Packers vs. Lions: Score and Twitter Reaction for Sunday Night Football

Get ready, Lambeau Field. The playoffs are coming your way. 

The Green Bay Packers clinched the NFC North crown and a home game in the postseason on Sunday with a 31-24 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Aaron Rodgers made one final MVP statement during the regular season with 300 passing yards, four touchdown throws, 42 rushing yards and zero turnovers as the best player on the field.

Fortunately for Detroit, the Lions qualified for the playoffs before taking the field on Sunday, thanks to Washington’s loss to the New York Giants. The Lions will visit the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, while Green Bay will host the Giants on Sunday, Jan. 8, per Josh Hill of Fansided (h/t Fox Sports).

Packers leap past the Lions and are NFC North champs! pic.twitter.com/SThvPFnbmn

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 2, 2017

While Rodgers was brilliant, Green Bay also controlled much of the game on the ground with 153 rushing yards on 31 carries. Aaron Ripkowski led the way with 61 rushing yards, while Ty Montgomery added 44. Ripkowski and Montgomery were each one of eight Packers to catch passes, and Geronimo Allison finished with a game-high 91 receiving yards.

On the other side, Matthew Stafford finished with 347 passing yards, two touchdowns and one interception in a losing effort. Zach Zenner chipped in 69 rushing yards and a score, while Golden Tate finished with 77 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Despite the high point total, it was nothing but defense in the first quarter with four straight punts to open the game. Detroit’s defense set the tone early, but the offense couldn’t take advantage when Matt Prater missed a field goal on the first play of the second quarter.

Stafford made history in the first when he became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 30,000 career passing yards with a completion to Tate (109 games to Dan Marino’s 114), per Kyle Meinke of MLive.com.

That Stafford did it against the Packers probably didn’t come as much surprise for Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette given his analysis of the secondary:

Lions receivers are open. Every play. This secondary is a hot mess right now. Even if #Packers defense did hold to force a field goal.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) January 2, 2017

Vulnerable or not, the Packers …

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