The whole 2022 NFL regular season finishes on "Sunday Evening Football" with a traditional NFC North competition face-off between the 8-8 Detroit Lions and the 8-8 Green Bay Packers on the icy expanse of expert football's most historic venue, Lambeau Field.  This game has the prospective to change right into a winner-take-all contest for the NFC's 7th seed and final wild-card area between the Lions and the Packers if the Seattle Seahawks shed their home ending versus the Los Angeles Rams earlier Sunday. No matter that result, Environment-friendly Bay has the possibility to get to the postseason with a win versus Detroit in Week 18 Also the plain possibility of these 2 groups contesting in a winner-take-all game is absolutely nothing brief of remarkable taking into consideration the Lions were 1-6 via their first seven games, and the Packers were 4-8 with their very first 12 video games. When the Lions began 1-6, they had a 0. 3% playoff opportunity according to SportsLine simulations. Need to the Seahawks shed and the Lions win on Sunday, Detroit would certainly become only the 2nd group perpetuity and the first in 52 years, since the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals 1-6), to make the playoffs after winning no even more than among their initial seven games.  Following their 4-8 beginning, the Packers had a 1. 1% playoff chance, according to SportsLine simulations. Nevertheless, if the Packers win, they would certainly become the 3rd team in NFL history to head to the playoffs after winning no even more than four of their initial 12 games, signing up with the 2008 San Diego Chargers 4-8) and the 2014 Carolina Panthers 3-8-1).   Being in this spot is acquainted region for the NFL's back-to-back MVP and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers because he's led the Packers to the playoffs twice when his group had a below -. 500 record at the very least 10 games right into the year. In 2013, Environment-friendly Bay was 5-6-1 prior to winning 3 of its last four to reach the postseason at 8-7-1. Rodgers powered the Packers to success in the final game of the 2013 normal season with a 48-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Randall Cobb on fourth-and-8 in the final minute of Environment-friendly Bay's 33-28 win at Solider Field versus the Chicago Bears. Rodgers returned from a damaged collarbone to play because 2016, the Packers started the year 4-6 prior to tearing off 6 successive success in which Rodgers tossed 15 touchdowns and no interceptions. If the Packers go back to the postseason once more, Rodgers will come to be the very first quarterback in NFL background to lead a team to the playoffs throughout three different seasons in which his group had a below -. 500 document a minimum of 10 video games into the yearMeanwhile, the Lions have actually played in three winner-takes-all games in franchise history, losing their very first two prior to appearing victorious their latest one, a 13-10 win against the New York Jets in Week 17 of the 1997 season. Hall of Famer Barry Sanders ran for 184 backyards and the game-winning 15-yard rushing touchdown in the 4th quarter.   However, that Lions win in 1997 came indoors at the Pontiac Silverdome, really different conditions than the projected weather outlook at Lambeau Field on Sunday: It's predicted to be 21 degrees while seeming like 14 levels with wind coming in at 7 miles per hour with gusts of 12 miles per hour. It's going to be freezing cold. In the quarterback competition in between 2 California-Berkeley alums, Rodgers and Lions quarterback Jared Goff, it's the California citizen that has actually spent 18 NFL periods living in Green Bay and playing home games outside that has the top hand in these icy in freezing temperature levels, including playoffs
Jared GoffAaron RodgersW-L1-224-9Completion percentage52%64%TD-INT3-568-15Passer rating62. 6103. 6 Regardless of what, Sunday evening must be a fascinating end to the 2022 routine season. Below's whatever you require to recognize: Just how to watchDate: Sunday, Jan. 8|Time: 8:20 p. m. ET
Area: Lambeau Area Green Bay, Wisconsin)
