With the victory, the Packers ended the regular season 13-3 and secured that first-round bye. Whether Green Bay will be the No. 1 or 2 seed in the NFC will be determined later Sunday night, depending on the result of the San Francisco-Seattle showdown for the NFC West title.
The rally came after a start that LaFleur called “absolutely … flat in every phase.” Dropped passes, off-target throws, missed tackles and a trick play by the Lions (3-12-1) for a touchdown all contributed to the big deficit.
LaFleur’s halftime message was to “stay with it” and focus on the job on every play. Rodgers kept trying for deep shots and wasn’t awfully successful, though he did hit on two, touchdowns of 20 and 28 yards to Davante Adams and Allen Lazard.
Both scores came on third-and-10 plays, and the latter tied up the score at 20 with 5:19 left.
“I think the tempo helped,” Rodgers said. “Tempo allowed us to kind of get into some simple stuff. Some minor adjustments helped us out.”
So did the defense, which shook off a rough first half to hold the Lions to just four first downs and three points in the second half. Detroit’s three running backs combined for 160 yards on the ground, but just 48 of those came after halftime.
Rookie QB David Blough (12-of-29, 122 yards, 39.7 rating) threw an interception to linebacker Blake Martinez midway through the fourth quarter to set up the game-tying drive, and the defense got two stops in the last four minutes to get Rodgers the ball back.
“They kept us in the game,” LaFleur said of the defense. “I know there’s a lot to clean up, but those guys battled for four quarters and left everything out there. They did a great job when we needed them to and made the plays.”
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