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2016 Week 17 · Sun, Jan 1, 2017 · Ford Field

Green Bay PackersWinner

31

Detroit Lions

24

GB -3.5 ✓O 50 ✓Dome

Green Bay Packers 31–24.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · DET

Matthew StaffordQB

26/41, 347 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

9.8 expected points added · -1.7% completion over expected

Passing · GB

Aaron RodgersQB

27/39, 300 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT

16.6 expected points added · +3.1% completion over expected

Rushing · DET

Zach ZennerRB

20 att, 69 yds, 1 TD

-1.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · GB

Aaron RipkowskiFB

9 att, 61 yds, 0 TD

3.8 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · GB

Geronimo AllisonWR

4/6 for 91 yds, 1 TD

15% of team targets · 6.5 expected points added

Receiving · DET

Golden TateWR

6/10 for 77 yds, 1 TD

24% of team targets · -2.1 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Green Bay Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Aaron Rodgers27/3930040116.6

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Aaron Ripkowski9616.803.8
Ty Montgomery8445.501.2
Aaron Rodgers10424.201.3
Christine Michael362.00-1.3
Joe Kerridge100.00-0.8

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Geronimo Allison4691115%6.5
Jordy Nelson6666015%5.0
Jared Cook4856021%3.9
Davante Adams6931223%1.9
Ty Montgomery3517013%-1.8
Aaron Ripkowski221515%1.4
Richard Rodgers111403%1.2
Christine Michael121005%-0.0

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix610.000
Damarious Randall510.000
Kentrell Brice500.000
Jake Ryan320.000
Micah Hyde300.011
Datone Jones300.000
LaDarius Gunter300.002
Blake Martinez301.000
Morgan Burnett210.001
Mike Daniels300.000

Detroit Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Matthew Stafford26/413472129.8

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Zach Zenner20693.51-1.0
Golden Tate177.000.3

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Golden Tate61077124%-2.1
Marvin Jones5976022%3.7
Eric Ebron6661015%3.8
Anquan Boldin4657115%6.7
Zach Zenner4541012%1.7
T.J. Jones1435010%1.0
Andre Roberts01002%-1.2

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Darius Slay800.000
Tahir Whitehead610.000
Tavon Wilson521.000
Glover Quin700.001
Miles Killebrew310.000
A'Shawn Robinson310.000
Don Carey210.000
DeAndre Levy210.000
Ezekiel Ansah120.000
Nevin Lawson210.001

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
GB -3.5
Closing total
50
GB moneyline
-190
DET moneyline
+171

Packers closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 7.

Total closed 50; the game landed 55 — over by 5.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
Ford Field
Roof / surface
dome · fieldturf
Kickoff weather
Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee
Jerome Boger
Rest
GB 8 days · DET 6 days
Coaches
Mike McCarthy vs Jim Caldwell

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.