Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers: Five Big Questions

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Published: October 16, 2009

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... Fontes was coaching, and Erik Kramer was starting for the Lions in place of the injured Rodney Peete.

That was 1991.

Since then, the Green Bay Packers have protected their home field 17 consecutive times against the visiting Lions, and will be heavily favored to run it to 18 this Sunday.

Green Bay started the Lions’ recently snapped 19-game losing streak in 2007, then was the team to send Detroit from 0-15 to the infamous 0-16 mark in Week 17 of 2008.

This is the first time the teams have played since then, which brings us to one of the five biggest questions this week.

 

1. Will There be (Bad) Blood?

As I mentioned earlier this week, the Lions feel a great deal of animosity towards the Packers to begin with.

They have even more of a problem with Lambeau Field.

Most of the Lions organization, as it stands now, has no history with either the Lions or the Packers.

Over half of the roster and co...

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