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    Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers: The Big Preview

    GameDay
    By Tayyib Abu
    2 min. read

    The Detroit Lions are back on the road this Sunday. Dan Campbell’s Lions will travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a huge matchup against the Green Bay Packers.

    The winner will take first place in the NFC North. The Detroit Lions have triumphed on their last two visits to Lambeau Field, but the Packers will be hungry to end that little streak.

    Here is everything you need to know ahead of this big game.

    When and Where is this game?

    The game takes place at historic Lambeau Field. Kick-off is at 4:25 p.m. ET and 1:25 p.m. PT.

    Weather Forecast

    Steady rain is forecast for Sunday afternoon, with breezes from Lake Michigan ranging from 15 to 20 mph.

    “We’ll be in the elements, which is great. This is like one of those – you hope for this. I think we’ll be all-white, so we’ll have the grass stains and everything rolling; man, it will be good old football, the way it’s meant to be played. So, excited, great opponent, but our guys are fired up, man, they’re looking forward to this.”

    Form Guide

    The Lions have a 6-1 record and have won five consecutive games. The Packers are also in red-hot form, having won four straight games to leave them with a 6-2 record.

    Gameday Inactives


    Injury Report

    Detroit’s already depleted defensive line will once again be without Josh Paschal. Furthermore, Mekhi Wingo is doubtful with an ankle injury. Linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez is also out with an ankle injury.

    The Lions have now downgraded Wingo and Sione Vaki to out. Detroit has signed linebacker Abraham Beauplan and defensive lineman Chris Smith to the active roster.

    #DETvsGB injury report presented by Henry Ford Health. pic.twitter.com/DPkfEf3ctP

    The Packers listed quarterback Jordan Love as questionable on the injury report. However, per several NFL insiders, Love will play despite having suffered a groin tweak last week.

    Cornerbacks Corey Ballantine and Jaire Alexander are questionable, as is Josh Jacobs. Lineman Josh Myers is doubtful.

    Betting Odds

    FanDuel Sportsbook currently has the game odds like this:

    Detroit Lions

    Spread -2.5 -120

    Moneyline -148

    Total O 48.5 -105

    Green Bay Packers

    Spread +2.5 -102

    Moneyline +126

    Total U 48.5 -115

    What They’ve Said

    Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is fired up for this game and excited about being on the road:

    “It’s just you. And as of late, it’s been our fans, too. There’s something special about being in the offensive huddle, and you can’t hear yourself think, and you look at the guy next to you, and you just crack a smile.”

    Meanwhile, the Packers’ star free agent signing Xavier McKinney has upped the ante with his comments about the Lions wanting to humiliate their opponents:

    “They like to embarrass people. I think this organization & the players we have in here, they don’t really take that lightly & we know that’s what they going to come here and try to do.”

     

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