PACKERS HEAD COACH MIKE MCCARTHY

Opening statement:

"I'll have the injuries: (Desmond) Bishop had a calf; A.J. Hawk also had a calf strain, and Josh Sitton had a knee sprain. With that, I'll take your questions."

On RB James Starks' injury:

"You know, it's a…I think he just tweaked his ankle again."

On how satisfying winning this game was:

"I felt it was an excellent character win for our football team, something we talked about at halftime. (It was) a tough day for both teams. A lot of injuries throughout the game, but both teams had to play with players and different personnel (groups) and so forth, so I'm very proud of our football team to fight through adversity.

"We had a lot of young guys step up big today, had a lot of guys play a lot of football today. Big road win, division games are always the biggest. We knew it was going to be a physical, aggressive game; the stadium was electric. Obviously, it was a great atmosphere—it's all part of Thanksgiving Day. So, we feel very good about ourselves today."

On scoring two touchdowns after Suh's ejection:

"It had nothing to do with our performance of that play. The two teams that were battling, you had some extracurricular activity. It gave us another first down, but we just had a plan.

"(We were) exclusively no huddle in the first half. I thought Aaron did an excellent job managing that, (he) just didn't handle the third-and-1-5s. (I) give credit to Detroit, they did a good job and they do a very good job on third down, as evident by their statistics.

"So, we went to more of a multi-personnel formation format in the second half, and we were very productive and ran our offense."

On their defensive plan:

"Kept them out of the endzone. They do a great job of that, and you know, the takeaways. It's been a staple of our football team for the last three years. We take the football away, we take care of it, everybody preaches it, everybody practices it. But we do as good or better than anybody in the League, and that was evident today."

PACKERS QB AARON RODGERS

On the touchdown pass to WR James Jones:

"It was just play-action, hard play-action. Stepped up and threw it, under threw it a little bit, but didn't want to overthrow. (He) made a nice catch and ran."

On the difference between first- and second-half:

"Probably third down conversions. And we went more, little more under center in the second half, and had some success, at least just kind of keeping those drives going, putting us in third and manageable situations and we converted those a little bit better in the second half."

On the offense not retaliating when things got chippy:

"Yeah we try to rise above anything that happens on the field and you know, I'm proud of our guys, the way we play, the way we competed, and you know, it was a tough game. They're a good opponent, got a real good defense, and we were able to, I believe, (allow) no sacks, unless they counted that one where I got tackled. So, no sacks, and did a nice job of giving me some time in the pocket."

On if they were prepared for chippiness this week:

"In a rivalry game like today, it's going to be a hard fought game, but I'm proud of our guys, the way we played, and played between the whistles, and you know, it was a tough game for us, physical, and I'm glad we got the win."

On if it's difficult not to retaliate:

"Well, that's just the way we're coached I think. We're coached to play the game the way we're coached to play and to not try to get into all the other stuff that can happen after the whistle. Vanden Bosch is a…what he was saying to me was very mild I'd say for trash talking .He was just commenting on his hit and asking me if I was okay, which I responded to, and told him he might have a penalty flag, which he wasn't surprised about. You know, it was pretty friendly trash talk, but I mean, they're a group that likes to fly around and there's occasionally some things that might happen after the whistle."

PACKERS CB CHARLES WOODSON

On the difficulty of the game:

"It was a tough game for us. It was hard coming off that short week and coming in and playing at 12:30, so it came around pretty early but we gutted it out. We had some guys going down and had some guys come in and step up, so that is what you got to do with a team looking to do the things we are trying to do so it was a good win for us."

On the confidence this team has:

"It goes without saying that we are undefeated to this point and we just feel like we have guys that continue to step up regardless of what happens. Coming off of last year, we feel like (when) guys go down, there is no excuse why we still can't win so that is the mindset we bring to every game."

On his interception:

"Just making a play on the ball. See it develop, see it leave his hand and just went to go make a play."

On the Lions getting a lot of yards and not getting any points:

"I mean anytime you can keep a team from getting points, it is a big win for your team so this is a team that is capable of putting up a lot of points. They have shown that throughout the season. Last week, you saw what they did coming back and winning a game so that is a big plus for this team to go out there and hold them from getting points."

On if this is becoming a rivalry:

"Yeah, when you have a team like this that is on the rise, a team that gave us a loss last year late in the season and they were making some strides to become a good team and they put together a great effort this year so far so I think it is a rivalry. There is a lot of talk earlier this week about years ago what happened. So it was a lot of hype surrounding this game and it was good for us to come out with a victory."

PACKERS TE JERMICHAEL FINLEY

On if this game felt like a playoff game:

"I wouldn't say a playoff atmosphere, but it was a big win for us."

On what this loss does to the Lions:

"I think it put fire in them actually. I think it is going to put some fire in them. They didn't lose to a sorry team. I think they will bounce back from it. They are a good team."

On the difference between the first-half and second-half:

"First half, I think we were caught up in the hype and all of that and going out with little jitters, a little butterflies in us. Second-half, we calmed down and played our type of football."

On getting scores right after turnovers:

"That's huge. Every time we get past the 50, it can get real dangerous."

PACKERS LB CLAY MATTHEWS

On what the Packers defensive effort showed today:

"Well it shows what we are capable of. Obviously, we had a dominating performance against the Vikings and we kind of took a step back with last week's performance, this week we did some good things as well as some bad things. So it shows we have the capability and we are making progress. We really overcame a lot of adversity today, lot of injuries, especially on the defensive side of the ball, so it shows we are making progress and we are getting better as the year progresses."

On if he could sense the 'chippiness' of the game:

"You understand when you play in the Black and Blue Division that it is going to be a little chippy. So we understood, especially on Thanksgiving Day, national TV, wanting to knock off an undefeated team that we were going to get their best shot and that is exactly what we got today. So you can sense that was there and unfortunately there were two ejections which I don't think took away from much of the game, but I think for the most part it was a fair game, well played."

On his interception:

"I caught the ball and almost scored. Someone tipped it and I caught it. It was awesome."