Lions Vs. Packers: Matt Flynn Throws 6 Touchdowns, Green Bay Wins 45-41

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NFL Scores Week 17: Lions Vs. Packers Final Score, Green Bay Wins 45-41 Without Aaron Rodgers

The Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions by a score of 45-41 to close out the regular season. The Lions open the playoffs next week, while the top-seeded Packers get a week to cool their heels.

VIDEO: Jordy Nelson Doing Just Fine Without Aaron Rodgers

No Aaron Rodgers hasn’t limited Jordy Nelson. The Green Bay Packers’ wide receiver has three touchdowns and 156 yards receiving on eight catches against the Detroit Lions. Nelson scored his third touchdown on a beautiful 58-yard pass from Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn in the third quarter.

Nelson’s highlight from a day filled with highlights for the fourth-year player out of Kansas State:

This is the fifth game of the season in which Nelson has topped the 100-yard mark. It’s the first time that he has scored three touchdown in a game. Those three touchdowns give Nelson a total of 15 for the season, one less than Calvin Johnson of the Lions who scored his 16th of the day in the second quarter. Nelson also has more than 1,200 receiving yards for the season.

Nelson’s touchdown is one of eight touchdowns scored by both teams in a game that looks more like a tennis match with a basketball score.

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Lions Vs. Packers: Ryan Grant Touchdown Answers For Calvin Johnson Score

The Detroit Lions put up another touchdown on the board against the Green Bay Packers backups thanks to a second quarter touchdown pass from Matt Stafford to, who else, Calvin Johnson. That was Johnson’s 16th touchdown of the season, which is actually way off his early season track when he was on pace to score a veritable boatload of touchdowns. Stafford hit Johnson on a 13-yard pass for the score.

Here is the video of Johnson’s touchdown.

Green Bay answered with a highlight worthy touchdown of their own on the next drive. Quarterback Matt Flynn hit running back Ryan Grant on a short screen pass. Grant took the ball 80 yards for a touchdown to make it a 17-16 lead for the Packers.

That was Grant’s first receiving touchdown of the season.

Johnson has three receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown in this game. Prior to today’s game, Johnson had 85 catches for 1,437 yards. It’s a career year for Megatron.

VIDEO: Packers KR Pat Lee Lapse Gives Lions Two Points

Confusion is the best way to describe the two points the Detroit Lions just picked up on a safety against the Green Bay Packers. Filling in for an injured Randall Cobb, Pat Lee caught the ball on a Lions kickoff as it bounced into the end zone. He took a knee, but a grasp of the rules eluded him. The result was a safety.

Check out the video of Lee’s mishandling the kick return here.

What happened was that the ball came out of the end zone before Lee pulled it back in and took a knee. That made it a safety, and added two points to the Lions lead. Detroit is up 9-0 on a Packers team resting Aaron Rodgers.

Randall Cobb usually does the kick return work for Green Bay. Cobb is inactive for the game as he deals with a groin injury.

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Packers Vs. Lions: Aaron Rodgers Inactive, Matt Flynn To Start For Green Bay

One of the NFL's best quarterbacks will be planted on the bench in Week 17: Packers signal caller Aaron Rodgers is inactive for Green Bay's regular season finale against the Detroit Lions, leaving Matt Flynn to start.

Rodgers has been sensational for the Packers in 2011, throwing for 4,643 yards and 45 touchdowns. But Green Bay has nothing to play for in Week 17, with the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the conference sewn up, and so Rodgers is out and Flynn is in for the first time since the Packers' 31-27 loss to the New England Patriots in December 2010. Flynn threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns in that game, and nearly led the Packers to an upset victory on the road.

Rodgers isn't the only Packers star sitting: Charles Woodson, Clay Matthews, Bryan Bulaga, Greg Jennings, James Starks, and Randall Cobb are all inactive for Week 17, as Green Bay rests up for its run at a repeat.

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