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CBS Sports' Chris Simms: Rodgers Is A Leader, But Shouldn't Be Rallying Packers
NFL on CBS analyst Chris Simms talked about a few big NFL games coming up this week - including what he thinks has happened to the Green Bay Packers.
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NFL on CBS analyst Chris Simms talked about a few big NFL games coming up this week - including what he thinks has happened to the Green Bay Packers.
Last Thursday, the Detroit Lions played on Thanksgiving Day while the Green Bay Packers played on Thursday Night Football. Now, both teams return to Thursday for a big TNF game as they battle for positioning in the tough NFC North.
Just as the Houston Texans might have turned around their season in last week's game, the Philadelphia Eagles hope to do the same against the Detroit Lions.
CBS Sports analyst Steve Tasker took some time to discuss three big Week 11 contests and thinks Peyton Manning may be out a while.
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The NFL has already admitted it made a big boo-boo at the end of Monday night's Seahawks-Lions game in Seattle.
The Green Bay Packers begin their playoff season against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday at Lambeau Field and Aaron Rodgers will be a part of it. The MVP favorite quarterback has been nursing a strained calf to his left leg. The Packers list five players on their injury report and the Cowboys list 12 players on theirs.
The Green Bay Packers have made the playoffs in each of the last three seasons since winning the Super Bowl. However, they have failed to get past the divisional round and have just one win in that time frame. The Packers want to change that fortunate this weekend. The last time the Packers and Dallas Cowboys played a playoff game at Lambeau Field was the famed Ice Bowl.
A look back at the Detroit Lions' 2014 season.
Former NFL supervisor of officials Jim Daopoulos discussed the fishy call in Dallas on Felger & Mazz Monday afternoon.
As the Dallas Cowboys head into the wild card round of the 2014 NFL playoffs against the Detroit Lions, the team seems healthy outside of a key rookie linebacker.
The Green Bay Packers do not have many holes in their game as they enter the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the NFC. However, one is their blocking in the kicking game. They allowed more combined blocked field goals, extra point attempts and punts than they had in the previous five seasons combined.
The 2014 Oakland Raiders started out 0-10, but they split their last six games to finish 3-13. This was one game worse than the 2013 squad, which finished 4-12. The Silver & Black haven't had a winning season since 2002, and they haven't been to the playoffs since losing the Super Bowl that year. What's next?
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The Green Bay Packers do not have to play this Sunday. That is a good thing as quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be able to get some extra rest before the Packers begin their run toward the Super Bowl. They will host one of three teams in the Divisional Round. Their opponent will be determined by the outcome of the Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys game.
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The Detroit Lions have won two Thanksgiving games in a row, both in blowout fashion no less. After nine straight losses on Turkey Day, it is a welcome change for Lions fans.
The Chicago Bears are going to try to reach the .500 mark when they face the Lions in the opening game of the Thanksgiving Day triple header.
Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness for a striking an opponent at New England on Sunday.
The Detroit Lions are no strangers to Thanksgiving Day games and this year, they are taking on an NFC North rival in the Chicago Bears. Both teams need a win to stay in the playoff race and CBS Sports Tracy Wolfson took some time to talk Jay Cutler and Matthew Stafford facing off at Ford Field on the big holiday.
The Detroit Lions played on Thanksgiving before 24 of the current NFL franchises even existed. The Lions' first owner scheduled the inaugural game in 1934 to try and generate interest in the team.
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The MMQB's Greg Bedard and Tony Massarotti give their three best and three worst Patriots players from the Lions game.
Host Rachel Holt joins Prezza Mixologist Craig Carpenter in Boston's North End for a hot new twist on a classic cocktail that's bound to be the next big hit.
Chef Delphin Gomes joins host Rachel Holt in the test kitchen to show off his latest creations and the art of merging design with chocolate.
Rachel Holt checks out the newest look in sophisticated urban living with luxury real estate ambassador Ricardo Rodriguez.
Artists Rusty and Ingrid Kinnunen create New England-themed screenprints at their shop and studio in Rockport.
Kyrie Irving isn't quite done talking about the issues he had during his time in Boston.
The hottest week of the year in the Boston area, thus far, is on the way.
