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AP staff Thursday Night Football preview, predictions and discussion for Week 4

The Chiefs play the Jets on Sunday night — but the action opens with the Lions at the Packers on TNF.

Detriot Lions v Green Bay Packers Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images

This weekend, the (2-1) Kansas City Chiefs will be in New Jersey to take on the (1-2) New York Jets for “Sunday Night Football.”

But Week 4 of the NFL season kicks off with an NFC North “Thursday Night Footballshowdown between the (2-1) Detroit Lions and the (2-1) Green Bay Packers from the legendary Lambeau Field.

Since defeating the Chiefs 21-20 at Arrowhead during Week 1, the Lions collected a 37-31 home loss to the Seattle Seahawks (in overtime) before going on the road to grab a 20-6 win against the Atlanta Falcons. Meanwhile, the Packers opened their season with a 38-20 win over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, registered a 25-24 loss to the Falcons in Atlanta — and then in their home opener, defeated the New Orleans Saints 18-17.

According to DraftKings Sportsbook, the Lions are favored by 2.5 points.

Here are our picks for Thursday night’s game. Be sure to cast your vote, too — and discuss the game in the comments!


Arrowhead Pride readers pick

READER RECORD: 32-16-0

Poll

Which team wins Lions (2-1) at Packers (2-1)?

This poll is closed

  • 64%
    Lions
    (99 votes)
  • 35%
    Packers
    (54 votes)
153 votes total Vote Now

Reader Record by Week

Predictions W-L-T
Week 1 picks 10-6-0
Week 2 picks 12-4-0
Week 3 picks 10-6-0
Total 32-16-0

AP Staff Record

TW LW Staffer W L T Pct
1 1 Ron Kopp Jr. 35 13 0 0.7292
2 1 Jared Sapp 33 15 0 0.6875
2 4 Pete Sweeney 33 15 0 0.6875
4 6 John Dixon 32 16 0 0.6667
5 3 Price Carter 31 16 0 0.6596
5 6 Matt Stagner 31 16 0 0.6596
5 9 Rocky Magaña 31 16 0 0.6596
8 6 Stephen Serda 30 18 0 0.6250
9 10 Ashley Justice 29 19 0 0.6042
10 5 Kramer Sansone 28 20 0 0.5833
10 11 Nate Christensen 28 20 0 0.5833
12 12 Maurice Elston 18 14 0 0.5625
13 13 Dakota Watson 25 23 0 0.5208

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