Lions vs. Packers: Live score updates, highlights, injury news

Live score updates, highlights and injury news for the Thanksgiving Day between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers.

Last week, the Detroit Lions moved to 8-2 for the first time since 1962. Today, on Thanksgiving, they look to keep pace with that team by moving to 9-2 with a win over the Green Bay Packers.

No divisional game is ever easy, but there are a few things working in the Lions’ favor this week. For one, the Packers have a laundry list of injuries during a short week. Also, the Lions handled the Packers last time the two teams met with a 34-20 win in which the Lions held a 27-3 lead at halftime. Lastly, the Lions are at home where Ford Field has become a pretty significant advantage due to a reinvigorated fanbase.

But, again, no NFC North game comes easy, even if the Lions have tallied seven divisional wins in a row. We all saw how the Chicago Bears took Detroit to the brink of defeat last week, and there’s no doubt it could happen again if the Lions continue that sloppy play on Thursday.

Tha Packers are coming off a thrilling win of their own, taking down the Los Angeles Chargers thanks to a touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Romeo Doubs with 2:33 left in the game. Like Detroit, Green Bay caught some breaks down the stretch of that game, but one one apologizes for a win. And Packers fans can celebrate a big milestone in Jordan Love’s career: his first 300-yard game. Given Detroit’s recent struggles in pass defense, that has to be a medium-to-major concern for defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn this week.

So what will happen? We’ll see. This post will provide live updates from Ford Field, including drive-by-drive analysis, scoring plays, highlights, and any injury updates. Come back at 12:30 p.m. ET for kickoff and keep refreshing the post for the latest news.

First quarter

The Green Bay Packers won the toss and elected to receiver. So for the second straight week, the Lions defense would take the field first and for the second straight week they gave up a touchdown on the opening drive. On the very first play, Jordan Love went DEEP for a 53-yard bomb to Christian Watson.

Four plays later, he found Jayden Reed on a short slant for an 11-yard touchdown. 7-0 Packers.

The Lions offense looked to answer and picked up an early third-and-7 conversion with a crossing route to Jameson Williams for 13. A 16-yard pass interference penalty and a 31-yard pass to Sam LaPorta quickly set the Lions up in a first-and-goal situation.

Two plays later, jared Goff went right back to LaPorta for a 7-yard score, but Riley Patterson missed the extra point. 7-6 Packers.

Green Bay went right back to work with a 16-yard pass to Malik Heath. Then Watson made an acrobatic catch to convert a third-and-8 to move into Detroit territory. An end-around to Reed moved Green Bay into the red zone. A few plays later on a third-and-1, the Packers pulled off an excellent play action that left rookie tight end Tucker Kraft wide open for a 9-yard score and a 14-6 Packers lead.

The Packers would make the first defensive play of the game. Facing a second-and-12, the Goff was hit while throwing, and lost the ball before moving his arm was forward. Green Bay’s Jonathan Owens scooped it up and just like that, it was already 20-6 Packers (Packers PAT miss).

The next offensive drive didn’t go any better for Detroit. Goff scrambled on third-and-5, fumbled again, and the Packers recovered at the Packers 23-yard line.

On the first play of the drive, Lions defensive tackle took a shot from teammate Jack Campbell and was very slow to get up. He was immediately evaluated for a concussion. He would return to play on the next drive.

Meanwhile, the Packers worked their way to a fourth-and-1 at the Lions’ 14-yard line and opted to go for it on the first play of the…

Second quarter

The Packers choked the fourth-down conversion with Jordan Love colliding with AJ Dillon, allowing the Lions to make the run stop short of the sticks.

The Lions were able to drive to midfield, but Goff missed a wide open LaPorta on third-and-3, and Detroit punted back to Green Bay still down two scores.

The Packers quickly got out of the shadow of their own end zone with a 24-yard pass to Dillon. An 18-yard dart to Doubs moved Green Bay into field goal range. The drive would stall there, and the Packers would add a 43-yard field goal to make it 23-6 Packers with 5:56 remaining in the first half.

After getting bailed out by an illegal contact penalty on a third-and-10, Goff found Kalif Raymond for a big 20-yard gain. But an intentional grounding set them way back on downs. Detroit managed to work their way back into a fourth-and-4. But Goff was hammered as he threw the ball and the Packers took over at their own 35-yard line with 1:58 left.