2008 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Lions

Detroit

QB Dan Orlovsky

21·31

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 22°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

GB -11

Total

41

Model margin

+8.9est.

GB perspective

Push chance

1.7%est.

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Lions

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsLions wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Lionsedge mapPackers
  • -0.162EPA / play+0.051
  • 36.3%Success rate43.8%
  • -0.203EPA / dropback+0.134
  • -0.092EPA / rush-0.072
  • 8.2%Explosive rate8.3%
  • -3.61CPOE+4.24
  • 28.7%Third-down rate44.1%
  • 72.0%Red-zone TD rate66.2%
  • 1.21Points / drive1.94
  • 2.9%Turnover rate1.9%

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. GB are 28-26-1 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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultDET–GB
GBQ1 15:00617Turnover on downs0–0
DETQ1 11:2335Punt0–0
GBQ1 9:47379Touchdown0–7
DETQ1 8:4931Punt0–7
GBQ1 7:2131Punt0–7
DETQ1 6:35511Turnover0–7
GBQ1 4:12641Touchdown0–14
DETQ1 1:291248Touchdown7–14
GBQ2 11:17653Punt7–14
DETQ2 7:54949Punt7–14
GBQ2 3:14539Punt7–14
DETQ2 0:2237Punt7–14
GBQ2 0:0000Missed field goal7–14
DETQ3 15:00729Punt7–14
GBQ3 11:4211Turnover7–14
DETQ3 11:36216Touchdown14–14
GBQ3 10:20747Turnover on downs14–14
DETQ3 7:24719Punt14–14
GBQ3 4:221162Field goal14–17
DETQ4 13:3434Punt14–17
GBQ4 12:22736Touchdown14–24
DETQ4 8:34480Touchdown21–24
GBQ4 7:32171Touchdown21–31
DETQ4 7:161547Turnover21–31
GBQ4 2:45638End of half21–31

Box score

Individual performances

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dan Orlovsky22/4222522

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kevin Smith28923.31

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers21/3130830

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant191065.60
DeShawn Wynn710615.11
Aaron Rodgers1-1-1.00

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 +115.3%6.9%3.1%5.0%3.5%3.5%2.8%2.5%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Lions.

Half-point at risk

1.69%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

72.0%

Expected total

46.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+6.52
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+8.93