Official Week 3 Lions at Packers Game Day Thread

[gbgary]

The first half. In the second half the Packers defense/lions offense combined with being ahead by multiple scores, dictated a change in strategy. Other than the holding call in the 3rd, dropped pass by Davis on first down which stopped the clock in the 4th, and the miss by cobb/rodgers on third down it worked well.
It's seemingly surprising to some that playing "not to lose" when up multiple scores results in "not losing" almost all the time - unless you want to argue that teams play "to win" when they win but "not to lose" when they lose. One notable and highly unlikely exception notwithstanding.

not moving the chains and staying on the field left the Packers d on the field a lot...11 more minutes than detroit's d to be exact.
Packers temp fate with this tactic too often and it got stupid for no reason on sunday.

[ThunderDan]

not moving the chains and staying on the field left the Packers d on the field a lot...11 more minutes than detroit's d to be exact.

I think this is a misrepresentation of the 2nd half. We had the ball for 5 minutes during the 1st 18 minutes of the 2nd half. That 5 minute drive was our longest of the game. Our longest drive in the 1st half was a little under 4 minutes. We went 47 yards and holding penalty stopped us from scoring a TD most likely. Instead we kicked a FG. Our D couldn't stop DET in the 2nd half but didn't let DET get any quick strike points until 4 minutes left in the game.