For the third time in his NFL career, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love will get a chance to show a national audience what he’s capable of on Thanksgiving. This year, Love and the Packers once again face the Detroit Lions in Thursday’s early game.

The early results on the holiday have been terrific for Love. Whether Toyotathon is responsible for his Thanksgiving performances remains to be seen, but the 27-year-old has gone 2-0 on Turkey Day with an absurd 127.2 passer rating.

Love is off to another hot start this season, leading all full-time starters in EPA per dropback,...

The Packers did something pretty rare the last time they faced the Lions: they managed to catch an NFL team completely off guard.

The Lions were completely unprepared for the Packers’ defense in Week 1, and the Packers wreaked havoc on the Lions’ passing attack as a result. All they had to do to achieve that outcome was trade multiple first round picks and a keystone defender for one of the best pass rushers in the league and pay that pass rusher a king’s ransom for his services.

Simple, right?

I’m oversimplifying here, but I don’t think we can overstate...

Do you remember when the Green Bay Packers were 3-6 midway through the 2023 NFL season and fans started thinking ahead to the quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft?

Jordan Love’s first year as the starting quarterback of the franchise didn’t start out so well; after a 38-point explosion in Chicago to start the season, the Packers offense struggled to find that gear again for several games. In their next 8 games, the Packers scored fewer than 20 points give times, going 2-6 in that span. Finally, however, the group seemed to start turning the corner a bit in a...

On Friday, Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed began practicing with the team after undergoing surgery to fix both a foot and a collarbone issue. Within 21 days of that date, the Packers have the make the decision of whether or not to call up Reed from the injured reserve, where he is currently, to the 53-man roster.

While Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has dodged the question about whether Reed will play on Thanksgiving, which is reportedly around the timeline of when the team was expecting Reed to return to action, one man made a proclamation on Tuesday:...

In his post-walkthrough press conference on Tuesday, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur provided updates on the team’s key injuries. According to LaFleur, both running back Josh Jacobs (knee) and cornerback Keisean Nixon (neck) are going to be game-time decisions versus the Detroit Lions, so you can go ahead and assume that they’ll be listed as questionable on the Packers’ final injury report of the week on Wednesday.

Jacobs missed last week’s action after suffering a bone bruise against the New York Giants the week prior. In his place, Emanuel Wilson took 39 carries to Chris Brooks’ 9 against...

Green Bay Packers starting cornerback Keisean Nixon, who left Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings with a stinger, was upgraded to a limited participant in practice on Tuesday. Tuesday was just a walkthrough, and since the Packers didn’t practice on Monday, both listings are estimates.

It seems highly unlikely that Green Bay will host a full practice this week, as they will be traveling to Detroit tomorrow. For reference, the Lions had walkthroughs on both Monday and Tuesday.

Beyond the Nixon update, there were no changes in status for Green Bay today. The following players were estimated non-participants:

• WR...

The Green Bay Packers didn’t make up much distance in national power rankings this week. Despite beating the Minnesota Vikings, it seems like analysts are only giving the team about half credit for beating J.J. McCarthy. Which, to be honest, is fair.

Let’s take a look at this week’s batch of power rankings, including some highlights from the highest and lowest spots the Packers were placed in.

Packers in NFL Power Rankings

• USA Today: 5th

“A seven-week stretch with five games against NFC North foes − including all three away dates − rolls on Thursday in Motown,...

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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell announced on Tuesday that safety Kerby Joseph, a 2024 All-Pro who led the NFL in interceptions last season, will miss the team’s Thanksgiving game against the Green Bay Packers. Joseph, along with Brian Branch, is considered to be half of one of the NFL’s best safety pairings in the NFL.

Joseph has been dealing with a knee injury, which has kept him off the field since October 12th against the Kansas City Chiefs. Without Joseph, the Lions’ replacement starter has been Thomas Harper, who was claimed off waivers by Detroit at the roster cutdown...

Today is the 325th day since Christian Watson tore his ACL.

I’ll be the first to admit I was among the doubters. Seeing Watson crumpled on the Lambeau Field turf, I thought the great experiment was at an end. Watson, the small-school prospect on whom the Packers had spent two second round picks, had been an exciting force during his first three years with the team, capable of blazing past any and all defenders with his mind-boggling speed. True, he’d struggled with injuries and inconsistency, but in year three he’d settled into a small but consistent role, putting up a...

Hello, Green Bay Packers fans. My name is Erik Schlitt, and I’m the managing editor at Pride of Detroit, Acme Packing Company’s Lions-based brother site at SB Nation. I’ve been covering the Lions for over a decade and am in my eighth credentialed season. SB Nation asked APC and POD to each have a writer from enemy territory get rival fans up to date with where their Thanksgiving opponent stands heading into the big game, and I’ve taken on that responsibility.

In this piece, I’ll do my best to walk you through some of the things the Lions do well,...

Emanuel Wilson is one of the best stories to emerge from the Packers’ Week 12 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

His unexpected 107-yard outburst is the Packers’ highest rushing total of the season, and it caps off a long road to something resembling stardom for Wilson. Once a small school star, Wilson was the man of the moment in Josh Jacobs’ stead, filling in more than admirably as the Packers ground the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive front to powder.

It was the prettiest or most explosive rushing performance you’ll see, but it got the job done for the Packers on a...