Packers @ Lions · Week 13

WEEK 13 · FINAL

THE READ

Packers run away with it, 45-17

Lions had no answer. Packers took it 45-17. Jameson Williams ran it for Lions — 4 carries, 105 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Jameson Williams has not had a better afternoon this season. On the ground: Lions 184, Packers 145.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Packers	+8.6	+2.0	+6.5	+18
Lions	+12.0	+2.8	+9.1	+12

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.

Packers — NFC #2 · division · 11-3 Lions — NFC #6 · 9-5 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Jahmyr Gibbs HB · Lions · 4.7% of the field

#9 Derrick Henry HB · Packers · 0.5% of the field

The whole board →

Jameson Williams

Lions

4 carries, 105 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jameson Williams has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Jared Goff is still searching for it: 115 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 165.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Lions 184, Packers 145 Lions

Total yards Lions 306, Packers 272 Lions

Through the air Packers 127, Lions 122 Packers

Giveaways Lions 3, Packers 1 Packers

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 49% · Rush 51% · 31.1 scored, 24.6 allowed

7.9 yds/att 61.6% completions 5.4 yds/carry 374.6 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 7.8% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Matthew Golden WR — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 61 · Efficient Balance 99 Ball security 72 Back usage 46% QB runs 3.0/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 92 WR 82 TE 90 RB 86 OL 80 DL 87 LB 82 DB 88

Best: Micah Parsons REDG 99 Fastest: Christian Watson WR 96 SPD 4 at star dev or better

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

Suaveee💫

Lions · his last 8 games

Runs it One back

Pass / run41% / 59% Points for / against39.8 — 30.0 Margin+9.8 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 18.9/g Top targetAmon-Ra St. Brown · 34% QB carries1.5 a game

𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖

Packers · his last 8 games

Runs it Protects it

Pass / run43% / 57% Points for / against34.9 — 20.2 Margin+14.6 Giveaways a game0.6 Sacks taken8.3% of dropbacks Lead backDerrick Henry · 20.8/g Top targetChristian Watson · 32% QB carries1.9 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 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 against Suaveee💫 — the men, not the teams

𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 leads it 1-0. 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 45.0 — 17.0 biggest: 28 pts to 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖

S2 · week 13 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 45 — 17 Suaveee💫 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖

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

Packers receivers vs Lions secondary 82 v 91 LIONS

Lions receivers vs Packers secondary 90 v 88 EVEN

Packers line vs Lions front 80 v 90 LIONS

Lions line vs Packers front 86 v 87 EVEN

Packers backs vs Lions run defence 86 v 86 EVEN

Lions backs vs Packers run defence 88 v 85 LIONS

Packers passer vs Lions secondary 92 v 91 EVEN

Lions passer vs Packers secondary 87 v 88 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Jordan Love QB Packers 127 pass yds

Jared Goff QB Lions 122 pass yds

Jameson Williams WR Lions 105 rush yds

Derrick Henry HB Packers 58 rush yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 57 rush yds

Tucker Kraft TE Packers 57 rec yds

Chris Brooks HB Packers 56 rush yds

Jameson Williams WR Lions 50 rec yds

Benjamin St-Juste CB Packers 1 INTs

Xavier McKinney SS Packers 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

PACKERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jordan Love QB	13/24	127	1	0	2	22	83.1

LIONS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jared Goff QB	12/32	122	1	3	1	20	20.5

PACKERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Derrick Henry HB	19	58	3.1	1	2	8	10	1
Chris Brooks HB	5	56	11.2	1	2	44	25	0
MarShawn Lloyd HB	8	34	4.2	2	1	8	10	0
Jordan Love QB	1	3	3	0	0	0	3	0
Tucker Kraft TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Christian Watson WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dylan Wade FB	3	-6	-2	0	0	0	1	0

LIONS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jameson Williams WR	4	105	26.2	1	4	91	58
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	13	57	4.4	0	2	18	20
Isiah Pacheco HB	5	15	3	0	0	0	6
Jared Goff QB	3	7	2.3	0	0	0	3
Sam LaPorta TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

PACKERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Tucker Kraft TE	5	57	11.4	0	25	0	19
Christian Watson WR	3	40	13.3	1	28	1	22
Savion Williams WR	2	15	7.5	0	5	0	8
Matthew Golden WR	1	8	8	0	0	0	8
Derrick Henry HB	2	7	3.5	0	7	0	9

LIONS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Jameson Williams WR	4	50	12.5	0	15	1	16
Sam LaPorta TE	2	31	15.5	1	8	0	20
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	4	23	5.8	0	15	0	9
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	1	11	11	0	7	0	11
Isaiah Sategna III WR	1	7	7	0	4	1	7

PACKERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW	TD
Benjamin St-Juste CB	5	0	1	1	1	0
Javon Bullard SS	5	0	0	0	2	0
Kelee Ringo CB	4	0	0	0	2	0
Micah Parsons REDG	4	0.5	0	0	0	0
Keisean Nixon CB	4	0	1	1	3	1
Edgerrin Cooper WILL	3	0	0	0	1	0
Xavier McKinney SS	2	0	1	0	1	0
Justin Scott DT	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris McClellan DT	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lukas Van Ness LEDG	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Cisse CB	1	0	0	0	0	0
Domani Jackson CB	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boubacar Traore REDG	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
James Williams Sr MIKE	1	0	0	0	0	0

LIONS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
D.J. Reed CB	6	0.5	0	0	2
Aidan Hutchinson LEDG	6	1	0	1	1
Jimmy Rolder MIKE	5	0	0	0	4
Roger McCreary CB	5	0	0	0	1
Alim McNeill DT	4	0	0	0	0
Brian Branch SS	4	0	0	0	2
D.J. Wonnum REDG	3	0	0	0	0
Skyler Gill-Howard DT	2	0	0	0	0
Kelley Jones CB	2	0	0	0	2
Derrick Moore LEDG	2	0.5	0	0	0
Jack Campbell MIKE	2	0	2	0	1
Kerby Joseph FS	2	0	0	0	0
Tyleik Williams DT	1	0	0	0	0
Da'Shawn Womack LEDG	1	0	0	0	0

PACKERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Trey Smack K	1/1	6/6	43

LIONS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Bates K	1/2	2/2	41

RECENT FORM

Packers

W 31–21 vs Chargers WK 12

W 28–22 vs Vikings WK 11

W 38–30 vs Seahawks WK 10

Lions

W 69–14 vs Bears WK 12

W 87–63 vs Ravens WK 11

W 24–21 vs Vikings WK 10

TEAM STATS

Packers		Lions
272	TOTAL YARDS	306
127	PASSING YARDS	122
145	RUSHING YARDS	184
2	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	2
1	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	1

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 PACKERS — 0 LIONS

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