The People’s GPA: Lions Beat Packers in Finale

The Green Bay Packers lost to the Detroit Lions on Sunday and you were not impressed.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers 37-30 to close the regular season on Sunday.

“I was happy with the effort,” coach Matt LaFleur said after the game. “It was great to see some guys that might not have gotten as much time throughout the course of the season. Those are valuable reps. It was great to get a couple guys back. But no matter who’s out there, the expectations don’t change. We’re about winning with the Green Bay Packers. We’ll never just celebrate the effort. We’ve got to win, and we’ll never accept losing. That’s just the mindset, the mentality. I think our team has done a great job of, in previous losses, of bouncing back from them and that’s what I expect from our guys.”

As you might expect given what was at stake (almost nothing) and who played on offense in the second half, the grades were split. While more than half of respondents to a Twitter poll gave the Packers a “C,” 16.9 percent awarded a “B” while 22.7 percent handed out a “D.” Added together, the Packers finished with a 2.26 GPA.

“We just wanted to make sure that everybody that’s a part of the team understood that the game does mean something,” receiver Davante Adams said. “There’s never a game that doesn’t mean anything in this league, especially (with) where we’re headed right now. We just got to understand and embrace every moment and get something out of every opportunity – every game, every play – because you’re playing for the name on the front and the name on the back. It’s really about pride, if nothing else.”

That’s what Rodgers and Adams had to say. Here’s what you had to say.

C. The offense sluggishly did what it set out to do. Records and reps. They played like a team that was going through the motions. Hopefully they can flip the switch before their playoff game starts.

— maxpower (@akamaxpower) January 10, 2022

C-Offense looked good in 1st half Love was playing mainly with 2nd string vs 1st string - defense looked lost without Campbell

— OnWisconsin (@gbschultzie) January 10, 2022

C-
A tough game to grade, when starters are pulled, records to be achieved, and guys are kept out for precautionary reasons.
Overall, not a a "D" performance,but this is a team that should not lose to Deetroit. Its difficult to give this game a mark better than a "C". #PeoplesGPA

— Michael Klinck (@Michael_Klinck) January 10, 2022

D because Jordan Love was drafted to be better than this as a first rounder and the amount of seat time

— Sheraz Hussain (@Sheraz78) January 10, 2022

The defensive performance today was definitely concerning.

— WI & Packers FB (@BuckyfanMike) January 10, 2022

Unless we were playing vanilla schemes...disappointing defensive effort

— Todd (@pilprin) January 10, 2022

Defense= D

— Tom Kaech (@TomKaech) January 9, 2022

Lions took advantage of a defense that wasn't paying attention to trIck plays and other unexpected moves. Crosby missed a PAT. Live took a while to get going but did get the Packers back in the lead, only to throw a late game interception to give the win to the Lions.

— Ray Barrington, ret. (@RayBarrington) January 10, 2022

@rothchris Could you add @BillHuberSI to the Cover 2 panel for the rest of the @Packers season? I would like to see a 4 person panel.

— Cece Wiltzius (@cece_wi) January 10, 2022

If Chris cares about his ratings, the answer will be no.