DETROIT — Aidan Hutchinson knew what was on the line for the Detroit Lions in Thursday’s game against the Green Bay Packers — a puncher’s chance to stay alive in the division race and re-ignite their playoff hopes.

Both now look bleak for Detroit after a 31-24 loss to Green Bay , which completed a season sweep and positioned the Packers as potential favorites to win the NFC North.

“Yeah, this was not expected,” Hutchinson told reporters. “It obviously puts us behind the eight ball in terms of what we want to do this season. It’s real adversity, and we have a decision to make — a decision to continue to figure it out and let this thing click on all three phases.

“And yeah, we got a good challenge next week in Dallas to do that. So really, we got to learn what we can and try to move on

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