Detroit Lions president Rod Wood isn’t letting the league hold its draft in Green Bay without poking fun at his team’s bitter rival.
According to 97.1 The Ticket’s Will Burchfield, Wood said Green Bay won’t come close to cracking Detroit’s attendance record set in 2024. The 2024 NFL Draft in downtown Detroit hosted over 775,000 people over the three-day event, breaking the attendance record previously held by Nashville in 2019.
“Trying to get the NFL to consider bringing it back [to Detroit] because I don’t think they’ll ever top it,” Wood said at the Detroit Economic Club’s annual NFL draft luncheon Monday. “There’s no way Green Bay will come close. They’ll finish second or as I said [earlier], they’ll finish third like they did last year [in the NFC North].”
Under head coach Dan Campbell, the Lions are 6-2 against the Packers, including a three-game winning streak at Lambeau Field.
The 2025 NFL Draft gets underway Thursday from Green Bay.
This article originally appeared on Lions Wire: Lions president Rod Wood flames Packers ahead of draft in Green Bay
Detroit Lions president Rod Wood isn’t letting the league hold its draft in Green Bay without poking fun at his team’s bitter rival.
According to 97.1 The Ticket’s Will Burchfield, Wood said Green Bay won’t come close to cracking Detroit’s attendance record set in 2024. The 2024 NFL Draft in downtown Detroit hosted over 775,000 people over the three-day event, breaking the attendance record previously held by Nashville in 2019.
“Trying to get the NFL to consider bringing it back [to Detroit] because I don’t think they’ll ever top it,” Wood said at the Detroit Economic Club’s annual NFL draft luncheon Monday. “There’s no way Green Bay will come close. They’ll finish second or as I said [earlier], they’ll finish third like they did last year [in the NFC North].”
Under head coach Dan Campbell, the Lions are 6-2 against the Packers, including a three-game winning streak at Lambeau Field.
The 2025 NFL Draft gets underway Thursday from Green Bay.
This article originally appeared on Lions Wire: Lions president Rod Wood flames Packers ahead of draft in Green Bay
