Yes, the NFL is a bottom line business, stats can be for losers and a month from now, not many will remember how it played out but the Packers left an awful lot to be desired in holding off the Detroit Lions 28-26 today before 70,729 sun drenched fans at Lambeau Field. It's the Packers 10th straight victory in the series and a league record 19th conseuctive home field victory. Green Bay looked very good early, building leads of 21-7 and 28-14 early in the third quarter as Aaron Rodgers fired three first half touchdown passes to Donald Driver (29 yards), Jermichael Finley (13) and Greg Jennings (17) and went into intermission with a perfect passer rating of 158.3. When Charles Woodson made history by returning an interception 48 yards for a score to open the second half, this game looked over. For Woodson, it was the third straight year that he scored with a pick against Detroit, an NFL first. It was also his 10th interception return touchdown of his career and 9th defensive touchdown with the Pack. But there were warning signs even early on. Shaun Hill, subbing for Matthew Stafford, expertely spread the Packers defense out and utilized tight ends, backs and receivers equally well to move the chains, converting 8 of his first 11 third down opportunities. Calvin Johnson caught two first half touchdowns, a 23 yarder against Morgan Burnett and just seconds before the half, a 21 yarder over Woodson in the end zone. Jordy Nelson fumbled the kickoff but Jason Hanson missed a 55 yard field goal at the half. Detroit held a 9 minute time of possession advantage at halftime and outgained the Pack 251 to 154. By game's end, those numbers swelled to over 37 minutes of posession time and 431-261 in yards. Following Woodson's pick, Detroit went on 4 straight scoring drives, all ending in field goals. Meanwhile, the Packers were stopped inside the 10 on an interception, had a three and out, another Nelson lost fumble on a kickoff and a one play home run shot that was also intercepted. A sagging defense finally dug in to force a punt and the Packers took over with 6:32 to play. The well rested offense was able to drain the clock with 6 first downs, almost all on the ground with John Kuhn carrying the ball 7 times for 39 yards, converting a third and 7 with an 8 yard charge after Detroit burned it's final timeout. Here's what the guys had to say about the contest in the locker room afterwards:


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