come off.
That made Detroit’s landing on the very subsequent drive all of the extra necessary. Goff tacked on a three-yard rating to James Mitchell at first of the fourth quarter.
Inexperienced Bay’s makes an attempt to shut the hole have been futile. They needed to accept a area purpose on the finish of a 14-play, eight-minute drive. They bought the ball again with two minutes to play and Rodgers bought the offense to the Detroit 17 however his remaining fourth-and-10 try fell incomplete to finish the sport.
