DOWN X DOWN › week 18 › Lions at Packers
Updated Nov 3, 9:16 AM ET
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Week 18 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Lambeau Field

DETvsGB

Lions offensevsPackers defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 7 games for Lions, 8 for Packers. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

DET offenseGB offense
Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Packers give up 152 yards a game to wide receivers (22nd), against a league average of 147. Lions' wide receivers produce 173 (7th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Packers are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.61 EPA per attempt. Lions send 6% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Packers give up 35 yards a game to tight ends (2nd), against a league average of 55. Lions' tight ends produce 60 (14th).

04
Wash

Explosive play rate

Call this one even. Lions create explosive plays on 12% of snaps (3rd). Packers give them up at 6% (3rd).

Players to watch

DET Lions

16Jared GoffQB · 168/248 · 1964 yds · 15 TD · 1 INTEPA per dropback +0.27 · 6th0Jahmyr GibbsRB · 157 car · 773 yds · 10 TD · 34 recEPA per touch -0.01 · 24th14Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · 53 rec · 571 yds · 5 TD · 76 tgtEPA per target +0.3187Sam LaPortaTE · 31 rec · 367 yds · 3 TD · 44 tgtEPA per target +0.74 · 2nd97Aidan HutchinsonLeft Defensive End · 20 tackles · 5 sacks · 1 PD5 sacks · T-12th in the NFL55Derrick BarnesWeakside Linebacker · 34 tackles · 3 sacks · 1 INT · 2 PD3 sacks

GB Packers

10Jordan LoveQB · 192/312 · 2246 yds · 16 TD · 6 INTEPA per dropback +0.14 · 13th8Josh JacobsRB · 32 car · 75 yds · 3 TD · 11 recEPA per touch -0.05 · 30th0Matthew GoldenWR · 43 rec · 619 yds · 4 TD · 82 tgtEPA per target +0.099Christian WatsonWR · 42 rec · 708 yds · 6 TD · 66 tgtEPA per target +0.46 · 23rd29Xavier McKinneyFree Safety · 34 tackles · 1 sack · 3 INT · 4 PD3 INT · T-2nd in the NFL33Evan WilliamsStrong Safety · 70 tackles · 1 sack · 2 INT · 6 PD2 INT · T-11th in the NFL
The series · Lions and Packers since 1999, and this season's records55 meetings

The Packers lead the series 36–19 since 1999. Oct 25, 2026, at Ford Field: the Lions won 20–17. Jared Goff started at quarterback for the Lions and Jordan Love for the Packers; Dan Campbell and Matt LaFleur coached.

Lions at home13–15the Lions' record
In Green Bay6–21the Lions' record
Most pointsLions 41 · Packers 482011 · 2008
Biggest winLions by 31 · Packers by 282018 · 2004

The last 5

2026 · Wk 7GB 17 at DET 20
2025 · Wk 13GB 31 at DET 24
2025 · Wk 1DET 13 at GB 27
2024 · Wk 14GB 31 at DET 34
2024 · Wk 9DET 24 at GB 14

2026 records

LionsPackers
Overall5–25–3
Division2–01–2
Conference4–14–3
Other conference1–11–0
Home4–03–1
Away1–22–2
Last 5WLWWWWWWLW
StreakWon 3Won 1
Points a game29.0 – 25.721.4 – 20.5

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Lions' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Lions offense against the Packers defenseDepth charts
Packers defense · 3-4 DLions offense · 3WR 1TE58Sewell73Mahogany64Mays69RatledgeMiller87LaPorta16Goff0Gibbs14Brown18TeSlaa1Williams95Wyatt55McClellan94Brooks90Ness99Sorrell59Hopper44Franklin2Cisse25Nixon7Bullard33Williams29McKinney

Lions offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBJared Goff#16 · 168/248 · 1964 yds · 15 TD · 1 INT
  • RBJahmyr Gibbs#0 · 157 car · 773 yds · 10 TD · 34 rec
  • WRAmon-Ra St. Brown#14 · 53 rec · 571 yds · 5 TD · 76 tgt
  • WRJameson Williams#1 · 27 rec · 437 yds · 5 TD · 44 tgt
  • WRIsaac TeSlaa#18 · 10 rec · 197 yds · 0 TD · 21 tgt
  • TESam LaPorta#87 · 31 rec · 367 yds · 3 TD · 44 tgt
  • LTPenei Sewell#58
  • LGChristian Mahogany#73
  • CCade Mays#64
  • RGTate Ratledge#69
  • RTBlake Miller

Packers defense · Base 3-4 D

  • RDEDevonte Wyatt#95 · 19 tackles · 3 sacks
  • NTChris McClellan#55 · 15 tackles
  • LDEKarl Brooks#94 · 14 tackles
  • WLBLukas Van Ness#90 · 31 tackles · 4.5 sacks · 1 PD
  • SLBBarryn Sorrell#99 · 24 tackles · 1.5 sacks
  • RILBTy'Ron Hopper#59 · 27 tackles · 1 sack · 2 INT · 5 PD
  • LILBZaire Franklin#44 · 41 tackles · 1 PD
  • RCBBrandon Cisse#2 · 33 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 1 INT · 8 PD
  • LCBKeisean Nixon#25 · 43 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 1 INT · 6 PD
  • NBJavon Bullard#7 · 41 tackles · 7 PD
  • SSEvan Williams#33 · 70 tackles · 1 sack · 2 INT · 6 PD
  • FSXavier McKinney#29 · 34 tackles · 1 sack · 3 INT · 4 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · DET offense against GB defense
StatDET DET offFavors DET · Favors GBGB GB def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.12#6
-0.07#7+0.00
Success rate
49%#3
44%#1544%
Yards per play
6.0#7
4.8#35.4
Explosive play rate
12%#3
6%#39%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.25#2
-0.06#5+0.03
Sack rate
6%#14
7%#127%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.05#14
-0.10#11-0.08
Yards per carry
4.7#6
3.9#144.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
39%#21
44%#2341%
Red zone TD rate
69%#5
60%#1461%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
173#7
152#22147
TE yards per game
60#14
35#255
TE targets per game
7.6#15
6.1#47.6
RB receiving yards per game
48#5
34#2032
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Lions: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+1.526% of throws
+0.337% of throws
+0.757% of throws
Short
+0.2033% of throws
+0.4419% of throws
+0.1928% of throws

Packers: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.6117 throws
+0.3710 throws
-0.4315 throws
Short
-0.0282 throws
+0.0165 throws
+0.0593 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.