There is no love lost between the Packers and Lions.
After another highly competitive NFC North battle that saw Detroit take an emotional 34-31 win on “Thursday Night Football,” Lions cornerback Amik Robertson rubbed more salt in the wound for the Cheese Heads.
“They try to be competitive, but you can tell they’re not competitive,” Robertson told reporters after the game. “We the real dawgs. When we go out there, we hunting, we ain’t the hunted. I know the real them. Great team, man, but I feel like it’s a lot of pretenders.”
Robertson’s comments come shortly after coach Dan Campbell had a fiery postgame speech where he handed out game balls to kicker Jake Bates and receiver Tim Patrick, who caught his first touchdown in over 1,082 days on Thursday.
“We don’t talk about how tough we are. We don’t talk about how resilient we are. We live it, man. We’ve been living it,” Campbell screamed in the locker room.
Robertson, a slot corner, played just 17 snaps against the Packers and didn’t have a presence on the box score, accumulating zero tackles or passes defended but didn’t heed his coach’s advice about not talking tough.
Robertson was targeted once in coverage but the pass fell incomplete.
Things in Detroit were contentious from the start, with Packers coach Matt LaFleur going face-to face with a fan who was on the field pregame for the national anthem.
LaFleur angrily walked towards the fan, barking, “Shut the f–k up,” before being separated and eventually going for a second round.
After the game, LaFleur called out Ford Field’s security and the fan’s behavior.
“I thought it was pretty unsportsmanlike. I’ve never seen that. I’ve been on many fields. Usually, they police that much better,” LaFleur said. “I thought it was an arrogant fan that wanted to get in part of the action. I would like to see security or something step in there and get him out of there. Because he shouldn’t be doing that.”
LaFleur also appeared upset at the referees after the Lions were not called for offensive pass interference as the Packers were on a touchdown.
Campbell’s squad ran down the field and went for it on fourth down to seal the game and kick the game-winning field.
Detroit, 12-1, is now in pole position to win the division and earn a first round bye in the NFC playoff bracket.