Dan Campbell has seen enough to know what’s coming when the Green Bay Packers roll into Detroit in Week 7.
His Lions are 3-2, the Packers are 4-2, and the matchup sets up as a heavyweight test between two offenses built to throw it around. Detroit’s attack has been one of the league’s best under Campbell, and that has remained the defining strength of his run in charge - the same stretch that has given the Lions their most successful era since Barry Sanders.
The numbers back that up. Detroit is averaging 393.8 yards per game, good for fourth in the NFL, and Jared Goff has been thriving with 1,485 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and no interceptions.
Campbell is qualified to size up an offense like Green Bay’s. He spent 1999 through 2009 as a tight end in the league, so when he talks about Jordan Love, he’s not guessing.
“Offensively, Love, man, he makes it go. He is the secret sauce,” Campbell said via Benjamin Raven of MLive. “And Watson and Golden, man, they’re dangerous threats down the field and he’s going to give them opportunities that show up every week.”
That Love-to-Watson-and-Golden connection has carried the Packers through what was clearly a rough start, one made tougher by an injured and underwhelming offensive line. Still, Green Bay sits at 4-2.
Love has passed for 1,684 yards and 11 touchdowns with four interceptions, which puts him third in the NFL in passing yards. Christian Watson has emerged as a true WR1 after the Packers backed him with a four-year, $110.5 million contract extension this offseason. He has 29 catches for 538 yards, fifth in the league, and six touchdowns, which ranks second.
Matthew Golden, now in his second year after being taken in the first round of the 2025 draft, has added 30 receptions for 501 yards and three scores.
Both receivers also left touchdowns on the field in Green Bay’s Sunday Night Football win over the Dallas Cowboys, which only makes those production totals look even more threatening.
The Packers still have plenty to clean up. Their ground game is last in the NFL at 59.8 rushing yards per game, and the offensive line has been a work in progress. The unit has improved with changes and additions, but it’s still not where Green Bay wants it.
Josh Jacobs could change that if he gets back and gives the Packers a real boost on the ground. Tucker Kraft getting hot again would help too. If both things happen, Green Bay suddenly has a case as one of the league’s most dangerous offenses.
For now, though, LaFleur seems to know exactly where his best path lies: through Love, Watson and Golden. And with the Lions’ offense humming at its usual high level, Week 7 is shaping up as an aerial showdown with a lot of firepower on both sides.
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