Packers running back Josh Jacobs suffered a knee injury in Week 11 against the New York Giants. He missed practice Nov. 19 and was a limited participant the next two days before he was ruled out of the Vikings game. Jacobs told reporters last week that if he misses any time, it would be only one game.

The Detroit Lions escaped the Giants and could use that kind of three-phase effort to advance and then succeed in the postseason.

The New York Giants will face the Detroit Lions in Week 12 with Jameis Winston under center. He had a unique reaction to the chance of starting once again.

The Green Bay Packers head to Motown to take on the Detroit Lions in their second meeting of the season. Green Bay enters this week’s game with a 7-3-1 mark while the Lions are 7-4.

The New York Giants and Detroit Lions operate on different NFL planets. The Lions are a team with Super Bowl aspirations where good isn’t good enough. The Giants are a perennially bad team again searching for a head coach where good looks like a pipe dream.

Jahmyr Gibbs ran for a 69-yard touchdown on the first snap of overtime after Jake Bates matched a career high with a 59-yard field goal in the final minute of regulation, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 34-27 win over the New York Giants on Sunday.

The 2-9 New York Giants, with a five-game losing streak and an interim head coach in his second week on the job, will be double-digit underdogs when they go on the road in Week 12 to face the Detroit Lions. FanDuel Sportsbook has the current line 10.5 points.