{"id":30480,"date":"2013-10-04T18:33:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T23:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30480"},"modified":"2013-10-04T18:33:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T23:33:14","slug":"nfl-week-5-predictions-detroit-lions-vs-green-bay-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-5-predictions-detroit-lions-vs-green-bay-packers-30480\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 Predictions: Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers
\nSunday, 10\/6\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 53
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Green Bay Packers have absolutely owned the Detroit Lions when playing at home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit has won back-to-back games, including a 40-32 victory over the Chicago Bears as three-point home favorites in Week 4, while going OVER the betting total of 48.\u00a0 The Lions have been more balanced offensively with the addition of running back Reggie Bush, who ranks second in the NFL in averaging 144.3 yards from scrimmage per game.\u00a0 He ran for a season-best 139 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries last time out.\u00a0 Detroit is 1-5 SU and 2-4 ATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your NFL expert picks Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Lions will certainly be able to attack vertically in the passing game, as the Packers rank 28th in the league in yards allowed through the air.\u00a0 Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Calvin Johnson have connected 21 times for 362 yards in their last two visits to Lambeau Field.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out this matchup featured two of the three teams in pro football that average at least 400 yards of offense and 30 points.<\/p>\n

Green Bay returns to the gridiron after enjoying a bye week, as it looks to extend its 22-game home winning streak against Detroit, which is important to consider when making your pro football predictions.\u00a0 The Packers have compiled a dominating 32-10 overall record against NFC North opponents since 2006, including an 18-3 mark when playing in front of their fans.\u00a0 In games immediately following its bye week, the franchise has won 13 of its last 17 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Packers have won eight home games in a row, outscoring opponents by a 249-130 margin, while posting a plus-five turnover ratio.\u00a0 Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has enjoyed facing division rivals in his career, as he\u2019s thrown for 7,611 yards and 61 touchdowns with 15 interceptions\u2014leading directly to a 110.1 passer rating.\u00a0 In nine games against the Lions, Rodgers has completed 68.5 percent of his passes and tallied 18 scoring strikes.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Packers due to the favorite being 9-4 ATS in the last 13 meetings in this series.<\/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 vs. Green Bay Packers Sunday, 10\/6\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 51.5 Current Total:\u00a0 53 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit has won back-to-back games, including a 40-32 victory over the Chicago Bears as three-point home favorites in Week 4, while going […]<\/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":[416,2753,542,1119,3608,616,2589],"class_list":["post-30480","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-lambeau-field","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfc-north"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30480","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=30480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30481,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30480\/revisions\/30481"}],"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=30480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}