Week 17 NFL Capsules
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Week 17 Green Bay Packers (7-8) at Detroit Lions (8-7) Sunday, December 31, 2017 | 1:00 PM ET | Ford Field | Referee: Pete Morelli REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Packers lead all-time series, 98-69-7 LAST GAME: 11/6/17: Lions 30 at Packers 17 STREAKS: Packers have won 3 of past 4 LAST GAME AT SITE: 1/1/17: Packers 31, Lions 24 GREEN BAY PACKERS p DETROIT LIONS LAST WEEK L 16-0 vs. Minnesota LAST WEEK L 26-17 at Cincinnati COACH VS. OPP. Mike McCarthy: 18-5 COACH VS. OPP. Jim Caldwell: 3-4 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 20.6/23.3 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 25.0/24.3 OFFENSE 309.0 OFFENSE 336.5 PASSING Brett Hundley: 178-292-1664-8-10-71.5 PASSING Matthew Stafford: 351-536-4123-26-10-97.1 RUSHING Jamaal Williams (R): 131-474-3.6-4 RUSHING Ameer Abdullah: 157-534-3.4-3 RECEIVING Davante Adams: 74-885-12.0-10 (T3L) RECEIVING Golden Tate: 85-899-10.6-4 DEFENSE 348.4 DEFENSE 362.4 SACKS Clay Matthews: 7.5 SACKS Ezekiel Ansah: 9 INTs Damarious Randall: 4 INTs Darius Slay: 7 (1L) TAKE/GIVE +1 (22/21) TAKE/GIVE +6 (28/22) PUNTING (NET) Justin Vogel (R): 44.4 (42.0) PUNTING (NET) Sam Martin: 43.2 (38.4) KICKING Mason Crosby: 75 (33/35 PAT; 14/18 FG) KICKING Matt Prater: 121 (37/38 PAT; 28/33 FG) PACKERS NOTES LIONS NOTES • QB BRETT HUNDLEY has 7 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 117.3 • QB MATTHEW STAFFORD ranks 3rd in NFL with 4,123 rating in his past 3 road starts. Aims for his 4th in row on road pass yards. Has 7 consecutive seasons with 4,000+ pass with 100+ rating & TD pass. Had rush TD in last game vs. Det. yards, 2nd longest streak in NFL history. Passed for 361 • RB JAMAAL WILLIAMS (rookie) has 559 scrimmage yards & 2 TDs for 132.4 rating in his last game vs. GB. Has yards (93.2 per game) & 5 TDs in his past 6. Had rush TD 100+ rating in 3 of his past 4 vs. GB. Has 14 TDs vs. 3 INTs in his only career game vs. Det. Williams (474 rush yards, 4 & 99.6 rating in his past 7 at home. rush TDs) & rookie RB AARON JONES (448, 4) are only • RB AMEER ABDULLAH had rush TD in last game vs. pair of NFL rookie teammates with 400+ rush yards & 4+ GB. RB THEO RIDDICK has 3 rush TDs in his past 4. rush TDs each. Since 2015, is only NFL RB with 1,500+ rec. yards (1,500) • WR DAVANTE ADAMS ties for 2nd in NFL with 10 TD & 10+ TD catches (10). catches. Aims for his 9th in row on road with rec. TD. Has • WR GOLDEN TATE has 13 receptions for 190 yards (95 4 TD catches in his past 4 vs. Det. WR JORDY NELSON per game) & TD in his past 2 vs. GB. Since joining Det. in has 2 TD catches in his past 3 vs. Det. Has 5+ receptions in 2014, ranks 3rd in NFC with 365 receptions. WR MARVIN 8 of his past 9 on road vs. division. WR RANDALL COBB JONES, JR. had 7 catches for 107 yards & 2 TD catches has 2 rec. TDs in his past 3 on road. in last game vs. GB. Has 5 rec. TDs in 4 career games vs. • LB BLAKE MARTINEZ leads NFL with career-high 136 GB. Has 386 rec. yards (96.5 per game) & 5 TDs in his past tackles. Has 13 tackles, sack & FF in his past 2 vs. Det. 4 vs. NFC North. TE ERIC EBRON aims for 3rd in row Aims for 7th in row with 8+ tackles. DT KENNY CLARK with TD catch. Has 2 rec. TDs in his past 3 at home. had 2 sacks in Week 16, his 1st career 2-sack game. Aims • LB TAHIR WHITEHEAD leads team with 104 tackles, for 3rd in row with sack. Has 4.5 sacks & FF in past 4. LB his 2nd consecutive 100-tackle season. Had sack in his last JAKE RYAN has 27 tackles & sack in past 3. Had FF in game vs. GB. Has 30 tackles (10 per game) in his past 3 at last game vs. Det. Has 15 tackles (7.5 per game) & FR in home. S GLOVER QUIN has 3 INTs, incl. INT-TD, FF, FR past 2 at Det. CB DAMARIOUS RANDALL has 3 INTs, & 5 PD in his past 7 at home. CB DARIUS SLAY leads incl. 21-yard INT-TD & 6 PD in his past 6 on road. LB CLAY NFL with 7 INTs & 23 PD. Has 5 INTs & 10 PD in his past 6 MATTHEWS has 5 sacks in his past 4. Has 2 sacks, 2 FFs at home. LB JARRAD DAVIS leads NFL rookies with 84 & FR in his past 6 vs. NFC North. tackles. