Fantasy Player Projections

Matthew Stafford

Stafford completed a season-worst 43.6 percent of his passes in the loss to Green Bay in November. That was a fluke, but it's still fair to say the Packers have his number: In four career meetings with Green Bay, Stafford has thrown eight touchdowns and 11 interceptions and lost all four games.

Mikel Leshoure

Leshoure is averaging 18.3 touches but only 76.1 total yards per game this season. The only thing keeping him in the good graces of fantasy owners is his three-game touchdown streak.

Joique Bell

Bell has an outside shot of reaching the 500/500 club this season. Sometimes a rusher, sometimes a receiver ... never a fantasy star.

Calvin Johnson

Johnson gained 143 yards in the November meeting with Green Bay (28.6 yards per catch) and has now scored a touchdown in eight of 10 career games against his divisional rival.

Mike Thomas

With Titus Young on IR and Ryan Broyles out for the season with a torn ACL, Thomas is the next in line for the starting job opposite Calvin Johnson. Thomas does not have the same big-play ability as Young and Broyles, however, so fantasy owners should not expect that he'll be a plug-and-play solution.

Brandon Pettigrew

Pettigrew will benefit the most from injuries to the team's receiving corps. He should do well this week against a Packers defense still missing Charles Woodson and lacking linebackers able to cover on passing downs.

Jason Hanson

This game could very well turn into a high-scoring affair like the 2011 season finale at Lambeau, in which the two teams combined for 86 points.

It really doesn't matter if Ndamukong Suh is dirty or just mean -- the Packers don't have the proper protection to keep him out of Aaron Rodgers' grill.

Aaron Rodgers

In his last five December home games, Rodgers has averaged 310.4 passing yards and thrown 15 touchdowns to just two interceptions. Lions, beware.

Alex Green

The Packers' backfield mess may finally be cleared up following James Starks' unfortunate knee injury. Still, Green had the job to himself before and provided less-than-encouraging results.

Randall Cobb

The Lions had trouble stopping Indianapolis' duo of Donnie Avery (two touchdowns) and T.Y. Hilton (100 yards) last week. Cobb is more dangerous than either of those receivers and is due for a big day.

James Jones

Last week Jones caught a touchdown and had another taken away due to a penalty. He may not be Aaron Rodgers' favorite receiver (or second or even third favorite), but Jones is a magnet near the goal line.

Greg Jennings

Jennings led all Green Bay receivers in targets (eight) in his first week back from injury. He is probably nearing full strength, but Randall Cobb's emergence has trimmed into the fantasy potential Jennings had earlier this season.

Jermichael Finley

Finley has gained more than 50 yards receiving in each of the past three weeks, including three weeks ago, when he caught three balls for 66 yards and a touchdown against Detroit.

Mason Crosby

Crosby scored 11 points against Minnesota last week, but added yet another miss. He's missed at least one kick in six straight games.

Green Bay won't control the Detroit passing game, but it should be able to capitalize on a team that has turned the ball over 20 times this season.