Thursday Night time Soccer kicks off tonight at 8:15 p.m. EST because the 11-1 Detroit Lions host the 9-3 Inexperienced Bay Packers at Ford Subject.
The Lions are 3.5-point favorites, in line with FanDuel Sportsbook, and the overall is 51.5 factors.
Dan Campbell’s squad has been probably the most resilient group within the league, as they’re not solely down Aiden Hutchinson however have been combating in opposition to a myriad of accidents this yr. But they continue to be the largest risk to Kansas Metropolis’s quest for a three-peat.
Whereas I’d usually belief Detroit to maintain enterprise at house, the Packers are my Tremendous Bowl decide, and so they’re rounding into type on the proper time. The Lions received 24-14 at Lambeau Subject in Week 9 but the Packers outgained them by 150 yards. Detroit received as a result of Inexperienced Bay scored 13 factors in 4 pink zone journeys and Jordan Love threw a pick-six.
Matt LeFleur has lengthy been one of many league’s finest pink zone play designers, not to mention offensive coaches. Now that Love is more healthy and Josh Jacobs is grooving, I just like the Packers’ odds to money in on their scoring alternatives extra this time round. And the Lions are nonetheless coping with well being points, as Taylor Decker, Levi Onwuzurike, Josh Paschal and D.J. Reader have already been dominated out. In the meantime, Jaire Alexander is predicted to return for the Pack.
A cool nugget through ESPN:
Dan Campbell has the very best cowl share of any coach with a minimum of 10 video games in NFL historical past at 48-27 ATS [64%]. He’s even higher with the Lions, at 44-19 ATS [69.8%] . That’s the most effective four-year cowl stretch by any group within the Tremendous Bowl period (since 1966).
The Packers are 56-39 ATS [58.9%] underneath Matt LaFleur. Out of coaches to start their careers since 1966, LaFleur is tied for the third-best cowl share (min. 50 video games).
Tonight’s contest is an elite primetime divisional matchup between future Corridor of Fame coaches. No matter who comes out on prime, it needs to be a heckuva ball sport.
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