Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2023 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

29·22

Lions

Detroit

QB Jared Goff

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

DET -8.5

Total

47

Model margin

+0.7est.

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
  • +0.075EPA / play+0.058
  • 45.1%Success rate45.9%
  • +0.155EPA / dropback+0.110
  • -0.054EPA / rush-0.014
  • 9.2%Explosive rate11.2%
  • +1.07CPOE+1.34
  • 47.4%Third-down rate42.4%
  • 56.0%Red-zone TD rate65.2%
  • 2.16Points / drive2.29
  • 1.5%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. 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 · W4DET @ GB3420DET
2022 · W18DET @ GB2016DET
2022 · W9GB @ DET915DET
2021 · W18GB @ DET3037DET

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love22/3226830

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
AJ Dillon14433.10
Jordan Love33913.00
Jayden Reed2168.00
Patrick Taylor3113.70

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Christian Watson57941
Malik Heath44460
AJ Dillon33380
Romeo Doubs34370
Jayden Reed48341
Tucker Kraft22151
Patrick Taylor1140
Ben Sims0100

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff29/4433220

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
David Montgomery15714.71
Jahmyr Gibbs11544.90
Jared Goff393.00
Kalif Raymond166.00

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 +8.52.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.9%

Expected total

46.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.04
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.67