The reigning NFL MVP still wants to play Sunday at Ford Field, even though that would increase his chances of getting injured.

The Packers (13-3) are closing the regular season strong with five straight wins, earning home-field advantage in the conference playoffs for the second straight year and winning the NFC North for the third season in a row.

The Lions (2-13-1) are limping toward the end of coach Dan Campbell's first season with injuries and pandemic protocols ravaging their roster.

Jared Goff missed last Sunday's loss at Seattle with a knee injury after being on the reserve/COVID-19 list the previous week when Detroit lost at Atlanta.

Even though the sixth-year quarterback doesn't need to play the Packers, he hopes to be healthy enough to face them.

If Goff isn't cleared to compete, former Green Bay backup Tim Boyle is expected to make his fourth career start.

Green Bay's Davante Adams already has broken his own single-season franchise record with 117 catches and he's closing in on another mark. He has 1,498 yards receiving, putting him perhaps a couple catches away from breaking Jordy Nelson's single-season team record of 1,519 yards receiving that he set in 2014 when Adams was a rookie.

Like Rodgers, the star receiver isn't afraid of getting hurt in a game without stakes for the team.

Detroit has had a lot go wrong this season, but general manager Brad Holmes clearly made the right call when he drafted USC receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown in the fourth round. St. Brown is the first rookie in league history to have eight-plus catches in five straight games. Randy Moss, Odell Beckham Jr. and St. Brown are the three rookies in NFL history to have 90-plus yards receiving and a touchdown reception in four straight games.

St. Brown has 82 receptions, a franchise record for a rookie and is 15 yards receiving away from breaking Roy Williams' team record of 817 yards receiving for a first-year player with the Lions.

The Packers have a league-low 10 turnovers this season and have a plus-16 turnover margin that matches Indianapolis for the NFL lead. Meanwhile, the Lions have lost a lot in part because of a minus-7 turnover margin.