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00:00But we do have a marquee battle on Thursday night.
00:03Top-ranked NFC North Detroit laying three and a half against the Green Bay Packers.
00:08This game played out a couple of weeks ago in Lambeau.
00:11Detroit got the 10-point win 24 to 14.
00:15All eyes will be on the Lions.
00:16We saw them struggle in the second half against Chicago,
00:19but something tells me this game could have fireworks in the air.
00:24Yeah, it should be a high-scoring game, right?
00:27You would think.
00:28Two explosive offenses, a lot of injuries on the defense side of the ball for Detroit.
00:32A little concerned about the Lions' offense not being able to convert that
00:35many touchdown opportunities in a Thanksgiving Day game against the Bears,
00:38but we'll just call that a blip on the radar screen.
00:40Should be a good one.
00:41I don't ever bet against the Lions.
00:43You want to give me the Lions laying less than a touchdown at home,
00:46albeit against a good Packers team?
00:49I get that, but still, it's a short week.
00:51I tell you, Joe, I heard a stat.
00:53I have to see this.
00:54There's certain stats and trends you read sometimes or hear,
00:58and you're just like, that can't be.
01:01There's got to be something missing.
01:03So the stat and trend I heard with this game yesterday was
01:07that this is only the fourth time in the history of the Packers-Lions.
01:13We're talking about two franchises that have been playing football for, what, 70 years?
01:19Twice, for the most part, twice a season.
01:22And this is only, Joe, the fourth time that both teams have been over 500?
01:28That can't be.
01:28That just can't be, can it?
01:30Well, think about it.
01:31Of course, they sucked for years, the Lions.
01:34Think about it.
01:34I know.
01:35I mean, I would have to think the mid-90s, that 93 team that had-
01:40Barry Sanders.
01:41Barry Sanders, Wayne Fonz, Brett Perriman, and that group, right, in 93, and then-
01:47Scott Mitchell.
01:49Was Mikowski there for Green Bay?
01:52Magic Man.
01:53Was he there in 93?
01:55He might have been.
01:56No, I don't think so.
01:59I think it was Favre.
02:01Yeah, Favre came in, right.
02:02Favre graduated in 89-90, and Magic Man was there for the 90 season.
02:08So it was Favre, probably.
02:10I mean, think about how it's been dominated, though, by Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers for years.
02:16But that only goes into how more amazing it is, because you've had a constant in Green
02:21Bay, for the most part, being over .500, right?
02:24So all you really needed was Detroit.
02:27I mean, I'm talking about 2-1.
02:29They didn't play earlier in the season when one team was 1-0 or 2-1.
02:33I mean, when you have an automatic winning team in Green Bay, for the most part, I mean,
02:38it just goes to show how bad Detroit has been, really.