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The Associated Press

Published: December 31, 2007

Updated: 12/31/2007 12:13 am

GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay Packers didn't have to choose between playing it safe and playing to win Sunday.

The Packers finished their turnaround regular season with a 34-13 victory against Detroit while resting several key players for the playoffs.
Brett Favre extended his quarterback-record consecutive starts streak to 253 games, but even he didn't keep his helmet strapped on for very long. Favre led the Packers (13-3) to TDs on their first three possessions before handing the ball to backup Craig Nall in the second quarter.

Many of Favre's most prominent teammates didn't dress and weren't really needed to beat Detroit (7-9) and tie a franchise record for most victories in a season. The Lions delivered an uninspired performance in what might have been their last game with Mike Martz as their offensive coordinator.

The Packers are assured a first-round bye and one home playoff game.

Det-FG Hanson 35, 12:07.

GB-Grant 27 run (Crosby kick), 9:57.

GB-Robinson 5 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 2:25.

Second Quarter

GB-Franks 4 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 14:12.

Det-McDonald 30 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 1:52.

Third Quarter

GB-FG Crosby 33, 12:29.

Det-FG Hanson 38, 7:00.

GB-Martin 32 pass from Nall (Crosby kick), 2:48.

Fourth Quarter

GB-FG Crosby 35, 10:03.

A-70,869

RUSHING-Detroit, Duckett 13-29, Cason 3-16, McDonald 1-2. Green Bay, Jackson 20-113, Grant 6-57, Favre 1-21, Morency 5-15, Nall 5-6, Robinson 1-5.

PASSING-Detroit, Kitna 22-48-2-246. Green Bay, Favre 9-11-0-99, Nall 7-15-0-88.

RECEIVING-Detroit, Furrey 6-47, McDonald 5-69, Johnson 4-54, Duckett 2-32, Middleton 2-26, McHugh 2-7, Cason 1-11. Green Bay, Robinson 4-47, Franks 3-34, Jackson 2-22, Morency 2-20, Jones 2-14, Martin 1-32, Bodiford 1-13, Kuhn 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

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