Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions | 2023 Week 12 Game Highlights

LAST WEEK IN THE COME-BEHIND WIN AGAINST L.A. >> Kevin: WE START WITH A.J. DILLON IN THE BACKFIELD. IT’S A FAKE. LOVE PROTECTED. LOVE GOING DEEP. CHRISTIAN WATSON, THE INTENDED RECEIVER. AND HE’S GOT IT. A BIG PLAY UP TOP ON THE FIRST PLAY, AND WHAT A START FOR THESE PACKERS. WATSON FOR 53. SHOULDERED BY THE RIGHT ARM OF JORDAN LOVE. >> Kevin: HERE IS A.J. DILLON, RIGHT SIDE. JUST POWERING HIS WAY THROUGH. TRUCKING FOR A FIRST DOWN, DOWN AROUND THE 10. IT SHOULD BE A FIRST DOWN. TOUCHDOWN. >> Kevin: SECOND AND GOAL. FOUR-MAN RUSH. QUICK OVER

THE MIDDLE. CAUGHT. REED IS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! WHAT A START FOR THE PACKERS, A TEN-YARD SCORE TO JAYDEN REED. BE CAREFUL HOW MANY GUYS YOU REMOVE FROM COVERAGE TO COMMIT TO THE RUN GAME. >> Kevin: HERE IS GOFF ON THIRD DOWN. HE’S GOT WILLIAMS. JAMESON WILLIAMS HAS A FIRST DOWN. >> Greg: YOU SEE JAMESON WILLIAMS START ON THE RIGHT THIS MAN COVERAGE, THERE’S GOING TO BE MISMATCHES HERE DEFENDING THIS LIONS OFFENSE. >> Kevin: THEY’VE GOT TWO TIGHT END JUMBO FORMATION. GOFF HAS ALL DAY. THERE’S A CATCH BY LaPORTA, INSIDE THE 10. AND THE LIONS

ON THE MOVE. IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL OF A DOWN 7-0, AND IT’S SECOND AND GOAL. GOFF, OVER THE MIDDLE. FIRES. IT’S CAUGHT FOR THE

TOUCHDOWN, SAM LaPORTA. COME INTO THE LEAGUE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. >> Kevin: EXTRA POINT BY PATTERSON IS NO GOOD, AND SO YOU MIGHT PLAY TODAY. DILLON IS BANGED UP, TOO, WITH A GROIN INJURY. SECOND DOWN. LOVE FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE, AND IT’S CAUGHT AGAIN. MALIK HEATH, WHO HAD HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, THIS TEAM TO BE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND EIGHT. LOVE NEAR THE SIDELINE.

LEAPING. WATSON. IS HE IN? HE IS. WHAT A CATCH FROM CHRISTIAN WATSON, HAVING HIS BEST GAME OF THE YEAR. >> Greg: THE QUESTION IS, DOES HE SLAP THAT RIGHT FOOT ON THE THEY’VE COME OUT TARGETING HIM OFTEN AND HE’S MAKING PLAY AFTER PLAY SO FAR. >> Kevin: ANOTHER FAKE. LOVE HAS GOT TIME. GETS IT OUT. TURNS IT UPFIELD. DILLON HAS GOT PACKER FIRST DOWN, AND A GAIN OF 11. AARON JONES, HE’S FIRED UP. BUT A CHEERLEADER TODAY. REED, GETS IT ON THE JET SWEEP. TURNS UP THE FIELD. SPEED FROM JADENREED, ANOTHER F HE’S BATTLING THAT

CHEST INJURY. MAN, HE IS A FIGHTER. >> Kevin: LOVE, FIRING FAR SIDE. WATSON IS WIDE OPEN AGAIN, MAKES THE CATCH, AND THEN SURGES FORWARD. DOWN NEAR THE 10. CHRISTIAN WATSON ALREADY WITH A >> Kevin: YEAH, MATT LaFLEUR WENT OVER ANGRY ABOUT THE SPOT, BUT DOES NOT THROW THE CHALLENGE FLAG THERE. THE FAKE. LOVE HAS GOT A MAN WIDE OPEN. IT’S KRAFT WHO IS GOING TO WALK IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. >> Greg: IT’S JUST A GREAT PLAY DESIGN. HAVE TO IMAGINE FOR A LOT OF TEAMS ACROSS THE LEAGUE, HE’S AT OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE