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Odds: Packers -4. 5, O/U 49 Included Video Game|Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions Moneyline Spread Overall GB -235 BET NOW -4 -110 BET NOW o48 -110 BET NOW DET +192 BET NOW +4 -110 WAGER NOW u48 -110 BET NOW When the Lions have the ballRodgers isn't the quarterback entering this prime-time spotlight matchup with fires appearing of his hands, rather that would certainly be Goff, whose 12-0 touchdown-interception proportion considering that Week 13 leads the NFL in that span. His 12 touchdown passes since that time are tied for the most in the league with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Nevertheless, Environment-friendly Bay's second has actually tightened throughout its four-game winning streak with nine interceptions, tied for the most in the NFL in that time with the Denver Broncos. Goff has gone eight successive games without an interception, the Lions longest touch since 1950.  Passing since Week 13
Jared GoffPackers defenseTD-INT12-0 * 4-9 ** Passer rating113. 0 * 71. 1 ** The Packers defensive turn-around has included protective planner Joe Barry leaning harder right into his zone ideas that his defense is built on as Environment-friendly Bay has blitzed at the second cheapest price in the NFL while playing zone protection at the highest possible price in the league throughout its four-game winning touch. Area insurance coverage has actually provided Goff extra problem this period considering that his 89. 0 passer ranking against zone is 14th in the NFL while his passer rating against man insurance coverage is 114. 3, the 3rd highest possible in the league. That plays right into Eco-friendly Bay's hands.  Packers defensive tendencies in 2022
1st 12 gamesLast 4 gamesBlitz pct40%13%Area pct69% 86% Nonetheless, the openings in the Packers defense exist when defending against the run and the play-action pass, the latter of which Goff flourishes on. The Lions passer leads NFL in passing touchdowns 16) and passer ranking 125. 9) on play-action this season while Eco-friendly Bay has actually allowed the third most passing touchdowns 12) and the third highest passer ranking 117. 5) versus play-action this period. Even throughout the Packers' four-game winning streak and climb up back to an 8-8 document, they permitted an NFL-high 11. 8 yards/pass effort versus play action in that time.  Play-action passing away: 2022 NFL rankings
Jared GoffPackers defensePassing touchdowns1st30thPasser rating1st30thWhen the Packers have the ballThe Packers violation is regarding balance and pass defense. Even though Eco-friendly Bay has Rodgers, it additionally standards 4. 7 lawns per lug many thanks to running back Aaron Jones' 5. 34 backyards per bring, the 2nd highest possible rate in the NFL amongst running backs behind only Chicago Bears rush Khalil Herbert's 5. 72 lawns per carry. Backup running back AJ Dillion has additionally obtained going as of late as his 5 straight video games with a hurrying touchdown are the second longest such streak in the organization behind Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott's nine-game streak with a hurrying score. Getting Jones and Dillon rolling with a variety of the Packers' under-center operating plays is crucial since Rodgers can then make use of defenses with play-action or fast passes, fundamental components of the Packers offense this period.  When Rodgers does drop back to pass, he's doing so behind Pro Football Focus' 3rd highest-graded, pass-blocking offending line 78. 9) in the whole NFL. Only the Philadelphia Eagles 81. 8) and the Baltimore Ravens 80. 1) have much better pass-protection systems than Eco-friendly Bay's. Their front will certainly be dealing with a much improved pass rush as the Lions have the sixth greatest stress price 38. 7) in the NFL since Week 9 after ranking 26th in the initial eight weeks of the season with a price of 29. 7. The distinction for the Lions pass rush has actually been the play of their novices, defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, the second overall choice of the 2022 NFL Draft and linebacker James Houston, the 217th total choice 6th round) of the 2022 NFL Draft Giants Store. They are the very first pair of newbie teammates with 7. 5 or even more sacks in a season with Houston's 8. 0 and Hutchinson's 7. 5. Those numbers are both greatest amongst novices this season.  However, in between the freezing temperature levels of Eco-friendly Bay and the toughness of both the Packers second and offensive line, Rodgers and the Packers will when again finish one more NFC North foe's period just short of postseason : Packers 31, Lions 18.