Green Bay @ Detroit - TNF thread

[TheFunPolice]

2 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Their four losses were against teams with five losses combined.  They'll be a threat as a Wild Card.

 

They had the 49ers beat last playoffs before melting down 

 

They really should have been in the NFC title game vs Detroit 

[NickelCity]

14 minutes ago, buffblue said:

That sure looked like OPI on St Brown. Detroit got away with one

 

Tbf that holding call on them a couple plays before was very soft

[Big Blitz]

3 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

You’re going to have to steal possessions. 
 

34-111 for Detroit on the ground, that’s a win. 
 

It just felt like Detroit had the ball 2/3rds of the time tonight. 

 

Bc they did - 36 mins TOI

[Beck Water]

4 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

The Lions are no longer a feel good story. They are a team with a horseshoe jammed up their backsides with a meathead coach. I started to hate them when they ran up the score two weeks ago, and not they are my new least favorite NFC team. I hope they lose out.

 

They don’t look like a team that is likely to fulfill your hopes.  

 

And the Bills are getting them off a mini-bye with West Coast travel.

[Big Blitz]

 

The Packers D is very……not good to go in there and win

[NickelCity]

I'll reiterate that I want nothing to do with the Lions in the Superbowl 

[RiotAct]

8 minutes ago, Billznut said:

Worked out well for Detroit. They had full rest going into this Thursday night game, which rarely happens and now they have 10 days to sit home and get ready for us. 

I bet at least 2/3rds of their guys currently on IR come back for the Bills game, too

[Big Turk]

4 minutes ago, NickelCity said:

I'll reiterate that I want nothing to do with the Lions in the Superbowl 

 

Why? The team with the better QB has the advantage in the playoffs unless the other team has a huge advantage on defense which they do not.

Edited December 6 by Big Turk

[DapperCam]

You would think that the announcers would know, after watching probably tens of thousands of hours of football between them, that calling consecutive timeouts is a delay of game penalty, so there was no way the Lions could have been trying to draw the Packers Offside.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Are you really going to be able to sit back in soft zone? 

[Beck Water]

3 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

The Packers D is very……not good to go in there and win

 

The Packers were missing what, 4 starters on D?  Or 3 going into the game then lost a guy early on?

 

The Lions were missing 3 guys too, but they handled it better whether that’s coaching, belief in themselves, higher quality backups - I don’t know.

 

Dan Campbell definitely has them believing.  I was wrong about Campbell, I thought he was a buffoon.

 

 

1 minute ago, DapperCam said:

You would think that the announcers would know, after watching probably tens of thousands of hours of football between them, that calling consecutive timeouts is a delay of game penalty, so there was no way the Lions could have been trying to draw the Packers Offside.

 

DOG is what, 5 yards?  Is a 43 yd field goal that much different?

[NickelCity]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Why? The team with the better QB has the advantage in the playoffs unless the other team has a huge advantage on defense which they do not.

 

Easily the most potent offense in the league. And they show that they have no problem stacking long drives together. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Are you really going to be able to sit back in soft zone? 

packers played a lot of Man and blitzed a bunch, and it failed.

 

I think we are going to play our bend don’t break zone, and try to disguise looks and rush 4.  Not sure that will work either. 

[Billsfanatic8989]

Bills can definitely beat these injured Lions. Not saying they will. But I give us a 50% chance. 

[Big Turk]

3 minutes ago, NickelCity said:

 

Easily the most potent offense in the league. And they show that they have no problem stacking long drives together. 

 

Advanced Metrics don't say that.

 

They say Baltimore's is the best followed by the Bills and Commanders with Lions 4th in terms of EPA/play.

 

 

[NickelCity]

4 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Advanced Metrics don't say that.

 

They say Baltimore's is the best followed by the Bills and Commanders with Lions 4th in terms of EPA/play.

 

 

 

I'm all for it. Glad we're doing so well in EPA. I'm just a guy who watches football, and to my eye their reliable chain-moving offense looks like a problem for how we play defense.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

1 minute ago, NickelCity said:

 

I'm all for it. Glad we're doing so well in EPA. I'm just a guy who watches football, and to my eye their reliable chain-moving offense looks like a problem for how we play defense.

Yeah, they have a little bit of everything - a good offensive line with a great RT, a power back, a speed back, a complete Tight End, an elite possession WR, a true deep threat, a play caller who is creative and uses a ton of play action, and a Coach who goes for anything closer than 4th-3, and a veteran ball distribution QB. 

[cle23]

39 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Why? The team with the better QB has the advantage in the playoffs unless the other team has a huge advantage on defense which they do not.

 

And one of the best ways to nullify a great QB is to control the clock, which the Lions are very capable of.  

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

packers played a lot of Man and blitzed a bunch, and it failed.

 

I think we are going to play our bend don’t break zone, and try to disguise looks and rush 4.  Not sure that will work either. 

 

The packers were missing 4 starters on D I believe

[Mikie2times]

They’re beatable. Goff can look borderline incompetent at times.
 

Can we pressure him?

 

Will we be prepared to defend the run on 3rd and 6?
 

Can we do all this and not over pursue as you know they will be screen heavy?

 

Can we try and force some 3 and outs and not live in bend but don’t break?

 

They have played a lot of cupcakes and they can really make those teams look bad, but really, just about any team worth a salt has taken them to the wire. This will be a 50/50 game. In fact, match up wise, the Eagles are even more physical. Even worse for us. Ultimately I also think they will represent the NFC and not the darling Lions.