LIST. >> Kevin: GOFF CAN’T FIND ANYONE. PACKERS BROUGHT THE HEAT. THE BALL IS GOING TO BE RETURNED, JUST IN CASE, BY JONATHAN OWENS. THE RULING ON THE FIELD, IT’S A FUMBLE AND IT’S A TOUCHDOWN. >> Referee: FUMBLE RECOVERED BY THE DEFENSE. >> Greg: I THINK THIS IS GOING SO A 27-YARD FUMBLE RETURN FROM JONATHAN OWENS. >> Greg: ORIGINALLY IT’S KENNY CLARK. CO COLBY WINS. QUAY WALKER ADDED TO THE PRESSURE. THAT IS ONE THING THAT THEY’VE STRUGGLED WITH. AFTER THE PASSER IN THESE PASSING SITUATIONS. >> Kevin: FOUR-MAN RUSH ON THIRD AND FIVE. PRESSURE AGAIN. GOFF IN

TROUBLE. HE LOST THE BALL AGAIN. THERE’S A FIGHT AT THE BOTTOM. KARL BROOKS PUNCHED IT OUT. WHO HAS GOT IT? >> Greg: I THINK GREEN BAY GOT IT. SEVEN, WITH THE PACKERS THREATENING, ALREADY UP 20-6. LOVE, LOCKED UP AGAIN. UNDERNEATH. GETS IT TO KRAFT. HE’S DRAGGED DOWN JUST BEFORE THE FIRST DOWN LINE, ABOUT A HALF A YARD SHORT FROM DERRICK WITH A FOURTH DOWN AND LESS THAN ONE. DILLON IS EATEN UP ALIVE, AND THE LIONS GET A MUCH-NEEDED STAND. >> Greg: WOW, YOU HAVE THE DEFENSES TO HAVE TO PLAY BOTH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

THEM GET BACK INTO EARLY PASSING DOWNS AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE RUNS. >> Kevin: THIRD AND ONE. MONTGOMERY FIGHTS FOR IT. HE’S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. THIS GREEN BAY DEFENSE PLAYING SO FAR, THEY’VE HELD UP GREAT. >> Kevin: STAY WITH MONTGOMERY AGAIN. A HOP, STEP, AND UPENDING MONTGOMERY, BUT A NICE RUN. GOOD BLOCKING. HE’S GOING TO PICK UP NINE. AND WE GET ANOTHER INJURED LION SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH. THE LIONS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE SOMETHING. DOWN 20-6. GOT A CATCH AND A FIRST COUNSEL. IT’S MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ, THE LINEBACKER WHO HAS BEEN MOONLIGHTING A LITTLE

AS A FIELD. YOU CAN’T MISS THOSE SHOTS. >> Kevin: WASTED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LIONS. IT’S JORDAN LOVE’S TURN, ON THE FAKE AGAIN. GETS IT OUT TO DILLON, WIDE OPEN IN THE FLAT. HE’S STILL ON HIS FEET. ACROSS THE 30. A.J. DILLON IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. HE’S 250 POUNDS. >> Greg: THIS WAS USUALLY THE TALK ABOUT AIDAN HUTCHINSON, THEY SAY ALIM McNEILL IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE. HE’S TURNED INTO AN ELITE PLAYER AT THIS POSITION. >> Kevin: LOVE GOING DEEP. IT’S A SHOT TO DOBBS ACROSS THE MIDDLE, AND HE’S

GOT THE CATCH. DOWN TO THE 29. LOVE, HERE COMES AIDAN HUTCHINSON. BODIES COLLIDE. WATSON, THE INTENDED RECEIVER. I DON’T SEE A FLAG. AND MATT LaFLEUR ON THE FIELD >> Kevin: NOW IT’S THE ROOKIE, ANDERS CARLSON, FROM 43 YARDS OUT. AND THE KICK IS GOOD. DOWN. GOFF HAS A MAN, WIDE OPEN. IT’S RAYMOND, HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY, AND A BIGGIE. DOWN TO THE GREEN BAY 40 HE GOES, AND THE DRIVE CONTINUES. >> Greg: I’M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE COVERAGE WAS HERE. >> Greg: YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE AS THE CENTER, FRANK RAGNOW, THE

CENTER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY CLEARLY GET IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE IF YOU’RE GOING TO SNAP IT. >> Kevin: THIRD AND 12. GOFF, LONG WAY TO GO. HE’S GOING TO BE SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. HOW AGGRESSIVE ARE THEY? >> Greg: I THINK THAT’S JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE DAN CAMPBELL BE TRY TO GET THEM TO JUMP. TAKE THE DECISION INTO THE TWO-MINUTE. >> Kevin: FOURTH AND FOUR. PRESSURE ON GOFF. BALL IS LOOSE! SITTING ON THE GROUND. DOESN’T MATTER. IT WILL BE GREEN BAY TAKING OVER. THEY SAY NOW INCOMPLETE, BUT THE PACKERS WILL GRAB THE

