2009 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

34·12

Lions

Detroit

QB Matthew Stafford

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

GB -11

Total

48

Model margin

-5.6est.

DET perspective

Push chance

1.6%est.

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
  • +0.124EPA / play-0.169
  • 44.9%Success rate39.2%
  • +0.213EPA / dropback-0.183
  • -0.018EPA / rush-0.144
  • 8.5%Explosive rate7.6%
  • +3.74CPOE-6.85
  • 47.0%Third-down rate35.8%
  • 65.6%Red-zone TD rate46.3%
  • 2.22Points / drive1.11
  • 1.4%Turnover rate3.7%

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
Aaron Rodgers28/3934830

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant20613.00
Brandon Jackson6142.30
Aaron Rodgers155.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Donald Driver7101421
Greg Jennings46530
Ryan Grant34420
James Jones44351
Jermichael Finley36250
Donald Lee45221
Jordy Nelson12190
Korey Hall22100

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matthew Stafford20/4321314

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kevin Smith18432.40
Matthew Stafford3217.00
Aaron Brown155.00
Maurice Morris144.00

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 -113.1%3.3%5.0%3.2%7.4%6.3%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.58%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

34.4%

Expected total

43.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-8.09
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-5.60