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Packers vs. Lions Week 4 Picks: Predicting Thursday Night Football

Tonight, the face off with the in a big early-season NFC North battle on Thursday Night Football. Currently, this game carries a narrow point spread in favor of the visiting Lions, with the Packers sitting as 2-point underdogs as of Thursday morning.

That spread has opened up slightly, as the Lions were favored by 1.5 points for much of the week. That may be a result of the Packers ruling out David Bakhtiari and Elgton Jenkins on Wednesday and reports on Thursday that Jaire Alexander is expected to miss tonight’s game.

Still, the Packers are likely to have some reinforcements coming in.