If you are looking to be inside TD Garden Monday night as the Celtics hope to clinch the 18th NBA title in franchise history, you'll have to be ready to pay a pretty penny.
Massachusetts police say gunfire erupted and multiple people were shot early Sunday morning during a pop-up party organized on social media.
A 14-year-old boy died Saturday after crashing at a Wareham dirt bike track.
Diana DiZoglio wants to perform an audit of the Massachusetts legislature, but has been met with pushback.
Millions today owe their lives to the work of the man who devoted his career to public health, but in recent years Dr. Anthony Fauci has been targeted by a partisan, anti-science spectrum of opponents.
A new study finds that more younger employees are stressed at work compared to their older coworkers.
A new study from JAMA Cardiology finds that extreme heat from climate change poses higher risks to heart health.
Big sporting events are fun for most but for others, the stress can take a toll on their health. Dr. Mallika Marshall shares how to manage health and stress during these games.
A study from Alive Solutions found swimsuits that were brighter in color were more visible in bodies of water, and is a recommended safety measure to prevent young children from drowning.
A reformed romance scammer is speaking out, sharing with the I-Team how he got women to send him tens of thousands of dollars.
The I-Team's Call for Action came to the aid of a Waltham woman who paid thousands for a procedure to help her lose fat.
Records show Massachusetts police departments typically and legally sell back or trade in their guns to dealers when they're no longer used by officers.
A woman told WBZ-TV's I-Team she believes she was raped by a killer just weeks before two bodies were found in Brockton in 2014.
The I-Team uncovered a posting on a Massachusetts State Police Instagram account that used a song with racial slurs and talked about guns.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are each claiming to support the U.S. military while running ads attacking their opponent on the issue.
Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Steve Kerrigan spoke about the party's economic philosophy, commercial taxes in Boston and other subjects.
It's a dilemma that could mean big trouble for the City of Boston's budget - how to prepare for the fallout from an ongoing collapse of downtown commercial property values. Should taxes be raised on them?
So far in the bitter Trump-Biden battle, the truth seems to be an early casualty, says Jon Keller.
Former Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone, now president of the Northeast Clean Energy Council, joined WBZ-TV and discussed challenges facing the clean energy agenda.
Great Wolf Lodge Mashantucket is set to open in 2025 next to Foxwoods in Connecticut.
In a humble space in Hyde Park, a local company is on a mission to fix how flour is made.
At a time when store closures are surging, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls is talking about opening hundreds of new stores.
Takeda is planning to lay off more than 600 people in Cambridge and Lexington, Massachusetts
The West Boylston Cinema movie theater in central Massachusetts is going out of business.
Host Rachel Holt joins Prezza Mixologist Craig Carpenter in Boston's North End for a hot new twist on a classic cocktail that's bound to be the next big hit.
Chef Delphin Gomes joins host Rachel Holt in the test kitchen to show off his latest creations and the art of merging design with chocolate.
Rachel Holt checks out the newest look in sophisticated urban living with luxury real estate ambassador Ricardo Rodriguez.
Artists Rusty and Ingrid Kinnunen create New England-themed screenprints at their shop and studio in Rockport.
The Polar Caves in Rumney, New Hampshire have been family owned and operated for over 100 years and offer families the opportunity to discover the wild wonders of the natural world.
Kyrie Irving isn't quite done talking about the issues he had during his time in Boston.
Rafael Devers hit a two-run double and the Boston Red Sox ended Carlos Rodón's seven-start winning streak by beating the New York Yankees 8-4 on Saturday night.
The Hall of Fame player has been the last 24 years working as a studio analyst for TNT and on Friday he announced that next season will be his last on TV.
Celtics players promised to bounce back after a drubbing at the hands of the Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Alex Verdugo had a two-run homer and four RBIs in his return to Fenway Park as the MLB-leading New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-1 on Friday night.
Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham.
A Nantucket restaurant and store has sold two scratch tickets worth more than $1 million this year.
The Stephen Bryant house in Plympton was built in 1669.
A fisherman in Dennis may have captured the first pictures of a wild flamingo in Massachusetts.
The horse crashed through his stall floor in Ipswich and got stuck in the broken floorboards below.