The Green Bay Packers will look to keep their hold on the NFC North when they host the free-falling Detroit Lions Sunday at 8:20 pm ET.
After falling back into second place with a loss to the New York Giants on Nov. 25, the Packers (8-4) drew back into a first-place tie with Chicago on Sunday with a 23-14 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
Aaron Rodgers completed 27 of 35 for 286 yards with one touchdown and one interception against the Vikings, he'll try to improve on his 7-1 mark all-time versus Detroit.
Rodgers has already been sacked a league-high 39 times, three more than all of last season. Detroit sacked Rodgers three times in their last meeting.
Making matters worse, Green Bay will be without second-leading receiver Jordy Nelson after he left Sunday's game in the first quarter with a strained hamstring.
The Packers, though, are hopeful that the signing of Ryan Grant can bolster the backfield, where Cedric Benson (foot) will miss the rest of the season and James Starks (knee) is expected to miss multiple weeks. Grant had 1,000-yard seasons for Green Bay in 2008-09.
Meanwhile, Lions quarterback Mathew Stafford had a huge day in his last trip to Lambeau, throwing for a career-high 520 yards and five touchdowns in a 45-41 loss Jan. 1. Rodgers sat out with the Packers closing the regular season having wrapped up the NFC's No. 1 seed, but former backup Matt Flynn threw for 480 yards and six scores.
Calvin Johnson, who had a career-high 244 yards receiving in that game, had another personal best Sunday with 13 receptions to go along with 171 yards and a TD.
Johnson will try to set an NFL record on Sunday night with his sixth straight game with at least 125 yards receiving.
The Lions, however, will be without receivers Ryan Broyles and Titus Young, who were both placed on injured reserve this week.
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