DETROIT (Ticker) -- Brett Favre may be gone from Green Bay, but
some things have not changed. Jon Kitna is still throwing
interceptions for the Detroit Lions.

Kitna threw three in the fourth quarter Sunday - two of which
were returned for touchdowns - as the Packers buried the Lions,
48-25, with a late surge.

Detroit (0-2) rallied from a 21-0 deficit to take a 25-24 lead
on Kitna's 47-yard TD pass to Calvin Johnson with 7:51
remaining, but Green Bay responded with 24 points in the final 5
1/2 minutes. All but three of those points came after Kitna's
interceptions.

"We usually don't get complacent," Green Bay quarterback Aaron
Rodgers said. "You have to give Detroit credit. Their defense
locked us down in the third quarter."

After Green Bay regained the lead for good, 27-25, on Mason
Crosby's 39-yard field goal with 5:21 remaining, cornerback
Charles Woodson's interception set up Brandon Jackson's 19-yard
TD run with 3 1/2 minutes left.

On the Lions' next possession, Woodson came up with another
pick, returning it 41 yards for a score. Safety Nick Collins
then got into the act, taking back Kitna's final interception 42
yards to complete the scoring.

"(Woodson) didn't even practice all week and to go out and play
says a lot about him," Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said.
"Individually, he turned that game around in the fourth
quarter."

In each of the last two seasons, Kitna has thrown more
interceptions than touchdowns. Last season, the veteran was
picked off 20 times, tied with Cincinnati's Carson Palmer and
Eli Manning of the New York Giants for the league high.

"There's no words, really," Kitna said of the Lions' collapse.
"It's all on me. As a quarterback, you have to be smarter."

Green Bay (2-0) has won eight of its last nine meetings with
Detroit, including 5-0 under McCarthy.

Rodgers is helping the Packers' fans get over the departure of
the beloved Favre. Last week, he completed 18-of-22 passes in a
24-19 win over the Minnesota Vikings, the second-highest
percentage in NFL history (81.8) for a quarterback making his
first career start.

Rodgers was equally impressive in the first half Sunday,
throwing three touchdowns to help the Packers build their 21-0
lead. His touchdown strikes went to James Jones, Donald Driver
and Jordy Nelson.

"Winning on the road is very difficult," McCarthy added. "I
thought he managed (the game) very well."

Rodgers finished 24-of-38 passes for 328 yards, but there were
some anxious moments in the second half when Green Bay's offense
was not nearly as effective.

After three field goals by Jason Hanson, the Lions closed within
24-16 on Kitna's 38-yard TD pass to Johnson with 13 minutes
left. Detroit then made it 24-18 when Green Bay punter Derrick
Frost let the ball slip through his hands in the end zone for a
safety.

After Mike Furrey returned the ensuing free kick 20 yards,
Kitna, who finished 21-of-41 for 276 yards, needed only one play
to give the Lions the lead with his second TD pass to Johnson.

"Until the last six minutes, we were right there, even ahead,
against the cream of the crop in our division," Kitna said.
"We've just got to learn how to finish."

While Kitna imploded, Rodgers responded, setting up Crosby's
go-ahead field goal with a 60-yard completion to Greg Jennings.

When he took the field with the Packers trailing, 25-24,
Rodgers, a California native, thought of his boyhood idol, Joe
Montana, who was known for his fourth-quarter comebacks.

"We were going to find out what we were made of," Rodgers said.
"When I was growing up, Joe Montana was a guy who could always
bring his team back in the fourth quarter. You don't want to
have a lot of comebacks. You always want to be in the lead."