Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

23·31

Lions

Detroit

QB Matthew Stafford

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

DET -1

Total

50

Model margin

+1.8est.

DET perspective

Push chance

2.2%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
  • +0.054EPA / play-0.022
  • 45.9%Success rate41.5%
  • +0.093EPA / dropback+0.027
  • -0.046EPA / rush-0.106
  • 9.3%Explosive rate7.7%
  • -1.39CPOE-2.79
  • 36.5%Third-down rate36.1%
  • 62.4%Red-zone TD rate57.3%
  • 2.05Points / drive1.75
  • 0.9%Turnover rate1.7%

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 Rodgers32/5244230

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones7405.70
Jamaal Williams6335.50
Ty Montgomery4153.80
Aaron Rodgers3103.30

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matthew Stafford14/2618320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kerryon Johnson12705.80
LeGarrette Blount12221.82
Theo Riddick331.00
Matthew Stafford1-1-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Kenny Golladay49981
Golden Tate57420
Theo Riddick23200
Kerryon Johnson22150
Marvin Jones1481
Levine Toilolo0100

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 +14.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.8%

Expected total

43.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.03
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.77