WEEK 18
DETROIT LIONS (8-8) @ GREEN BAY PACKERS (8-8)
DATE: Sunday (1/8/23)
STADIUM: Lambeau Field
TIME: 8:20 PM ET
REFEREE: Brad Rogers
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Packers lead all-time series, 103-74-7
STREAKS Lions have won past 2
LAST GAME 11/6/22: Packers 9 at Lions 15
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/20/21: Packers 35, Lions 17
DETROIT LIONS
LAST WEEK W 41-10 vs. Chicago
COACH VS. OPP. Dan Campbell: 2-1
PTS. FOR 27.1
OFFENSE 383.6
PASSING Jared Goff: 359-533-4,214-29-7-100.2
RUSHING Jamaal Williams: 246-994-4.0-15
RECEIVING Amon-Ra St. Brown: 100-1,112-1.1-6
PTS. AGAINST 25.7
DEFENSE 398.7
SACKS James Houston (R): 8
INTs Aidan Hutchinson (R), Kerby Joseph (R): 3
TAKE/GIVE +5 (20/15)
PUNTING (NET) Jack Fox: 48.7 (41.7)
KICKING Michael Badgley: 85 (31/31 PAT; 18/21 FG)
LIONS NOTES
• QB JARED GOFF passed for 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 133.5 rating last week. Has 4,214 pass yards in 2022, his 3rd-career 4,000-yard season. Has 14 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 110.7 rating in his past 6. Aims for his 5th in row vs. GB with 2+ TD passes.
• RB JAMAAL WILLIAMS had career-high 157 scrimmage yards (career-high 144 rush, 13 rec.) & had NFL-leading & career-high 15th rush TD of season last week. Needs 6 rush yards for 1st-career 1,000+ rush yard season.
• RB D’ANDRE SWIFT had 117 scrimmage yards (78 rush, 39 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) last week, his 3rd-career 2-TD game.
• WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN has 100 catches for 1,112 rec. yards in 2022 & became 3rd player ever (Odell Beckham Jr. & Michael Thomas) with 90+ receptions & 900+ rec. yards in each of 1st 2 career seasons. Has 190 career catches & can surpass Justin Jefferson & Thomas for most receptions by player in 1st 2 seasons in NFL history.
• DL AIDAN HUTCHINSON is 1st rookie since 1982 & 4th player since 2000 (Jamie Collins, Lavonte David & Joey Porter) with 7+ sacks (7.5) & 3+ INTs (3).
• LB JAMES HOUSTON (8 sacks) & Hutchinson are 1st pair of rookie teammates since 1982 each with 7+ sacks. Became 1st player since 1982 with 8 sacks in 1st 6 career games. Houston (3 sacks last week) & DL JOSH PASCHAL (2 sacks in Week 17) became 4th set of rookie teammates each with multiple sacks in same game since 1982.
• LB MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ ranks tied-1st among rookies with 8 TFL.
• LB ALEX ANZALONE has career highs in tackles (117) & TFL (6) in 2022 & is 1 of 8 with 5+ tackles in 16 games this season.
• S KERBY JOSEPH (rookie) had 10 tackles, 3 PD & 2 INTs in last meeting.
GREEN BAY PACKERS
LAST WEEK W 41-17 vs. Minnesota
COACH VS. OPP. Matt LaFleur: 5-2
PTS. FOR 22.1
OFFENSE 340.9
PASSING Aaron Rodgers: 333-515-3,490-25-11-91.5
RUSHING Aaron Jones: 201-1,073-5.3-2
RECEIVING Allen Lazard: 56-747-13.3-5
PTS. AGAINST 21.9
DEFENSE 337.4
SACKS Preston Smith: 8.5
INTs Jaire Alexander: 5
TAKE/GIVE +4 (24/20)
PUNTING (NET) Pat O’Donnell: 44.6 (39.0)
KICKING Mason Crosby: 102 (36/38 PAT; 22/25 FG)
PACKERS NOTES
• QB AARON RODGERS had 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs & 95.7 rating last week. Has 13th-career season with 25+ TD passes, 4th-most in NFL history. Aims for his 5th in row at home with 90+ rating. Has 27 TDs (25 pass, 2 rush) vs. 4 INTs for 110.9 rating in 12 career home starts vs. Det., incl. 4 TDs & 145.6 rating in last home meeting.
• RB AARON JONES rushed for 111 yards last week & has 3rd-career season with 1,000+ rush yards (1,073) & 1,400+ scrimmage yards (1,448) in 2022. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with 110+ scrimmage yards. Has 351 scrimmage yards (175.5 per game) & 7 TDs (4 rec., 3 rush) in his past 2 at home vs. Det. & aims for his 3rd in row at home vs. Det. with 3+ TDs.
• RB A.J. DILLON had career-high 7th rush TD of season last week & aims for his 6th in row with rush TD. Needs 57 scrimmage yards for 2nd-straight 1,000-yard season. • RB KEISEAN NIXON had 105-yard KR-TD last week, his 1st-career KR-TD.
• WR CHRISTIAN WATSON ranks tied-1st among rookies in TDs (9) & rec. TDs (7).
• WR ALLEN LAZARD has 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Det. with TD catch. Has career highs in catches (56) & rec. yards (747) in 2022.
• DL KENNY CLARK had 4th sack of season, 5th-career FF & 6th-career FR last week.
• LB PRESTON SMITH has 1.5+ sacks in 2 of his past 3 at home.
• LB QUAY WALKER ranks tied-2nd among rookies with 112 tackles in 2022.
• CB JAIRE ALEXANDER has PD in 4 of his past 5. Had INT in last meeting.
• CB RASUL DOUGLAS aims for his 4th in row with PD.
• S ADRIAN AMOS had 10th-career INT last week. Has career-high 7 TFL in 2022.
• S DARNELL SAVAGE had 75-yard INT-TD in Week 17, his 1st-career INT-TD.
