Overview
- Detroit beat Green Bay 20-17 on Sunday when Jake Bates hit a 22-yard field goal as time expired after a blocked Packers 35-yard try kept the game tied.
- Late in the fourth quarter Dan Campbell chose to go for fourth-and-1 from his own 24, the play failed and gave Green Bay prime position but Campbell said he expected to convert and expected the defense to get the ball back.
- Safety Brian Branch returned from a torn Achilles and recorded a fourth-quarter interception in his first game back, a play coaches called a momentum lift for a Lions pass defense that has struggled this season.
- Running back Jahmyr Gibbs carried the offense with 29 rushes for 116 yards, intentionally stopped short twice to preserve the clock and suffered a minor ankle twist that the team expects will not be serious.
- The game featured disputed roughing-the-passer penalties that critics said helped Detroit late, and Green Bay’s run game remained ineffective even with Josh Jacobs returning to the lineup.