2022 · Week 9 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

9·15

Lions

Detroit

QB Jared Goff

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

GB -4

Total

49.5

Model margin

+2.1est.

DET perspective

Push chance

2.3%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Packers

Lions

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
  • +0.017EPA / play+0.073
  • 46.2%Success rate45.7%
  • +0.035EPA / dropback+0.173
  • -0.009EPA / rush-0.070
  • 9.7%Explosive rate9.5%
  • +0.52CPOE-1.27
  • 39.3%Third-down rate41.5%
  • 57.7%Red-zone TD rate64.6%
  • 1.91Points / drive2.36
  • 1.9%Turnover rate1.2%

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 36–19 since 1999

Meetings average 45.8 points. DET are 26-28-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7GB @ DET17–20DET
2025 · W13GB @ DET31–24GB
2025 · W1DET @ GB13–27GB
2024 · W14GB @ DET31–34DET
2024 · W9DET @ GB24–14DET
2023 · W12GB @ DET29–22GB
2023 · W4DET @ GB34–20DET
2022 · W18DET @ GB20–16DET

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–DET
DETQ1 15:00955Turnover on downs0–0
GBQ1 10:511388Turnover0–0
DETQ1 4:1943Punt0–0
GBQ1 3:22857Turnover0–0
DETQ2 14:56847Punt0–0
GBQ2 10:041261Turnover on downs0–0
DETQ2 2:35846Touchdown0–8
GBQ2 0:1500End of half0–8
GBQ3 15:00623Punt0–8
DETQ3 11:5247Turnover0–8
GBQ3 10:0621Turnover0–8
DETQ3 9:153-2Punt0–8
GBQ3 8:15749Touchdown6–8
DETQ3 4:531470Touchdown6–15
GBQ4 14:511671Field goal9–15
DETQ4 6:361029Turnover on downs9–15
GBQ4 2:00840Turnover on downs9–15
DETQ4 0:3600End of half9–15

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers23/4329113

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Rodgers44010.00
AJ Dillon11343.10
Aaron Jones9252.80
Kylin Hill177.00

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff14/2613721

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamaal Williams24813.40
Justin Jackson4276.80
D'Andre Swift2105.00
Jared Goff1-1-1.00

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 -44.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.32%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.9%

Expected total

46.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.45
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.15