I never realized till just now that the Packers are in the midst of their best-ever single-season winning streak. Their previous best was 7 games back in 2002.

EDIT: Never mind, I must have misinterpreted what SI.com was saying. Their wording is really unambiguous, but I think they meant to say that the longest regular-season winning streak previous to this current one was 7 games.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

not so fast.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

If you look at your own quote of my post, you will see that I had already corrected my own mistake before you brought out the big guns. [boxing]

It might have been a little clearer had I said "immediately prior to the current one," though.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Hey, I appreciate the effort. [grin1]

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

In reading some of the comments from players, one would feel they lost the game. I'm hoping this translates into a pounding of the Lions Thursday.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

it is so rare when YOU make a mistake. I had to move quick. 🤥

Originally Posted by: wpr 

hopefully. After they screwed around in SD they made similar statements and then hung one on the vickies. let's hope we see a replay of that this Thursday.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Jordy Nelson is openly black. He just happens to be white.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Were they just looking past the Bucs to the Lions?

Originally Posted by: Since69 

McCarthy mentioned in his post game press conference that the coaches already have their game plan for the Lions. I’m sure that’s normal when facing a Thursday game. Does it also translate to the players, though, or are they expected to concentrate only on the next game? They certainly seemed like they hadn’t looked at Tampa much, so maybe McCarthy put a real emphasis on beating the divisional opponent and just hoped the team would pull one out against Tampa.

Originally Posted by: Silentio 

Other highlights from McCarthy’s presser  this afternoon:

* I don’t mind the Thanksgiving schedule and short week. Players like to turn around and play right away.

It’s an honor playing on Thanksgiving Day. This is fifth time in my coaching career I’ve been part of it. It’s special they pick us to play.

Rodgers was unusually ineffective Sunday when taking snaps directly from center, as opposed to the shotgun. He missed on seven of 12 passes he threw, including his fourth-quarter interception, when under center. He had been completing 73 percent of those passes entering the game, according to ESPN's Stats & Information. There might be an explanation there, but short of some hidden injury that made his dropback less rhythmic, I can't think of one.

• James Starks, and Ryan Grant for that matter, failed us against the worst team in fantasy vs. RBs. It shows just how little Starks or Grant are useful to us. Starks, who has a knee strain, at least was active in the passing game, but you need to be desperate in crunch time to use a Packers RB. You should not use either on the short week against a tough Lions defensive front.

• Jordy Nelson has become a must-start receiver. His 123-yard, two-touchdown effort seals it. He has outperformed all of the Packers receivers, even Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley.

• Donald Driver has been used more in recent weeks amid James Jones' issues with dropped passes. Jones should not be used in any leagues now. Driver looks like a decent sleeper now

Sunday was the fourth consecutive game in which Masthay punted three or fewer times. He’s had seven such games this year, the most over the course of the first 10 games in any season in Packers history.

Green Bay has punted 31 times, the fewest in its first 10 games going back to 1933. The previous record of 34 was held by the 1961, 1963 and 1989 teams.

The second-year player is averaging 45.8 yards a punt which is better than Craig Hentrich’s team record of 45.0 set in 1997.