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That my friends was a great victory. Just a three hour delight as the Pack played a complete football game and won their third straight game to improve to 9-3 on the season. The love was great and again avoided the turnover bug. Josh Jacobs was a force in the PASSING game, the defense beat Tua on his ass all night and Jayden Reed did Jayden Reed stuff. It was beautiful.

When the Packers entered Ford Field last year and stunned the Lions, there was no celebratory turkey leg for Jordan Love. The team talked about it all week and how their mission was to get him that turkey leg this time. Well, they gave their man his turkey leg.

One part of Love’s game that he needs to cut back on is taking too many shots and looking for the home run ball more often than he should. It’s the gunslinger in him. Tonight he was 10/10 for 213 yards on passes of 10+ or ​​more, which is pretty damn good, but he also hit a lot of checkdowns and layups like the one below. Don’t force it into a triple cover, but instead go to Jacobs for a short cover and see what happens. What happened was Josh Jacobs dug his foot into the ground and left a defender in the dust while making a 49-yard gain, the longest of his career on a catch.

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With Romeo Doubs absent tonight, Jayden Reed was called upon to shoulder a larger share of the load. That was of course no problem for him, because he can do everything. By the way, take a look at this plaid below.

There was plenty more to come from Reed on Thanksgiving night.

And that story about Tua’s dolphins playing in the cold? It’s still a thing. They were gone most of the night until it was too late.

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3,500 pounds of cold weather gear, all to be the same team you’ve always been. Difficult.

After the match, however, was my favorite moment. All the boys crowded around the turkey and just talked to each other. McDuffie preaches unity there. Jacobs, Love, Watson, Nixon, Reed, just a bunch of guys who love to play together and live in the moment. I like seeing it.

Jacobs left for the locker room with the whole damn bird to feast on.

I’ll tell you what, man. 9-3 after nearly losing to Love in Brazil at the start of the season? Matt LaFleur is coaching him tremendously this season and is proving he is one of the very best in the game. Gute’s two big offseason acquisitions, Jacobs and McKinney? It couldn’t be played better. It exceeds all expectations. Even Lukas Van Ness showed signs of life tonight. Quay Walker makes impact plays. Rashan Gary is a threat. Is McManus a real kicker who just hits everything against him? The division is huge and everyone but the Bears is winning, but one thing is for sure: you don’t want to face this Packers team in January.

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PS This is still very funny to look back on