Thank you to Pride of Detroit’s Ryan Mathews, who stopped by to answer some questions about the Detroit Lions ahead of the team’s Thanksgiving matchup against the Green Bay Packers. If you want to read the sister article to this one, where Mathews asked me questions about the Packers, you can find that HERE.

Obviously, this game is going to be huge for both teams. They’re both fighting for their playoff lives right now, as only three of the Packers, Lions, Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers are likely to make the postseason. The team that finishes the worst down the stretch will end up on the outside looking in, even if they have double-digit wins to end the 2025 regular season.

According to the New York Times’ playoff simulator, the Packers have an 83 percent chance to make the playo

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