{"id":20686,"date":"2011-12-30T17:50:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T22:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20686"},"modified":"2011-12-30T17:50:39","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T22:50:39","slug":"nfl-picks-week-17-detroit-lions-vs-green-bay-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-17-detroit-lions-vs-green-bay-packers-20686\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 17: Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
\nSunday, 1\/1\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lions<\/a>
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy will rest most of his starters Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit has a few reasons to try and pick up a victory Sunday, including the potential of grabbing the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoffs and snapping a 20-year losing streak inside Lambeau Field.\u00a0 That particular drought on another team\u2019s field is currently the longest active losing streak in the NFL.\u00a0 Weather in the area is expected to be near 32 degrees with a 30 percent chance of rain.\u00a0 \u201cThirty degrees isn\u2019t that bad for this time of year,\u201d commented Lions center Dominic Raiola.\u00a0 Detroit is 6-9 ATS in the last two-plus seasons against division opponents.<\/p>\n

The Lions are definitely excited about the possibility of finishing the regular season with four straight wins after starting the 2011 campaign with a 5-0 record.\u00a0 Detroit\u2019s offense has been remarkable over the last four games due to the play of quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has averaged almost 350 passing yards over that span, while throwing 10 touchdowns and just one interception.\u00a0 The Lions will be look to gain revenge from a 27-15 loss to the Packers as four-point home underdogs on Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n

Green Bay has already clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs and will be the No. 1 seed for the first time since 1996.\u00a0 The Packers entered last year\u2019s playoffs as a wild card en route to winning the Super Bowl.\u00a0 Head coach Mike McCarthy doesn\u2019t have to worry about chasing perfection anymore, allowing him the freedom to rest players this weekend.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s really what\u2019s best for your team and what\u2019s best for the individuals,\u201d stated McCarthy in practice this week.\u00a0 He has led the team to an 18-1 home record since Week 10 of the 2009 season, which is the best mark in the NFL over that span.\u00a0 Green Bay is 16-6 ATS inside Lambeau Field the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Packers are on pace to score 549 points this season, which would ranks as the No. 3 scoring season in NFL history.\u00a0 Green Bay checks in at No. 1 in the league in averaging 34.3 points per game.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question that this squad is the favorite to win it all again this year, as seven players were recently named to the NFC\u2019s roster for the 2012 Pro Bowl.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers leads that group, but will likely sit for most of this contest and give way to backup signal-caller Matt Flynn.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Packers due to their 4-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Lions are 1-8-2 ATS as a road favorite.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Sunday, 1\/1\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit has a few reasons to try and pick up a victory Sunday, including the potential of grabbing the No. 5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,542,1119,3608,6276,616,31],"class_list":["post-20686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-detroit-lions","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-lambeau-field","tag-matt-flynn","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20687,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20686\/revisions\/20687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}