Oct 25, 2026 11:34 PM

Poor officiating, crucial drops, and missed kicks led to the Green Bay Packers' Week 7 loss in Detroit.

The Green Bay Packers had no idea they were going to Ford Field to play two teams instead of one.

Head coach Matt LaFleur was extremely aggressive to start the game, going for it on fourth down, only to kick inside the red zone, which ended up being a miss by Trey Smack.

For the first time in 14 games, the Lions would go the length of the field and score a touchdown on their opening drive.

It wasn't the only time the Lions scored, but it sure felt like the only time their offense had any momentum.

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At the end of the day, a few crucial calls went against the Packers, and that was all she wrote.

Lions fans will argue they had one or two against them as well, but there's no doubt the officials in this game had a huge impact on the outcome.

Whether it was the official joining in on a play that was blown dead and then throwing a flag from his back after he got hit or the blatant wrong roughing the passer calls, this game had everything.

The Lions turned the ball over numerous times, the Packers missed field goals, Jordan Love's receivers dropped the ball, and there was more laundry on the field than ever before.

Detroit was handed a free 15 yards more times than the Packers can count, and in the end, it led to them hitting a game-winning field goal to improve to 4-2.

Green Bay has a short week to prepare for the Carolina Panthers, a team that fell to 3-3 after getting blown out by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Packers lose the most frustrating game of the year

It felt like the Packers had to defy all the odds to even be in this game until the final second, but eventually it all caught up to them.

Smack now has more missed field goals from inside the 35-yard line than the rest of the league combined, and that's a huge problem.

Josh Jacobs dropped what could've been a game-winning touchdown for the Packers, and there were a few other drops mixed in there as well.

Injuries continued to pile up for Green Bay. They had to use a third-string center, someone who's never even played a snap at the position.

At times this felt like the Minnesota Vikings game from Week 1, but this one was far worse. This was an extremely winnable game for the Packers, and all it would've taken is everything to go wrong, and somehow it did.

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