Packers vs. Lions: Live NFC North Showdown and Score Updates

December in the NFL is playoff-clinching season—but not typically in Week 13; however, the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs are already into the playoffs this year in the AFC, and it is the NFC’s turn.

Welcome two of the best teams in the league to a new phase of an old rivalry, and the long-expected change in the dynamics that had dominated this series for the last couple of decades is almost here: this is the first chance for an NFC team to earn the right to play football in late January.

The 11-1 Detroit Lions can lock up a playoff berth Thursday night at home against the 9-3 Green Bay Packers, who have the ability to be a playoff team in weeks to come.

These two were last seen on the same field in Week 9 in Green Bay—eighth-year quarterback Matthew Stafford led the Lions to a 24-14 victory. Liberal quarterback Jared Goff was phenomenal that day, making 18 of his 22 attempts for 145 yards plus a touchdown.

The Green Bay offense amassed over 400 yards during that game, but on third down the team was only 3 of 12 and committed 10 penalties.

That was the sixth win on the streak still going on for Detroit; it is the sixth in an ongoing 10-game winning streak, which is now the franchise record. But in 1934 the Lions also strung together 10 victories, and that string also came to an end at home to the Green Bay Packers.