The Green Bay Packers (7-4) head to Ford Field in Detroit this Thursday night to take on the Detroit Lions (4-7) in their second meeting of the season. Three weeks ago, the Lions between Green Bay at Lambeau Field even though they were 10.5-point underdogs and had lost 16 of the last 19 meetings between the teams – and had not won at Lambeau since 1991. This week, the Packers are NFL betting favorites to win by 5.5 points, with an over-under total of 47 points.
#Packers DT Mike Daniels previews #GBvsDET on Thursday Night Football. WATCH: https://t.co/XxVHyFps2h pic.twitter.com/lDhUNUzhPl
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) December 2, 2015
Reasons to bet on the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay has only been an underdog in one game this season, and that was in their win in Minnesota, when they rolled the Vikings 30-13. The team’s setback against Detroit was surprising – but the Lions have not swept the Pack since 1991, and Green Bay has not dropped two straight to Detroit since they lost the second matchup in 1999 and the first matchup in 2000. The Packers are 21-9 against the spread in their last 30 NFC North games, winning 23 of them straight up.