Two of the NFC’s best and long-time rivals meet to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday when the Green Bay Packers (7-3-1) travel to Ford Field to face the Detroit Lions (7-4).

Each of these teams has the personnel to make a deep postseason run but each is currently looking up at Chicago in the NFC North and needs to win to keep pace with Ben Johnson’s Bears.

This game is highlighted by the matchup of Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs and the Detroit offense against Micah Parsons and the Green Bay defense. Yes, there are other talents involved and intriguing matchups to delve into, but winning this matchup is key to putting it in the win column. Parsons and co. have been stingy allowing just 202 points. Only the Rams (179) have allowed fewer in the NFC. Gibbs rushed for 219 yards and caught 11 p

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