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PONTIAC, Michigan (Ticker) -- The Detroit Lions nearly made it a Thanksgiving to remember. The winless Lions nearly rallied from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit before falling just short in a 29-27 defeat to the NFC Central rival Green Bay Packers. Playing like the NFL's worst team, the Lions committed three turnovers deep in Green Bay territory and trailed 29-13 early in the fourth quarter. But behind backup quarterback Mike McMahon, the Lions almost staged of the great comebacks on Thanksgiving. Lamont Warren scored on a one-yard run with 1:17 remaining, and the Lions' rookie quarterback ran for the conversion, pulling Detroit within 29-21. On the ensuing onside kick, Jason Hanson tricked Green Bay, kicking with his left foot. He looped the ball to around the 35 and, after a Packer failed to recover, Todd Lyght pounced on the ball for the Lions at the Green Bay 31. Four plays later on a 4th-and-4 play, McMahon found Scotty Anderson in the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown pass with 10 seconds remaining. Two plays earlier, the Lions had an apparent touchdown wiped out when McMahon found Warren down the right sideline. But the Lions could not convert the ensuing conversion. McMahon rolled to his left and threw across his body into the end zone looking for tight end David Sloan but the ball fell incomplete. Detroit (0-10) remained the NFL's only winless team and is within one defeat of matching the 1942 squad for the worst start in club history. Ahman Green rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown and had a 35-yard TD reception for Green Bay (7-3), which moved within one-half game of first-place Chicago in the Central.
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