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By: BoDog Sportsbook
Date: Nov 23, 2011
   
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The last time Aaron Rodgers lost a game, it was when he faced the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Week 14 of last season. Rodgers was knocked out of that game early with a concussion and the Packers lost 7-3 to end a 10-game winning streak in this series. The Pack then lost the next week without the injured Rodgers, but he came back in Week 16 and Green Bay hasn’t lost since.
 
The Packers (10-0) get arguably their toughest remaining test of the regular season, as they attempt to become the third team in history to run the table, in the first NFL game on Thanksgiving when they visit those Lions. The Pack are 7-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL football odds with live betting available.
 
Rodgers has played at a level not seen in the league in years as Green Bay has won 16 straight games. But the only other time this franchise started 10-0, it went to Detroit and was beaten back in 1962. This will be the first time an unbeaten team has played on Thanksgiving since then. Rodgers is the lead-pipe lock to be NFL MVP this season, on pace to set an NFL record for single-season rating currently at 128.8. He is completing 72.3 percent of his passes for 3,168 yards, 31 TDs and four picks.
 
Detroit (7-3) currently holds down the top wild-card spot in the NFC. The Lions had lost three of four before rallying past Carolina 49-35 last week despite a 17-point first-half deficit. Matthew Stafford threw for 335 yards and five touchdowns in the comeback. Because of injuries, Stafford has only faced the Packers once, coming in his 2009 rookie season. The Lions will play again without starting RB Jahvid Best, who has missed four games with a concussion.
 
Overall, Green Bay has won 18 of the last 21 games in the series, including seven of the last 10 matchups in Detroit. Green Bay is 5-0 ATS in past five vs. a team with a winning record. The Lions are 6-1 ATS in their past seven as a dog.
 
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