Lions Vs. Vikings Preview and Predictions

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00:00It's strength on strength here.

00:04But I do like the Lions to be able to move the football through the air, and it's mostly

00:08my faith.

00:09Yeah, I think the offensive line's going to have their day.

00:11The offensive line, which is, I'll argue, the best in the NFL, just goes out and does

00:18what they do, and they are playing very well right now.

00:21Well, I obviously have raised concerns about how the pass rush is going to look without

00:27Aiden Hutchinson, but I actually have faith in the secondary that they can get things

00:30done.

00:31I like the secondary.

00:32I like that Brian Branch is, you know, a do-it-all safety.

00:36You know who else likes that is Aaron Glenn.

00:39Yeah.

00:40Aaron Glenn loves his safeties to be able to do it all.

00:42I like the athleticism of the linebackers.

00:44I think the Lions' defense is better than people give them credit for, that they'll

00:49be able to absorb this hit without Hutch for, hopefully for the rest of the season, they'll

00:55be able to handle it fine, but it's going to, you're going to have to rely on the offense

00:59scoring a ton of points.

01:01Like you mentioned, Vikings lead the league in quarterback rating against, and it's, I

01:06mean, the Lions are third, they're not far behind, but what the Vikings do is they turn

01:10you over.

01:1111 interceptions is a ton of interceptions in five games.

01:16They're getting after it.

01:17They're making things happen there.

01:19They've got 20 quarterback sacks in the five games, too, as a defense.

01:24They're bringing it defensively, but they've not faced an offensive line like the Lions

01:28have.

01:30And right now it appears this Lions offensive line is totally healthy.

01:35They got two healthy running backs.

01:36They got a healthy room of receivers and tight ends.

01:40I like the Lions offense going against the Vikings defense.

01:46From the other side, I feel like we've, we've been able to, the Lions have been able to

01:52withstand anything the Vikings throw at them in the past.

01:55Like you look at last year, Vikings had all these yards and it didn't matter because in

02:00the end their quarterback wasn't good enough.

02:03I'm not sold that Sam Darnold's somehow reinvented himself and he's the guy.

02:08I think Sam Darnold is an average quarterback who's playing with well above average toys

02:14right now.

02:15And because of that, he's going to look better.

02:18This is a big game for Sam Darnold.

02:20This is a huge game for Sam Darnold.

02:22And maybe this is a game where we all eat crow on this.

02:24Those that don't, don't believe in them, people like me or, or not.

02:30Or this is a game where the Lions show up that their offense is just better.

02:34I think it's interesting.

02:35You got a shootout with two teams that are very good against the pass.

02:40Well, it's because of my faith in the Lions offensive line, the receivers, Jerry Goff

02:45coupled with the loss of Aiden Hutchinson.

02:50I don't know where Lions defense is going to settle in, but it's probably going to take

02:54a step back.

02:55Let's be honest.

02:56And so the thing about Darnold, and this is one of the reasons why I give the Lions a

03:01bit of an edge, and you said you weren't so sure about Sam Darnold.

03:07Like I said, if I were doing this show in Minnesota and I were covering the Vikings,

03:12you kind of look for some things, some trends.

03:15You look for, you know, what, what's going on with our team.

03:19All right.

03:20And, and if you go back two games ago, the Vikings are coming off a buy, so they got

03:23to feel good about that.

03:24But if you go back two games ago, they're playing green Bay.

03:28They roar out to a 28 to seven lead.

03:30You remember that?

03:32And at that point, their possessions after the 28, seven lead were as follows punt, interception,

03:42punt, punt, fumble, field goal, punt, turnover on downs.

03:49Then last time out, Minnesota played the best pass defense they played this year in terms

03:53of QBR against, that's the Jets.

03:56The best pressure rate Sam Darnold has faced this year, the Jets.

04:02In that game, Sam Darnold goes 14 for 31 for 179 yards.

04:10No touchdowns, one pick and a 50.3 rating.

04:16So going back to when Minnesota took a 28 to seven lead at green Bay, which was midway

04:23through the second quarter.

04:24And it was impressive.

04:25Don't get me wrong.

04:26Did they take the foot off the gas?

04:27Maybe we'll find out if they've, they've kind of gotten into an offensive rut.

04:33It's six plus quarters of meager results.

