Those two teams haven't met in the playoffs since 1941.  From NFL Touchdown:

1. WWII can’t stop the rivalry: Exactly seven days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Packers and Bears met in the first and only playoff meeting between these two teams. In a time when the country was devastated by the advent of World War II, an overflow crowd of more ( Read more... )

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USA Today: How Fox got shots of Metrodome roof collapse
-- Michael Hiestand

Fox, preparing Saturday for a Sunday NFL game at Minneapolis Metrodome, did something different: It left a camera on specifically pointed at the roof. "We knew what we were looking for," says Fox lead NFL game producer Richie Zyontz. "This was specifically for the roof ( Read more... )

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Do you remember this post in which I called the Detroit-Cleveland game the Toilet Bowl? It looks like ESPN was right about the outcome. Detroit won 38-37 with no time remaining. The Lions are officially not the worst team in the NFL this year ( Read more... )

Detroit Lions 2009 Schedule

Browns at Lions
W-L PF PA HOME ROAD DIV CONF
CLE 1-8 78 225 0-4 1-4 0-4 1-5
DET 1-8 143 264 1-3 0-5 0-4 1-7
If ever a game deserves to be called the Toilet Bowl, this one does. According to ESPN, the Lions are favored. I'm sure that will be the kiss of death.

Of course, other people on ESPN are giving this game the ( Read more... )