1999 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

15·23

Lions

Detroit

QB Charlie Batch

Pontiac Silverdome · dome · astroturf

Closing spread

GB -6.5

Total

43

Model margin

+0.5est.

DET perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Lions
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Lions winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Packersedge mapLions
  • -0.016EPA / play-0.057
  • 40.8%Success rate38.8%
  • +0.060EPA / dropback+0.024
  • -0.154EPA / rush-0.222
  • 8.8%Explosive rate8.4%
  • 36.6%Third-down rate35.5%
  • 54.0%Red-zone TD rate61.8%
  • 1.48Points / drive1.19
  • 3.3%Turnover rate2.0%
  • -0.019EPA / play allowed-0.055

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

GB lead 36–18 since 1999

GB have won 2 straight. Meetings average 45.9 points. DET are 26-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13GB @ DET3124GB
2025 · W1DET @ GB1327GB
2024 · W14GB @ DET3134DET
2024 · W9DET @ GB2414DET
2023 · W12GB @ DET2922GB
2023 · W4DET @ GB3420DET
2022 · W18DET @ GB2016DET
2022 · W9GB @ DET915DET

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre20/4128801

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dorsey Levens291535.31
Brett Favre210.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Bill Schroeder48870
Antonio Freeman617850
Dorsey Levens44530
Tyrone Davis23270
Corey Bradford36250
Mark Chmura12110

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Charlie Batch9/1621922

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ron Rivers17543.20
Charlie Batch393.01
Greg Hill382.70
Sedrick Irvin111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Johnnie Morton461181
David Sloan11741
Brian Stablein11130
Ron Rivers12110
Germane Crowell1430
Greg Hill1100

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -6.52.6%4.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.88%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.4%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.88
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.18
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.50