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The early Thanksgiving game features the 6-4 Green Bay Packers against the 2-8 Detroit Lions. The teams will renew their rivalry with the Packers going for the season sweep after winning the first matchup 26-0. Traditionally, most teams do in fact play a little better on Thanksgiving, for no other reason than it is nationally televised and nobody wants to suffer that kind of embarrassment. However, in Detroit’s case, do not expect this underdog to cover the 11 points.
The Lions face a number of hurdles entering the game. If being bad was not problem enough their starting quarter back in Matt Stafford is listed as questionable for the game with a shoulder injury. Coach Jim Schwartz even commented on the injury saying “it’s unlikely that he’s going to play.” This will leave Daunte Culpepper as the potential starter for the game. In addition, the team’s leading receiver, Calvin Johnson, sat out practice with hand and knee injuries. What you have here is a team that already ranks 24th in points per game with 18 and 24th in total yards with 311.8, playing without two of their best offensive weapons. This will put a tremendous amount of pressure on an already terrible Detroit defense to keep Aaron Rodgers and the Packers out of the endzone.
The Detroit defense ranks 31st in yards allowed at 391.5 per game and last in points allowed at over 30 per game. To put into perspective how bad the Lions defense has been this year, the lowly Cleveland Browns who rank 30th in points scored per game at 11.5, put up 37 against the Lions defense. Aaron Rodgers already light up the Lions defense in their first meeting going 29 for 37 for 358 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Packers will enter this game having lost Kampman and Harris for the season on the defensive side of the ball, but remain relatively intact offensively to out score Detroit if necessary.
Green Bay is 5-4-1 ATS this season while the Lions are 2-7-1 ATS. In the head to head matchups, Green Bay is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Detroit and 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit. If you are looking at the points, the line currently sits at 47.5. Green Bay is 6-4 O/U while Detroit is 5-5. Neither betting trend is strong enough on their own to place a bet, but going back to the head to head matchup, the total has gone over in 4 of Green Bay’s last 5 games when playing Detroit and over 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing at home against Green Bay.
Packers vs. Lions Thanksgiving Spread & Over-Under Picks: Take Green Bay -11 points and over 47.5 points. ($250 Thanksgiving Bonus!)
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