FOOTBALL ON A FOURTH DOWN STOP. PRESTON SMITH CAME WITH THE FIRST HALF. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN. HERE IS DILLON. A GAPING HOLE FOR A.J. DILLON. RUMBLING INTO LIONS TERRITORY, AND A FIRST DOWN AND A RUN OF THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT TO PEAK. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN AND SIX. LOVE CAN’T FIND ANYONE. PRESSURE. THROWS ON THE RUN. INCOMPLETE. THAT TIME THE LIONS GET HOME WITH PRESSURE ON LOVE, AND LIKELY WILL FORCE A PUNT HERE. FOR THE OLD HAIL MARY. LOVE UNDERNEATH. REED SLIDES DOWN. NOW THEY GET A TIME-OUT IN TIME. LET’S SEE. IT LOOKED LIKE

HE GOT DOWN IN TIME BEFORE IT WENT DOWN TO ZERO, AND HE DID. HE HIT FROM 57 IN THE PRESEASON. CARLSON DRILLS IT. IT’S GOT A CHANCE. ON THE WAY. IT IS TAKEN BY RAYMOND, WHO IS BACK TO RECEIVE FOR DETROIT. WHY NOT? NOW RAYMOND LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE KICK RETURN. BREAKS A TACKLE. STILL ON HIS FEET. SOME BLOCKING. A HECK OF A RETURN. GOT THE CROWD EXCITED. THAT WILL BE THE END OF THIS FIRST HALF. AND A GREAT ONE FOR THE PACKERS, 23-6, THEY LEAD IT. WORST ENEMY. HE SAID, IF WE CAN CLEAN THIS

UP, WE CAN GET INTO A RHYTHM, GET ST. BROWN INVOLVED AND GO. >> Kevin: HERE IS GIBBS. A BIG SEAM, AND JAHMYR GIBBS ON THE FIRST PLAY INTO PACKERS TERRITORY. THAT WILL GIVE THEM A LITTLE JUICE. FAR. HE’S AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. NOW IN MOTION. THEY’LL FAKE. GOFF THIS TIME HAS TIME. FIRES, AND THERE IS AMON-RA ST. BROWN WITH A BIG GAME, BACK-TO-BACK EXPLOSIVE PLAYS FOR THE LIONS, AND THEY’RE IN BUSINESS. >> Greg: WE SAW THIS ON THE OPENING DRIVE, THEY THREW IT TO DOWN HERE, THIRD AND ONE. MONTGOMERY AGAIN. HE’S GOT THE

FIRST DOWN, AND DOWN TO THE 5. AT FULLBACK. >> Kevin: MONTGOMERY, DANCING. WORKING HIS WAY NEAR THE END ZONE. IS HE IN? HE IS! TOUCHDOWN, DETROIT! >> Greg: TAKE A LOOK HERE, MONTGOMERY STAYS IN. MONTGOMERY RIGHT UP THE GUT FOR TWO. LOST THE BALL, BUT HE’S IN. THE SIGNAL IS THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION IS GOOD. THIRD AND TWO. LOVE OVER THE MIDDLE. A MAN WIDE OPEN, AND IT’S CAUGHT BY JAYDEN REED, WHO HAS THE >> Kevin: SO IT’S FIRST AND 15. IT’S LIKE CLOCKWORK. HERE’S LOVE. CAN’T FIND ANYONE. GOT DILLON IF HE WANTS HIM. STILL HANGS

ON. COMING ACROSS HIS BODY. HE’S GOT A COMPLETION. THAT WAS DANGEROUS, BUT HEATH WAS THERE AND BEAT JACOBS FOR AND MEDIUM. LOVE, UNDERNEATH. DROPPED. IT WAS A PERFECT PASS, HE BOBBLED. AND NOW IT’S FOURTH AND FOUR. >> Kevin: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THANK OUR BUDDY, GLENN, IN NEW ORLEANS. HE AND JOHN BECAME FRIENDS, AND HE STILL GIVES OUR CREW THE TURDUCKEN. FIGHTING FOR IT WITH AMON-RA ST. BROWN, AND ST. BROWN HAS THE CATCH. BOY, THAT WAS CLOSE. THEY’RE STILL FIGHTING FOR IT. >> Greg: OF ALL THE RECEIVERS IN CATCHES NUMBER, GREG, 13. THIRD AND FIVE.

