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Favre Nearly Flawless

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By LARRY LAGE, The Associated Press

Published: November 23, 2007

DETROIT - Brett Favre sported a white T-shirt, carpenter's pants and a scruffy beard.

It was the only time he looked like just another guy on Thanksgiving.

Favre set a Green Bay record with 20 consecutive completions and finished with a season-high 381 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers' 37-26 victory against the slumping Detroit Lions.

"I threw it. They caught it," he said simply. "Nothing spectacular."

Yeah, right.

The three-time MVP put together another sensational performance that made the 38-year-old quarterback look as if he's back in his prime. Favre's seventh 300-yard game of the season matched a team mark he set in 1995.

"He's the greatest ever," Lions quarterback Jon Kitna said.

Green Bay (10-1) matched its best 11-game record since 1929. The NFC North leaders have a four-game lead with five left in the regular season.

The Packers can improve their chances of earning home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs if they win their next game, at Dallas.

"One game is not going to define us," Favre said. "It may have some implications for the playoffs, but we can't worry about that right now. We're going to enjoy this one today."

The Lions would love to forget it.

Detroit (6-5) lost its third straight game, making its playoff picture bleak because it would lose wild-card tiebreakers against the New York Giants, Washington, Philadelphia and Arizona.

"We aren't where we want to be, but we are where we need to be," Kitna said. "We have to get to 10. Ten gets you in."

Favre completed 31 of 41 passes, and his streak of 20 straight spanned the first and second halves to surpass the team record of 18 set by Lynn Dickey in 1983 and matched by Don Majkowski in 1989.

Det-FG Hanson 47, 7:11.

Det-FG Hanson 41, 6:04.

Second Quarter

GB-Jennings 11 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 14:43.

GB-Grant 5 run (Crosby kick), 7:41.

Det-FG Hanson 45, 6:15.

GB-FG Crosby 20, :00.

Third Quarter

GB-Jennings 4 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 11:13.

Det-FG Hanson 52, 5:15.

GB-Martin 3 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 1:48.

Fourth Quarter

GB-FG Crosby 20, 13:08.

Det-Johnson 6 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 9:58.

Det-Jones 1 run (Hanson kick), 6:34.

GB-FG Crosby 26, 1:44.

A-63,257.

RUSHING-Green Bay, Grant 15-101, Favre 2-(minus 1). Detroit, Jones 20-93, Duckett 7-29, Kitna 2-9, Cason 1-3.

PASSING-Green Bay, Favre 31-41-0-381. Detroit, Kitna 19-40-1-224.

RECEIVING-Green Bay, Driver 10-147, Grant 6-31, Jones 5-75, Jennings 5-60, Robinson 2-50, Lee 1-10, Hall 1-5, Martin 1-3. Detroit, Johnson 7-83, Cason 4-58, Williams 3-32, Jones 2-27, McDonald 2-18, Walters 1-6.

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