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: FOX (1:00 PM ET): Dick Stockton, Mark Schlereth, Shannon Spake (Field reporter) SIRIUS: 112 (GB), 137 (Det) | XM: 381 (GB), 227 (Det) Week 17 Houston Texans (4-11) at Indianapolis Colts (3-12) Sunday, December 31, 2017 | 1:00 PM ET | Lucas Oil Stadium | Referee: Gene Steratore REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Colts lead all-time series, 24-7 LAST GAME: 11/5/17: Colts 20 at Texans 14 STREAKS: Texans have won 3 of past 4 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/11/16: Texans 22, Colts 17 HOUSTON TEXANS p INDIANAPOLIS COLTS LAST WEEK L 34-6 vs. Pittsburgh LAST WEEK L 23-16 at Baltimore COACH VS. OPP. Bill O’Brien: 3-4 COACH VS. OPP. Chuck Pagano: 7-4 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 21.7/27.6 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 16.1/26.1 OFFENSE 327.4 OFFENSE 286.9 PASSING T.J. Yates: 33-73-386-4-2-68.6 PASSING Jacoby Brissett: 261-444-2984-12-7-81.5 RUSHING Lamar Miller: 230-851-3.7-3 RUSHING Frank Gore: 237-861-3.6-3 RECEIVING DeAndre Hopkins: 96-1378 (2L)-14.4-13 (1L) RECEIVING Jack Doyle (TE): 76-652-8.6-3 DEFENSE 353.1 DEFENSE 377.6 SACKS Jadeveon Clowney: 9 SACKS Jabaal Sheard: 4.5 INTs Andre Hal: 3 INTs Rashaan Melvin: 3 TAKE/GIVE -11 (16/27) TAKE/GIVE +4 (19/15) PUNTING (NET) Shane Lechler: 48.9 (2L) (41.5) PUNTING (NET) Rigoberto Sanchez (R): 44.7 (42.3) KICKING Ka’imi Fairbairn: 85 (31/34 PAT; 18/23 FG) KICKING Adam Vinatieri: 101 (20/22 PAT; 27/32 FG) TEXANS NOTES COLTS NOTES • QB T.J. YATES aims for 4th in row with TD pass. • QB JACOBY BRISSETT passed for 308 yards with 2 • RB LAMAR MILLER had 91 scrimmage yards (57 rush, TDs vs. 0 INTs for 122.6 rating in last meeting. Has 4 rush 34 rec.) in last meeting. In past 5 vs. Ind., has 533 scrimmage TDs in past 6 at home. yards (106.6 per game) with 5 TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.). Needs • RB FRANK GORE had rec. TD last week. Had TD catch in 22 scrimmage yards for 4th consecutive season with 1,200+ last home meeting. Has 75+ scrimmage yards in 2 of past 3 scrimmage yards. RB ALFRED BLUE had 108 rush yards vs. division. Is 1 of 2 in NFL history (EMMITT SMITH) with last week, his 5th career 100+ yard rush game. Had 107 rush 12+ consecutive seasons with 1,000+ scrimmage yards. yards in 12/20/15 meeting at Ind. • WR T.Y. HILTON had 6 catches for 100 yards in Week • WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS leads NFL with 13 rec. TDs. 16. Had 175 rec. yards, incl. TDs of 80 & 45 yards, in last Had TD catch in Week 16. Has 4 rec. TDs in past 3. Had 86 meeting. In past 2 vs. Hou., has 290 rec. yards (145 per rec. yards & TD in last meeting. In past 5 vs. Ind., has 453 game) & 3 TDs. Has 17.6 yard rec. avg., 2nd highest in NFL rec. yards (90.6 per game). Has 618 rec. yards (88.3 per (min. 50 catches). Since entering league in 2012, has 28 game) & 4 TDs in past 7 vs. division. WR WILL FULLER V 100+ rec. yard games, 4th most in NFL. TE JACK DOYLE has 5 TD catches in his past 6 at home. ranks 2nd among NFL TEs with 76 catches. Can become • DE JADEVEON CLOWNEY had sack in last meeting. 2nd TE in team history with 80+ catches in single season Aims for 3rd in row vs. Ind. with sack. Ranks 2nd in NFL with (DALLAS CLARK, 100 in 2009). 21 TFL. Has 15 TFL & 6 sacks in past 9. Leads teams with 9 • LB JABAAL SHEARD had 2 sacks in last meeting. Aims sacks. LB BENARDRICK MC KINNEY is 1 of 6 in AFC for 4th game in row vs. Hou. with 2+ sacks. Has 2+ FFs in with 80+ tackles (89) & 10+ TFL (10). CB JOHNATHAN 2 of past 3 vs. Hou. LB BARKEVIOUS MINGO aims for JOSEPH is 1 of 2 active players (TERENCE NEWMAN) 3rd in row with sack. Has FF in 2 of past 3. S MATTHIAS with 25+ career INTs (28) & 160+ PD (168). S ANDRE FARLEY has 9+ tackles in 2 of past 3. Is 1 of 3 AFC safeties HAL had INT & 2 PD in last game at Ind. Rookie LB ZACH (RESHAD JONES & JORDAN POYER) with 90+ tackles CUNNINGHAM had career-high 10 tackles & 3 PD in (91) & 2+ INTs (2).