Packers at Lions

11:30 a.m., Fox LINE - Lions by 6

LAST MEETING Green Bay beat Detroit 22-9 on Oct. 6 LAST WEEK Green Bay tied Minnesota 26-26; Detroit lost to Tampa Bay 24-21 RANKINGS Packers: offense (2), defense (20); Lions: offense (5), defense (22)

NOTES Green Bay has won five consecutive, 15 of 16 and 23 of 26 against Detroit. …In last meeting Aaron Rodgers threw an 83-yard touchdown pass to James Jones late in third quarter and Mason Crosby made five field goals. … Rodgers is expected to miss fourth consecutive game after breaking left collarbone Nov. 4 in loss to Chicago. Matt Flynn will probably become Green Bay’s fourth QB to start this year. Packers haven’t started four quarterbacks since at least 1950, first year that quarterback starts were tracked for all teams league-wide, according to STATS. … Green Bay has had four QBs throw pass for first time since 1995 with Brett Favre, Ty Detmer, T.J. Rubley and Jim McMahon. … Detroit has lost two consecutive, but still leads NFC North with Chicago and owns potential tiebreaker against Bears. … Lions have lost franchise-record nine straight on Thanksgiving since beating Green Bay in 2003, and are 33-38-2 overall in annual holiday game. … Matthew Stafford threw four interceptions last week for third time in career and first time in nearly two years. He’s had his two lowest passer ratings of season in last two losses to Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh. … Calvin Johnson has 861 yards receiving over last five games, NFL record. … RB Reggie Bush has 546 yards of offense and two touchdowns in four NFC North games this year.

Sports, Pages 30 on 11/28/2013

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