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transplant99 · 11-22-2011, 08:49 AM

So I have been reading up on the 1962 Packers team who were the last from GB to start 10-0. This team was certainly one of the best in the history of the game and at a time when Lombardi was in his heyday as coach, they went to Detroit for a Thanksgiving tilt and promptly got manhandled by the Lions. The Packers that day had 10 players on their squad who would eventually find themselves enshrined in the hall of fame, but the Lions team was also very good back then.

There was a genuine hate between the two clubs as well and because the Packers had won an earlier meeting that season on a late INT setting up a game winning FG, the Lions were out to prove they were a better team that GB. Mission accomplished. They sacked Bart Starr 11 times and intrecepted him twice on their way to a 26-14 victory after DC Don Shula had implemented a game plan that had the Lions knowing what was coming because of the formations the Packers would use...and the Lions had a dominating defensive line, as they do now.

The packers then went 13-1 on the season and won the league championship, so that part ended well for them

I fear that we may see somewhat of the same on Thursday as history has a way of repeating itself and the similarities of the two clubs and their seasons can't be over stated.

Should be fun to watch it all play out tho.

11-22-2011, 08:49 AM	#1985
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	So I have been reading up on the 1962 Packers team who were the last from GB to start 10-0. This team was certainly one of the best in the history of the game and at a time when Lombardi was in his heyday as coach, they went to Detroit for a Thanksgiving tilt and promptly got manhandled by the Lions. The Packers that day had 10 players on their squad who would eventually find themselves enshrined in the hall of fame, but the Lions team was also very good back then. There was a genuine hate between the two clubs as well and because the Packers had won an earlier meeting that season on a late INT setting up a game winning FG, the Lions were out to prove they were a better team that GB. Mission accomplished. They sacked Bart Starr 11 times and intrecepted him twice on their way to a 26-14 victory after DC Don Shula had implemented a game plan that had the Lions knowing what was coming because of the formations the Packers would use...and the Lions had a dominating defensive line, as they do now. The packers then went 13-1 on the season and won the league championship, so that part ended well for them I fear that we may see somewhat of the same on Thursday as history has a way of repeating itself and the similarities of the two clubs and their seasons can't be over stated. Should be fun to watch it all play out tho. Last edited by transplant99; 11-22-2011 at 09:00 AM.