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Favre Eats Up Lions' Defense
Brett Favre threw for 381 yards and three touchdowns in the Green Bay Packers' 37-26 Thanksgiving victory over the Detroit Lions.
(Rebecca Cook - Reuters)
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Kitna said before the season he would be disappointed if Detroit didn't win at least 10 games. Now, the Lions might struggle to finish .500 with tough games left, including matchups with Dallas at home and on the road against Green Bay and San Diego.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]"There's no panic in my life," Detroit Coach Rod Marinelli insisted. "This is a tough challenge, but I believe in these players."
Green Bay overcame a six-point deficit in the first quarter and Favre's pinpoint passes helped it lead 34-12 early in the fourth.
Just when Detroit looked as if it was going to be routed for the fourth straight time in its marquee game, Kitna connected with Calvin Johnson in the end zone and Kevin Jones scored to pull the Lions within eight.
Green Bay got the ball back with 6 minutes 34 seconds left and took time off the clock, setting up Mason Crosby's third field goal to put the game out of reach with 1:44 to go.
Favre completed 31 of 41 passes, and his streak of 20 straight spanned the first and second halves to surpass the team record of 18, set by Lynn Dickey in 1983 and matched by Don Majkowski in 1989.
At one point, Green Bay called 17 straight pass plays.
"You never think he's going to miss one," Green Bay Coach Mike McCarthy said.
The streak ended when Koren Robinson was just out of bounds on a catch in the end zone.
"We blew it," Jennings said.
Jennings caught two touchdown passes and Donald Driver had 10 receptions for 147 yards, enjoying another day that Favre is his quarterback.
"When I came in 1999, he was playing the same way he's playing now," Driver said.
The only glaring mistake Favre made came after the first snap when a guard tripped him as he was trying to hand the ball off.
"Maybe I was a little slow coming out, but that's never happened," he said with a grin.
Ryan Grant had 101 yards rushing and a score after running for just seven yards in the first half, helping Green Bay take time off the clock.
Kitna was 19 of 40 for 224 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Johnson had 83 yards receiving and a score. Jones added 93 yards rushing and a score.
