GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers – and the Packers beat the Packers – in their big NFC North showdown on Sunday.

After 3 wet hours, the scoreboard showed the Lions beating the Packers 24-14. In reality, the Packers beat themselves. Like a drum. Over and over.

When Emanuel Wilson ran into the end zone for a touchdown with 3:49 left, the Packers trailed 24-14 but held a 411-224 advantage in yards. They were empty calories—the equivalent of a bag of chips and a Mountain Dew for dinner.

The Packers were guilty of 10 penalties and half a dozen dropped passes. They failed on their first three drives in the red zone and missed a field goal. And Jordan Love bowled a dreadful six at the end of the first innings.

It rained cats and dogs throughout the game. The Lions, however, looked more like the outdoor-resistant team than the team that has played every game indoors this season. They didn’t drop a pass. They didn’t fumble. The photos were not wrong.

Quite simply, the NFC North class outplayed the Packers.

When the Lions started the second half with a 71-yard touchdown drive to lead 24-3, the game was essentially over.

Green Bay’s chances of winning the NFC North could also be over. The Packers’ four-game winning streak was snapped and they fell to 6-3. The Lions extended their winning streak to six games to improve to 7-1.

It’s not just that the Packers are a game and a half back in the division race, it’s that they’re 0-2 in NFC North games — with both losses at Lambeau Field. Combined with a difficult schedule for the second half of the season, Green Bay could be in the hunt for a wild-card spot.

Early in the game, the Packers drove down the field, but Chris Brooks dropped a pass on third-and-5 from the 12. So, they settled for a 30-yard field goal to lead 3- 0.

Detroit stormed back down the field. On fourth-and-goal from the 5 on the first play of the second quarter, TJ Slaton jumped offsides. With a helping hand, Jared Goff hit Amon-Ra St. Brown for a 3-yard touchdown to make it 7-3.

On the first play of Green Bay’s second possession, Josh Jacobs broke a tackle near the line of scrimmage and gained the 37. However, on third-and-three, Sean Rhyan was flagged for a false start and the Packers punted.

On Green Bay’s next drive, Jordan Morgan was flagged for holding. Then came the essential sequence. On second-and-20, Love’s deep punt went right through the hands of Bo Melton. Lions safety Brian Branch threw a jarring helmet-to-helmet hit. The branch was kicked out and brought down the officials. In all, the Packers gained 30 penalty yards on the play and the Lions lost one of their best defensive players.

It didn’t matter, though. Romeo Doubs was flagged for a false start on first down, Tucker Kraft dropped a pass on third down and Brandon McManus missed a 46-yard field goal.

The Lions kicked a field goal with 58 seconds left in the half to lead 10-3 when disaster struck. On second-and-2, Love was pressured by linebacker Alex Anzalone. He threw a silly pass to Jacobs that was intercepted by Kerby Joseph who raced the other way to make it 17-3.

It was Love’s second pick of the season — a feat matched this year only by Will Levis of the Titans, who is no longer their starter.

In the first half, the Packers held a 218-132 yardage advantage but trailed by 14 points as they committed eight penalties, four dropped passes, a missed field goal and a turnover per hour of amateurs.

Detroit drove 71 yards to start the second half to open the lead to 24-3. On third-and-6 to open the drive, Keisean Nixon was flagged for defensive holding. The score came on fourth-and-1 1/2 from the 15. Preston Smith was thrown at the line by Penei Sewell and Green Bay’s linebackers were nowhere to be found as Gibbs sprinted untouched into the end zone.

On third-and-3 on the ensuing drive, Dontayvion Wicks had his fifth drop of the season and the Packers’ fifth loss of the game.

Green Bay got into the red zone late in the third quarter, but Love threw an errant pass to Christian Watson on first down, and backup center Elgton Jenkins launched errant shotgun snaps on second and third downs. So the Packers had to settle for a pretty meaningless field goal to cut the deficit to 24-6.

The Packers had a glimmer of hope as they drove down the field early in the fourth quarter. A high-speed catch by Jayden Reed for 28 yards on fourth-and-5 and a 19-yard completion by Bo Melton put the Packers on the scoring possession.

However, on third-and-1 from the 9, Love started to his right and should have had an easy touchdown pass to Dontayvion Wicks. However, the ball was thrown behind Wicks for an incompletion. On fourth-and-1, Jacobs was stuffed.

That made the Packers 0-for-3 in the red zone.

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