2006 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

31·24

Lions

Detroit

QB Jon Kitna

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

DET -6.5

Total

41

Model margin

+0.2est.

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
  • -0.067EPA / play-0.112
  • 40.0%Success rate42.6%
  • -0.018EPA / dropback-0.057
  • -0.146EPA / rush-0.242
  • 8.1%Explosive rate8.0%
  • -5.72CPOE+0.25
  • 38.9%Third-down rate33.0%
  • 36.6%Red-zone TD rate53.4%
  • 1.28Points / drive1.48
  • 2.9%Turnover rate3.9%

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 36–19 since 1999

Meetings average 45.8 points. DET are 26-28-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7GB @ DET17–20DET
2025 · W13GB @ DET31–24GB
2025 · W1DET @ GB13–27GB
2024 · W14GB @ DET31–34DET
2024 · W9DET @ GB24–14DET
2023 · W12GB @ DET29–22GB
2023 · W4DET @ GB34–20DET
2022 · W18DET @ GB20–16DET

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–DET
GBQ1 15:0037Punt0–0
DETQ1 13:53847Punt0–0
GBQ1 8:40380Touchdown7–0
DETQ1 7:03774Touchdown7–7
GBQ1 3:5135Punt13–7
DETQ1 2:1210Opp touchdown14–7
DETQ1 2:05476Touchdown14–14
GBQ2 15:001269Field goal17–14
DETQ2 7:51831Punt17–14
GBQ2 4:261172Turnover17–14
DETQ2 0:49115End of half17–14
DETQ3 15:00634Punt17–14
GBQ3 11:351065Touchdown24–14
DETQ3 6:44853Touchdown24–21
GBQ3 3:24727Punt24–21
DETQ3 0:0233Punt24–21
GBQ4 14:07443Touchdown31–21
DETQ4 12:1934Punt31–21
GBQ4 10:51421Punt31–21
DETQ4 8:09658Field goal31–24
GBQ4 5:2434Punt31–24
DETQ4 3:3640Turnover on downs31–24
GBQ4 1:5437Turnover31–24
DETQ4 0:54733Turnover on downs31–24

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre25/3634030

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green22632.90
Vernand Morency331.00
Donald Driver1-1-1.00
Brett Favre1-5-5.00

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jon Kitna25/4034221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kevin Jones17814.81
Jon Kitna5183.60
Az-Zahir Hakim111.00

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 +6.54.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

4.45%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.7%

Expected total

41.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.32
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.24