GOFF HAS TIME. LETS IT RIP. LOOKING FOR ST. BROWN, AND IT’S HIGH AND INCOMPLETE. HE WAS OPEN, AND NOW THE PUNT TEAM WILL COME OUT ON FOURTH DOWN. >> Greg: WATCH THE ANGLE OF OFF TODAY. IT’S A FAKE ON THE PUNT. THEY’VE GOT A WAY TO GO, AND THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE. SECOND DOWN AND 17. PACKERS UP BY 9, 4:00 TO GO IN THIS THIRD QUARTER. THE FAKE. LOVE SLINGS IT OVER THE MIDDLE, AND IT’S CAUGHT BY ROMEO DOUBS, IN TRAFFIC. DOUBS WAS BLANKETED BY JACOBS. TELL YOU WHAT, HE’S BEEN IMPRESSIVE. >> Kevin:

THIS WILL BE A THIRD DOWN AND THREE. GOING FOR THE END ZONE FOR WATSON. HE’S GOT A TOUCHDOWN, GREEN BAY! >> Greg: THEY DRAFTED CHRISTIAN NOW THEY GO FOR TWO. A LITTLE TRICKERY. AND DOUBS IS TACKLED. LOOKED LIKE THEY TRIED TO RUN THE PHILLY SPECIAL, BUT IT DID NOT WORK, AS HUTCHINSON WAS ALL OVER IT. THE TWO-POINTER IS NO GOOD. DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN. JONATHAN OWENS RETURNED IT FOR A SCORE. NOW THE LIONS DOWN 15. WORK TO DO OVER THE MIDDLE. A GOOD START. KALIF RAYMOND HAS HIMSELF A FIRST DOWN, AND HE’S UP TO THE IS NOT

THEIR NORM. OUT TO RAYMOND. GETS A BLOCK, HAS A FIRST DOWN. KALIF RAYMOND, A COUPLE OF CATCHES. GOT A GOOD BLOCK FROM AMON-RA ST. BROWN. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT DAN THROUGH. BUT THEY’RE LINED UP. >> Kevin: GIBBS, AND HE’S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. GOT A BLOCK FROM MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ, PLAYING MORE SNAPS AT FULLBACK TODAY. AND THAT WILL END THIS THIRD THEY’RE GOING TO RULE IT INCOMPLETE. >> Kevin: LIONS HAVE TO GET TO THE 24. GOFF COMING BACK ON A SCREEN. GIBBS LOOKING FOR A BLOCK. GETS TAKEN DOWN. ANOTHER GREAT PLAY. THAT TIME ISAIAH McDUFFIE, AND FOURTH

DOWN. FOURTH DOWN TODAY. FOUR-MAN RUSH. THE BALL IS OUT! PACKERS WILL TAKE OVER. RASHAN GARY HAS HIS THIRD SACK OF THE DAY. BEEN AN ABSOLUTE MENACE. NOW IT’S LOVE. ANOTHER BLITZ. LOVE OVER THE MIDDLE. AND IT IS CAUGHT. ANOTHER TIGHT WINDOW, BUT HELD ON BY MALIK KEITH, WHO HAD ONE CATCH HIS WHOLE SEASON. HE LOOKS FANTASTIC TODAY. NOW A BIG THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. PRESSURE FROM HUTCHINSON. LOVE GETS IT AWAY. THROWS IT UP AND INCOMPLETE. ALMOST HAD IT IN JAYLEN REED. HAD HIS HANDS ON IT, COULD NOT BRING IT IN. THE JOURNEY GETTING THERE LOOKS

DIFFERENT, BUT LEARNING HOW TO WIN, HOW TO PULL THINGS OUT. >> Kevin: MONTGOMERY THROUGH THE HOLE, AND A FIRST DOWN FOR THE LIONS. >> Greg: EXACTLY. HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS POSSIBLE JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK? >> Kevin: HERE IS GOFF. FIRES A STRIKE. IT’S CAUGHT BY JAMESON WILLIAMS. STILL ON HIS FEET, SPINNING. WILLIAMS DOWN TO THE 40. AND HE’S FINALLY STOPPED THERE. SO A MUCH-NEEDED EXPLOSIVE PLAY FOR THE LIONS, AND WILLIAMS PROVIDES IT. >> Kevin: SECOND AND TEN. GOFF OVER THE MIDDLE. RAYMOND IN STRIDE, AND DIVING DOWN TO THE 15, KALIF RAYMOND. >>

