2022 · Week 18 · Division

Final

Lions

Detroit

QB Jared Goff

20·16

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 21°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

GB -5.5

Total

49

Model margin

+1.3est.

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
  • +0.073EPA / play+0.017
  • 45.7%Success rate46.2%
  • +0.173EPA / dropback+0.035
  • -0.070EPA / rush-0.009
  • 9.5%Explosive rate9.7%
  • -1.27CPOE+0.52
  • 41.5%Third-down rate39.3%
  • 64.6%Red-zone TD rate57.7%
  • 2.36Points / drive1.91
  • 1.2%Turnover rate1.9%

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 · W9GB @ DET915DET
2021 · W18GB @ DET3037DET

Box score

Individual performances

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff23/3422400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamaal Williams16724.52
D'Andre Swift6254.20
Jared Goff252.50
Justin Jackson122.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers17/2720511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones12484.00
AJ Dillon9333.70
Christian Watson2126.00
Aaron Rodgers3103.30
Allen Lazard200.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Christian Watson561040
Allen Lazard46411
Robert Tonyan33290
Aaron Jones34200
Randall Cobb22110
AJ Dillon0300
Romeo Doubs0200

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 +5.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Lions.

Half-point at risk

3.02%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

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+1.26