Lions @ Packers · Week 18

WEEK 18 · FINAL

THE READ

Lions edge Packers by 3

Packers had it there to be taken. Lions took it, 34-31. Ashton Jeanty ran it for Packers — 22 carries, 135 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. Jahmyr Gibbs did the work on the ground for Lions — 16 carries, 74 yards, 2 TD. Three weeks of this now from Amon-Ra St. Brown: 111 receiving yards a game, well clear of his 72 average. Total yards: Packers 377, Lions 82.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Lions	+4.8	-3.7	+8.5	+4
Packers	+3.3	-4.4	+7.7	+11

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Lions — NFC #2 · division · 14-3 Packers — NFC #6 · 11-6 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

Green Bay had 377 yards and 0 sacks allowed, Detroit got 3 sacks and threw 0 passes, and still lost by 3 at home. The Packers' ground game—Ashton Jeanty with 135 yards and 2 touchdowns—was enough when it mattered.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Ashton Jeanty

Packers

22 carries, 135 yards, 2 TD

Jahmyr Gibbs

Lions

16 carries, 74 yards, 2 TD

Amon-Ra St. Brown

Lions

7 catches, 125 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

📈 Amon-Ra St. Brown is in form: 111 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 72.

📉 Jahmyr Gibbs is still searching for it: 43 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 62.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Packers 377, Lions 82 Packers

Through the air Packers 187, Lions 0 Packers

On the ground Packers 190, Lions 82 Packers

Pressure Packers 0 sacks, Lions 3 Lions

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Balanced Pass 56% · Rush 44% · 30.9 scored, 22.5 allowed

10.4 yds/att 67.5% completions 4.4 yds/carry 287.7 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 6.9% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Jameson Williams WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 72 · Aggressive Balance 94 Ball security 63 Back usage 40% QB runs 1.3/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 87 TE 89 RB 87 OL 81 DL 85 LB 79 DB 87

Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99 Fastest: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 98 SPD 9 at star dev or better

Out: Aidan Hutchinson LEDG 94 · 5wk

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Study Problems

Packers · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away One back

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 29.5 Margin+4.4 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken3.9% of dropbacks Lead backAshton Jeanty · 16.5/g Top targetTucker Kraft · 31% QB carries2.1 a game

MurdaCW

Lions · his last 8 games

Runs it One back Takes sacks

Pass / run50% / 50% Points for / against33.0 — 26.8 Margin+6.2 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 13.2/g Top targetJameson Williams · 28% QB carries0.4 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

THE SERIES MurdaCW against Study Problems — the men, not the teams

All square at 1-1. MurdaCW won the last one.

2 meetings avg 17.0 — 30.5 biggest: 30 pts to Study Problems

S1 · week 18 MurdaCW 34 — 31 Study Problems MURDACW

S1 · week 7 MurdaCW 0 — 30 Study Problems STUDY PROBLEMS

Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Lions receivers vs Packers secondary 87 v 84 LIONS

Packers receivers vs Lions secondary 83 v 87 LIONS

Lions line vs Packers front 81 v 84 PACKERS

Packers line vs Lions front 77 v 85 LIONS

Lions backs vs Packers run defence 87 v 82 LIONS

Packers backs vs Lions run defence 90 v 83 PACKERS

Lions passer vs Packers secondary 87 v 84 LIONS

Packers passer vs Lions secondary 90 v 87 PACKERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Jordan Love QB Packers 187 pass yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Packers 135 rush yds

Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 125 rec yds

Isaac TeSlaa WR Lions 76 rec yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 74 rush yds

Matthew Golden WR Packers 63 rec yds

Derrick Moore REDG Lions 1.5 sacks

Keisean Nixon CB Packers 1 INTs

🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE

LIONS

nothing recorded

PACKERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jordan Love QB	20/35	187	2	0	3	24	91

LIONS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	16	74	4.6	2	2	21	29	1
Isiah Pacheco HB	6	6	1	0	1	4	6	0
Isaac TeSlaa WR	1	2	2	0	1	0	2	0
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

PACKERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Ashton Jeanty HB	22	135	6.1	2	4	34	18	0
Josh Jacobs HB	7	42	6	0	1	2	10	0
Josh Whyle TE	2	7	3.5	0	0	0	6	0
Jordan Love QB	2	6	3	0	0	0	5	1
Christian Watson WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

LIONS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	7	125	17.9	1	77	0	70
Isaac TeSlaa WR	6	76	12.7	0	25	0	19
Greg Dortch WR	3	37	12.3	0	7	2	26
Sam LaPorta TE	3	21	7	0	6	0	9
Isiah Pacheco HB	3	19	6.3	0	8	0	12
Tyler Conklin TE	1	13	13	0	0	0	13
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	3	12	4	0	12	1	7
Sione Vaki HB	1	3	3	0	2	0	3

PACKERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Matthew Golden WR	5	63	12.6	1	12	0	20
Tucker Kraft TE	6	47	7.8	1	4	0	24
Christian Watson WR	5	45	9	0	10	1	12
Jayden Reed WR	2	24	12	0	0	0	12
Luke Musgrave TE	1	7	7	0	4	0	7
Ashton Jeanty HB	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

LIONS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Jack Campbell MIKE	9	0.5	0	0	5
Aidan Hutchinson LEDG	6	0.5	0	0	1
D.J. Reed CB	6	0	0	0	3
Ephesians Prysock CB	6	0	1	0	4
Stephen Griffin FS	4	0	0	0	3
Tyleik Williams DT	4	0	0	0	0
Alim McNeill DT	3	0	0	1	0
Derrick Moore REDG	3	1.5	0	0	0
Brian Branch SS	2	0	0	0	2
Damone Clark MIKE	2	0	0	0	0
Kerby Joseph FS	2	0	0	1	2
Trevor Nowaske SAM	1	0	0	0	0
Mekhi Wingo DT	1	0	0	0	0
D.J. Wonnum REDG	0	0.5	0	0	0

PACKERS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Isaiah McDuffie SAM	9	0	0	0	6
Keisean Nixon CB	8	1	0	0	7
Edgerrin Cooper MIKE	7	0	2	0	4
Xavier McKinney SS	7	0	0	0	4
Carrington Valentine CB	4	0	0	0	2
Kristian Welch WILL	4	0	0	0	0
Brandon Cisse CB	3	0	1	0	1
Dani Dennis-Sutton LEDG	2	0	0	0	0
Chris McClellan DT	2	0	0	0	0
Javon Bullard FS	0	0	0	0	2
Micah Parsons REDG	0	0	0	1	0

LIONS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Bates K	4/4	2/2	54

PACKERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Trey Smack K	1/1	4/4	43

RECENT FORM

Lions

W 37–34 vs Bears WK 17

W 31–28 vs Giants WK 16

W 28–23 vs Vikings WK 15

Packers

W 42–24 vs Texans WK 17

W 35–16 vs Bears WK 16

L 23–28 vs Dolphins WK 15

TEAM STATS

Lions		Packers
82	TOTAL YARDS	377
0	PASSING YARDS	187
82	RUSHING YARDS	190
0	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	0
1	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	2

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

1 LIONS — 1 PACKERS

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