NFL Preview Capsule: Packers At Lions
GREEN BAY (10-0) At DETROIT (7-3)
Thursday, 12:30 p.m., Fox
OPENING LINE — Packers by 6.5
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Green Bay 7-3; Detroit 6-3-1
SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 91-65-7
LAST MEETING — Lions beat Packers 7-3, Dec. 12, 2010.
LAST WEEK: Packers beat Buccaneers 35-26; Lions beat Panthers 49-35
PACKERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (4), RUSH (21), PASS (3)
PACKERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (30), RUSH (12), PASS (31)
LIONS OFFENSE — OVERALL (11), RUSH (22), PASS (8)
LIONS DEFENSE — OVERALL (9), RUSH (27), PASS (5)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Detroit beat Green Bay last year at Ford Field after knocking Aaron Rodgers out of the game with a concussion, starting a nine-game winning streak that ended after a 5-0 start this season. ... In their 72nd Thanksgiving game, the Lions are playing the Packers for the 20th time. ... Detroit has lost a franchise-record seven straight in its annual showcase — by an average of almost 23 points a game. ... The defending Super Bowl champion Packers have won a franchise-record 16 straight games, including the postseason, since losing to New England on Dec. 19, 2010. ... Rodgers is the first NFL player to have a 100-plus QB rating in 10 straight games in a season. ... Lions QB Matthew Stafford matched a career high with five TD passes in last week's comeback win over Carolina and is the only player in the Super Bowl era to throw that many TD passes twice in his first 23 games. ... Packers CB Charles Woodson, who led Michigan to the 1997 national championship and won the Heisman Trophy, has seven INTs in nine games against Detroit. ... The Lions are the NFL's first team to win three games in a season after trailing by at least 17 points.
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