2019 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

23·20

Lions

Detroit

QB David Blough

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

GB -13.5

Total

44

Model margin

-9.3est.

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
  • +0.059EPA / play-0.039
  • 43.9%Success rate41.5%
  • +0.124EPA / dropback+0.049
  • -0.062EPA / rush-0.193
  • 8.5%Explosive rate8.8%
  • +0.96CPOE-3.54
  • 37.9%Third-down rate41.4%
  • 69.9%Red-zone TD rate68.1%
  • 2.12Points / drive1.73
  • 1.1%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
Aaron Rodgers27/5532321

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones251004.00
Tyler Ervin11010.00
Dexter Williams294.50
Aaron Rodgers210.50

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
David Blough12/2912201
Danny Amendola1/11910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ty Johnson36521.70
Kerryon Johnson11534.81
Bo Scarbrough9424.70
David Blough2115.50

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 -13.52.5%2.9%3.5%3.5%4.9%3.1%6.8%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.05%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

25.6%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.86
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-7.27
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin-9.30