2021 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Lions

Detroit

QB Jared Goff

17·35

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 73°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

GB -11.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+5.9est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • -0.061EPA / play+0.136
  • 42.1%Success rate48.9%
  • -0.022EPA / dropback+0.222
  • -0.123EPA / rush-0.003
  • 9.0%Explosive rate8.5%
  • -0.05CPOE+4.71
  • 34.7%Third-down rate43.8%
  • 65.7%Red-zone TD rate61.0%
  • 1.73Points / drive2.45
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.0%

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. GB are 27-26-1 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

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff26/3624621

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jared Goff44611.50
D'Andre Swift8374.60
Jamaal Williams7253.60

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers22/2725540

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones17673.91
AJ Dillon5183.60
Kylin Hill284.00
Aaron Rodgers461.50
Jordan Love3-3-1.00

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 +11.56.2%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Lions.

Half-point at risk

1.33%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

64.6%

Expected total

46.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+4.16
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.86