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LAST WEEK: Lions won 20-6 at home over Falcons; Packers won 18-17 at home over Saints LIONS OFFENSE: OVERALL (8), RUSH (11), PASS (7), SCORING (T12) PACKERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (22), RUSH (23), PASS (T18), SCORING (8) LIONS DEFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (5), PASS (19), SCORING (15) PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (15), RUSH (T27), PASS (10), SCORING (T13) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Lions minus-3, Packers plus-2 LIONS PLAYER TO WATCH: TE Sam LaPorta has 18 catches, the most receptions by a rookie tight end in his first three games, surpassing the mark set by Keith Jackson in Philadelphia 35 years ago. He also is the first tight end to have at least five catches in each of his first three games. ....
Don’t assume anything with these Green Bay Packers. The NFL’s youngest team also is among its least predictable. One week after blowing a 12-point, fourth-quarter lead in a 25-24 loss at Atlanta, the Packers erased a 17-point deficit in the final 11 minutes of an 18-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints. ....
Jordan Love celebrated his first career start at Lambeau Field by producing the type of comeback his four-time MVP predecessor orchestrated so often. Love rallied Green Bay from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit after New Orleans lost quarterback Derek Carr to a shoulder injury, and the Packers stunned New Orleans 18-17 on Sunday. “It’s always about how the game ends," said Love, who went 22 of 44 for 259 yards with one touchdown pass, a TD run and an interception. ....
Maybe the Green Bay Packers won’t take a step back in the first season of the post-Aaron Rodgers era. The Packers said throughout the offseason that their expectations wouldn’t change even without Rodgers, the four-time MVP quarterback who was traded to the New York Jets in April. ....