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Lions 20-16 Packers: The silence of Lambeau! Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay ELIMINATED from playoffs as Jared Goff and Dan Campbell inspire Detroit’s road win against big NFC North rivals
- The Detroit Lions went on the road to Lambeau Field and surprised the Packers
- Green Bay needed a win against their division foe to qualify for the NFL playoffs
- Although, Jared Goff and co. could not contain himself as the Lions ruined the party
- Seattle is now the No. 7 seed in the NFC and now plays San Francisco next weekend.
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Aaron Rodgers threw a late interception and the Green Bay Packers lost 20-16 to the Detroit Lions on Sunday night and missed the playoffs.
After winning four straight games and getting a lot of help from other teams, the Packers were in control of their postseason destiny heading into the final game of the NFL regular season.
But they fell short against the Lions, who had been knocked out of the playoffs early Sunday when the Seattle Seahawks defeated Los Angeles Rams 19-16 in overtime.
Seattle (9-8) instead earned the final NFC playoff spot and will play San Francisco (13-4) in the first round. The Packers (8-9) missed the playoffs for the first time in Matt LaFleur’s four seasons as coach.
Aaron Rodgers headed through the tunnel at Lambeau Field entwined with Randall Cobb (R)
The Packers QB threw a crucial interception during the fourth quarter with the Lions in the lead.
Jamaal Williams (R) came back to haunt the Packers, scoring the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter
Rodgers was 17 of 27 for 205 yards with a touchdown and the crucial interception on the final pass of what was perhaps the four-time MVP’s final game at Lambeau Field. Rodgers, 39, has said he doesn’t know if he plans to continue playing next season.
During the game, Rodgers became the eighth NFL player to have at least 5,000 career completions.
Jamaal Williams’ second 1-yard touchdown run of the night against his former team put the Lions (9-8) ahead with 5:55 remaining. Williams had 17 touchdown runs to break the Lions single-season record that Barry Sanders had set in 1991.
Green Bay only got to its own 33 on their next drive before Kerby Joseph intercepted Rodgers’ deep throw on third-and-10 with 3 1/2 minutes remaining. Detroit held on to the ball for the rest of the game.
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (L) and coach Dan Campbell (R) crash the Packers party
Green Bay Packers saw rookie Quay Walker ejected for shoving a Lions team official
Williams (right) broke the Detroit Lions franchise record for most rushing touchdowns in a regular season
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