{"id":26201,"date":"2012-11-16T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26201"},"modified":"2012-11-16T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:02:54","slug":"nfl-week-11-picks-green-bay-packers-vs-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-11-picks-green-bay-packers-vs-detroit-lions-26201\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 11 Picks: Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
\nSunday, 11\/18\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 52
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has tremendous numbers when playing indoors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay has won four games in a row, including a 31-17 victory over the Arizona Cardinals as 10.5-point home favorites two weeks ago, while going OVER the total for the fifth time in six contests.\u00a0 The Packers have won 12 of their last 16 games immediately following the bye week, including five wins in six tries under head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that McCarthy has compiled a dominating 11-1 record against Sunday\u2019s opponent, which is a major angle to handicap when making your NFL picks against the spread in Week 11.<\/p>\n

The Packers are also 17-7 in dome stadiums since the 2006 campaign, as they\u2019ve averaged 30.7 points per game in that situation, which is higher than their 26.0 mark when playing outdoors.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a 117.0 passer rating in 19 career starts in domes, which ranks first in NFL history for any player with at least 200 passing attempts.\u00a0 The franchise enters this important contest with an eight-game win streak versus NFC North opponents.<\/p>\n

Detroit enters with a 4-5 overall mark and 0-3 record inside the division, as it looks to bounce back from a 34-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings as three-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Lions lost the statistical battle for the first time in a seven-game span, which included a 136-yard disparity on the ground.\u00a0 \u201cDesperate is not a very good word to use,\u201d commented Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got some home games we need to take advantage of.\u201d\u00a0 Detroit is 12-7 ATS at home over the last two-plus seasons, which is important to remember when looking at the pro football odds page.<\/p>\n

The Lions rank 10th in the NFL in total defense, allowing 329.7 yards per game, but they will be tested against an offense that racked up 550 yards in their last meeting during the 2011 regular season.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Detroit leads all teams in averaging 307.3 passing yards per game, with wide receiver Calvin Johnson starting to play his best football.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Packers due to their 5-1 ATS mark in the Motor City, while the Lions are 1-6 ATS versus divisional foes.<\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Sunday, 11\/18\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 51 Current Total:\u00a0 52 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay has won four games in a row, including a 31-17 victory over the Arizona Cardinals as 10.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,2753,542,1119,2589,31],"class_list":["post-26201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-detroit-lions","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-nfc-north","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26201","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=26201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26202,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26201\/revisions\/26202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}