Ravens vs. Packers | NFL Week 17 Breakdown & Best Bets: Battle of the Backups
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Fri Dec 26, 2025, 4:49 pm ET
Read Time: 5 minutes
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The Ravens head to Lambeau this week with their season on the line. It looks like both teams might be starting their backup QBs in this inter-conference battle and both teams are still in need of wins. Let's jump right into this one.
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Game Information
Matchup Information
- Location: Lambeau Field; Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Date: Saturday, December 27th, 2025
- Kickoff: 8:20 PM EST
Quarterback Matchup
- Baltimore Ravens: Tyler Huntley (2-3; 2024 – 165.8 YPG | 3 TD | 3 INT)
- Green Bay Packers: Malik Willis (2-0; 2024 – 162.0 YPG | 2 TD | 0 INT)
Betting Odds
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Analysis & Breakdown
Mr. Willis
With Jordan Love officially out for Week 17, the Green Bay Packers will turn to Malik Willis to help keep their divisional hopes alive. The Packers secured a playoff spots with Detroit's loss on Christmas Day and now with that locked up, it's time to turn their attention to the divisional crown.
The Chicago Bears can lock up the division with a win on Monday night, but before that the Packers need to secure a win to keep themselves alive. Willis is set to make his first start of the year, last week being the most snaps he's seen in a single game this year. Willis completed 9 of his 11 passes for 12 yards and 1 touchdown and almost helped the Packers to a win.
Green Bay's defense is without Micah Parsons for the rest of the year in their first full game without him they looked good. The Packers held the Bears to just three points through three quarters of last week's game and had they not given up an onside kick, they'd have held them to six total points and just 283 yards of total offense.
The Packers defense is more than capable of stifling opponents, they just can't continue to make these mental mistakes.
Mr. Huntley
The Ravens are somehow still alive in the playoff race. It doesn't help that Lamar Jackson is doubtful for this week's matchup and it doesn't help that their defense has been absolutely terrible. Baltimore ranks 16th in points allowed and 27th in pass yards allowed. The team's had the benefit of facing some lesser opponents and it's artificially juiced some of their defensive stats
Offensively it might be even tougher this week with Tyler Huntley under center. Huntley's started one game this year, completing 17 of his 22 passes for 186 yards and 1 touchdown. This came against a really bad Bears secondary so it doesn't exactly give me confidence.
Lastly, a loss this week would officially eliminate Baltimore from the playoffs, so with that in mind I expect the Ravens to put everything they've got out on that field.
Sunday Night's Best Bets
Malik Willis o36.5 Rushing Yards (-110) | Lucky Rebel
Malik Willis is 26 years old, in his fourth year in the NFL and second year with the Pack. He's started just two games with for Green Bay but both have resulted in wins and Malik making big plays when needed. He cleared this line in both starts last year and last week when he entered the game for Jordan Love.
Willis has five career starts and he's cleared this line in four of those five games. He's averaging 41.8 rush yards per game as a starter and 6.4 rush attempts per game. This week's game has a ton on the line for both teams and the weather's looking cold, rainy and windy. It's looking a like an ugly, run the ball type of game and I'm predicting Malik Willis to have a big impact this week.
In addition to the rushing yards, I did bet his Anytime Touchdowns at 4 to 1 odds. It feels just a little bit short to me with the lack of rushing touchdowns in his career and with how this Ravens team has defended mobile QBs.
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