Kevin: NO HUDDLE. THIRD AND FIVE. A LITTLE FAKE. ST. BROWN IN TROUBLE. BURIED. IT’S OWENS AGAIN. >> Greg: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SAID HIS NAME TODAY? THEY’VE GOT TO GET TO THE 5. GOFF CAN’T FIND ANYONE. GOING TO THE END ZONE. IT IS INCOMPLETE. LOOKING FOR LaPORTA. AND, AGAIN, THE LIONS DENIED ON CHANGE HIS APPROACH. WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT. >> Kevin: LOVE IS GOING TO RUN IT. NO, HE’S GOING TO KEEP IT! HOW ABOUT THAT CALL? LOVE MAY GO THE WHOLE WAY! SLIDING DOWN AT THE 40. HE WAS NOT CONSERVATIVE, AND IT PAYS

OFF FOR GREEN BAY. AND JORDAN LOVE WITH A HUGE RUN. >> Greg: THEY SOLD OUT. THERE’S NO SAFETY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. >> Kevin: BLITZ COMING. THIRD DOWN. LOVE FLOATS ONE. IT IS UNDER-THROWN AND INCOMPLETE. HE TRIED TO GET WATSON, BUT DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH MUSTARD ON IT. TIME-OUT TO TRY TO BUY THAT SECOND POSSESSION. >> Kevin: ST. BROWN HAS THE CATCH. OUT OF BOUNDS ACROSS THE 20. GOOD START FOR DETROIT. >> Greg: JUST A LOT OF JUST MISSES. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN. GOFF PUMPS, THROWS. GIBBS IS NOT — OH, IT’S CLOSE. THE SECOND

EFFORT VERY CLOSE. WE’LL SEE WHERE THEY PUT THE BALL DOWN. BUT THE CLOCK IS RUNNING. AND HE IS SHORT. THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN THE GUN. >> Kevin: THIS IS THE GAME. FOURTH DOWN. GOFF TAPS IT. THROWS IT. AND THE DRIVE CONTINUES. THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN TO GIBBS AND THAT WILL TAKE US DOWN TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. LIONS NEED SOME HELP. JAMESON WILLIAMS, GIVE HIM A DEEP BALL AND LET HIM GO. THAT’S WHAT GOT THEM BACK IN IT, THE QUICK STRIKE LAST WEEK. >> Kevin: FOUR-MAN RUSH OVER THE MIDDLE. THERE IS GIBBS. LOOKING

LIKE HE’S TRYING TO SPRINT OUT OF BOUNDS. HE’S TRYING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. DID HE GET THERE? THIS ONE IS GOING TO STING IF THEY DON’T GET A MIRACLE HERE. SECOND DOWN AND 20. GOFF UNDERNEATH. ST. BROWN IS WIDE OPEN. LOOKING TO MAKE A MOVE. HE DOES. GREAT MOVE. FIRST DOWN. GETS OUT OF BOUNDS, WITH 52 SECONDS LEFT. >> Greg: NICE JOB THERE BY ST. SAFETIES. CHUNK PLAYS RIGHT NOW ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING OUT OF BOUNDS. >> Kevin: THIS TIME GOFF HAS TIME. LETS IT RIP OVER THE MIDDLE. CAUGHT BY RAYMOND AND

HE HOLDS ON. THERE YOU GO, BIG PLAY. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALL A TIME-OUT, AND THEY WILL. THAT’S THE STORY. 46 TICKS LEFT. GOFF OVER THE MIDDLE. IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. JOSH REYNOLDS. THERE’S A PENALTY FLAG, SO WAIT A SECOND. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS THE ONSIDE KICK MEAN ANYTHING. GOING TO GO QUICK. GOFF OVER THE MIDDLE. FIRES. AND THE TWO IS GOOD. SO A SEVEN-POINT GAME. HERE COMES IS ONSIDE KICK. >> Greg: NICE LITTLE SIT ROUTE GOT TO GO TEN YARDS. AND JAYDEN REED GETS ON IT. THE PACKERS TAKE OVER.

AND THEY WILL WIN THIS GAME. HANG ON. PENALTY ON THIS PLAY. LET’S SEE THIS FIRST. PACKERS OFFENSE COMING ON THE STORY, AND AN UPSET HERE IN DETROIT ON THANKSGIVING. 29-22 THE FINAL. MORE TO DO HERE FROM DETROIT. THE PACKERS IN A STUNNER, AND THEY’RE RIGHT IN THE PLAYOFF MIX. WE’LL WRAP IT UP WHEN WE COME BACK.