04:39Now they won both those games, obviously, but it's something that, again, if we were

04:44doing the show in Minnesota, I'd be like, okay, this is an important game for Sam Darnold

04:51to show that that's just ebbs and flows of the season.

04:56It's not, it's not the, you know, him reverting to what something he was because he is one

05:01of the great stories in the NFL right now.

05:03He really is.

05:04Yeah.

05:05I would argue that it doesn't trend well, that the second half of that game against

05:10the Packers, that they were just a sieve and the Packers damn near caught them.

05:14And then they, they're not very explosive against the Jets on the Jets have a good defense,

05:19but you know, the Jets still made it a game and I don't think the Jets are that good.

05:26So I mean, right now I'm thinking, I like the Lions on this game.

05:33I still respect what the Vikings can do defensively, but I respect what the offense for the lines

05:39can do more.

05:40I, I, you said what, 34, 28 and kind of a shootout.

05:44I'm looking more like a 24, 20 game with the Lions on top.

05:49I think the Lions are, they do a really good job of playing with a chip on their shoulder

05:55and playing with a purpose and playing with incentive.

05:59And they've got all of that this week.

06:01You know, it's not just, Oh, we're playing a five and old Vikings.

06:04We're on the road.

06:05It's a, there is so much of win it for Hutch mentality.

06:09And also you can ride that for a minute.

06:10You can ride that for a minute.

06:11And this is the minute.

06:12And not only that, but then you've got the chip on the shoulder from the guys in the

06:16defense that may be like, okay, we're more than just Hutchinson, dude.

06:20We got a really, really good defense.

06:22Yeah.

06:23We're going to miss Hutch, but the rest of us here, we got jobs to do.

06:27We're really good players.

06:28We can make this happen.

06:29We got a soundbite from Aaron Glenn later in the show lines, defensive coordinator.

06:33And he, he was defiant in him and say, here's what I don't want anyone to do.

06:40Dismiss what we have on the defensive side of the ball.

06:43Cause Hutch is gone.

06:44He was defiant and you know, he's stirring that pot behind closed doors.

06:48Oh yeah.

06:49Yeah.

06:50Kang, what's your gut telling you on this game?

06:53I too, like get her, don't have a super strong feeling.

06:55And I also think as we get closer to the game, I'm going to feel more jitters because

06:59it's going to be a, I think it's underrated how big of a game this is, honestly.

07:03And I didn't even know nationally, they weren't pumping it up, which they should be.

07:06This is incredible offense versus an undefeated team.

07:10But my lean Doug is the lines are so good offensively, then it starts with the offensive

07:15line that they will, they will impose their will in this game as they will the rest of

07:20the season on teams, even without Hutchinson on the defense side of the ball.

07:23I think they're just a very, very good team and they'll win this game on the road.

07:27The Hutch loss is big, but I still think overall the rest of the defense is better than last

07:32year.

07:33The rest of the defense.

07:34What concerns me is the injury report right now, Carlton Davis hasn't practiced the last

07:39couple of days.

07:40I'm a little concerned with that with Justin Jefferson on the other side.

07:42I don't know if I trust a handsy rookie cornerback alone out there with them.

07:47But with that being said, I think the offense is too good for the Lions to lose.

07:50Aiden Hutchinson also hasn't practiced.

07:52Are you sure?

07:53Yeah.

07:54Kevin Zeitler was limited yesterday.

07:56That's the extent of the Lions injury report as far as guys that are available.

08:01And Minnesota see a big part of Minnesota to my feeling on this game changes a lot of

08:07I find that Aaron Jones can't play.

08:09He was limited in practice.

08:10The belief is he may play Hutch or not Hutch TJ Hawkinson is a little bit sounds like it's

08:18a little bit more dicey his situation, but all right, here's what we want to do.

08:22Turn it over to you.

08:23Kang, did you give a score?

08:24You didn't give a score.

08:25Are you still putting one together?

08:26Uh, yeah.

08:27I may have had to pick a score right now.

08:28I think the office is too good.

08:29I'm going to go 29 to 19, 29, 19.

08:35I thought you'd appreciate that, Gator.

08:39I think it's interesting.

08:40I like it.

08:41It's like Kang's got the computer going on.

08:42It spits out a number.

08:43It makes no sense, but it's a computer.

08:45It's an algorithm.

08:4629, 19.

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