John Maakaron reviews the highlights and main takeaways from the Detroit Lions 34-20 win against Green Bay Packers.
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00:00 On Thursday night, the Detroit Lions defeated the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in a sensational performance.
00:06 Here today to analyze the game is SIO Lions' John Macrin.
00:09 John, give me your thoughts on the Lions' performance and how it looks for the team going forward.
00:14 Yeah, Cameron, what a start for the Lions.
00:16 A team that looked faster, hungrier, grittier right from the start.
00:21 It was a great performance.
00:22 I think early on what caught a lot of people's attention was the sea of blue in the stands.
00:29 The Lions fans are so passionate.
00:31 They're starting to sense this is a good football team.
00:34 And you really got to give credit to the coaches.
00:37 It's a short turnaround.
00:38 Performances like that typically don't happen in a game where you just had a performance four days ago.
00:44 The Lions came into Lambeau Field expecting to win.
00:47 And they came out hungry, very passionate, and they took it to Jordan Love.
00:52 The defense, Cameron, really is the story of this game, being that they were able to record another five sacks.
00:58 Isaiah Buggs, Aiden Hutchinson, John Kaminsky really had a great performance.
01:03 Now, after the first half, the Packers did mount a comeback, and the officials started to do their thing
01:09 that we all see here in Detroit by blowing calls and really calling ticky-tack fouls and throwing the flag unnecessarily.
01:16 But, Cameron, what's different is this Lions team is built to weather storms.
01:21 And when you have a performance like David Montgomery had the first time in over 20 years
01:27 where a Lions rusher had 100 yards and three touchdowns, you realize this is a football team that has the potential to be special.
01:33 And to start the year winning in the division, that's all the Lions could ask for is to handle business, be professional,
01:40 go to Lambeau Field, and defeat your divisional rival and really, really upset the apple cart in the division.
01:46 It was a quality performance, one the Lions can build on as they move to their next opponent, the Carolina Panthers.
01:54 John, it's great to see everything firing on all cylinders for the Lions. Thanks for all the time.