Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2017 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Hundley

11·35

Lions

Detroit

QB Matthew Stafford

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

DET -7.5

Total

45

Model margin

+3.8est.

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
  • -0.023EPA / play-0.046
  • 45.2%Success rate40.8%
  • -0.019EPA / dropback+0.074
  • -0.032EPA / rush-0.278
  • 6.2%Explosive rate8.7%
  • -1.27CPOE+0.41
  • 39.5%Third-down rate38.4%
  • 61.8%Red-zone TD rate64.3%
  • 1.77Points / drive1.78
  • 2.2%Turnover rate2.1%

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 Hundley14/2417212
Joe Callahan5/71100
Randall Cobb1/11000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamaal Williams22823.70
Brett Hundley3155.00
Randall Cobb144.00
Devante Mays122.00

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matthew Stafford20/2932330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tion Green9212.30
Ameer Abdullah8182.31
Theo Riddick4102.50
Matthew Stafford221.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Golden Tate771041
Marvin Jones45811
Kenny Golladay23801
Tion Green22140
Darren Fells11120
Theo Riddick23120
Ameer Abdullah12110
Eric Ebron1690

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 +7.53.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.1%

Expected total

45.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.11
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+3.77