Key NFC North Showdown: Vikings vs. Lions Analysis

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00:005-0 against 4-1.

00:07Division favorite on the line.

00:09It's very possible that conference favorite is on the line.

00:12Let's get crazy.

00:13If it's Super Bowl favorite, be on the line with a win here.

00:18It's possible.

00:19It's possible.

00:20We've got the Minnesota Vikings laying one and a half points at home, Donnie, to maybe

00:25becoming your Detroit Lions.

00:28Big game here in the NFC North.

00:30I love this.

00:31This game is absolutely fantastic.

00:33Now understand this, as we set up the two biggest games of the day, old school Donnie

00:37Wright side would say, let's just go 2012, 2013, 2014.

00:40Let me get this straight here.

00:43Team off a bye, unbeaten on the season, maybe not getting enough respect as they should

00:47on both sides here.

00:48I'd be eating up Kansas City and also the Minnesota Vikings.

00:51I'm not doing that.

00:52And sometimes I let my eyes deceive me at times in my older age, because I love everything

00:57that the Detroit Lions are doing right now, Kevin, defensively, offensively, and coming

01:01into the season.

01:02I said Detroit would have the best offense in the NFL.

01:05Why?

01:06Predicated on the best offensive line, the best running game, legitimate wide receivers,

01:09a top three play caller in Ben Johnson, maybe in some circles, the best overall.

01:14So I'll start there.

01:15I'm looking at the Lions to go in and say, we are the best team in this division.

01:19We are the best team in this conference.

01:21We're going to show it today.

01:22I agree with them.

01:23And he's old as dirt.

01:24Don't make no mistake about it.

01:26Born in 71.

01:27Born in 71.

01:28I'll just, I'll say this with the breakdown, the way Jared Goff has played over the past

01:34couple of weeks, 36 of 43 completions, 313 yards, three touchdowns.

01:39They torched the Dallas secondary, Jamison Williams steps up, big touchdown, right?

01:44Three catches, 76 yards, Laporta.

01:47They just have multiple weapons and the continuity on the offensive line is just coming together.

01:52They're protecting Jared Goff.

01:54They're running the football.

01:55The defense is forcing turnovers on multiple occasions.

01:58They're just finding ways to dominate teams.

02:01It might be close for a half, but then they just find ways to pull away in the second

02:05half.

02:06They did it against Seattle, right?

02:07In the fourth quarter.

02:08When I look at this game, the biggest concern for me, guys, is Sam Donald, right?

02:13Second half against the Jets.

02:14He did not look good, 179 yards in that game.

02:17I think they're going to have to run it a little bit more.

02:20We know Aaron Jones banged up and out.

02:22Mike Chandler, can he do exactly what Aaron Jones does in that offense?

02:27This has to be a J.J. game, Kev.

02:30If anybody's going to break out, I took J.J. over the 91 and a half.

02:33He's got to get to 125 to take the pressure off everybody else in that lineup.

02:39I think this is a really tricky game for me where Minnesota is in an incredible spot.

02:48We're at home off a buy against a team who just had probably the best performance in

02:53the history of their head coach.

02:56We try and sell high, right?

02:58The number, I cannot bet.

03:01I've watched the Vikings play every single one of these teams this season and catch points.

03:06Every single one of them.

03:07Detroit just went to Dallas and laid three and a half.

03:11I was a little bit surprised to see that number, right?

03:13I bet Dallas last week obviously got punched around with black and blues.

03:17That's fine.

03:18That's how it is.

03:19But to see now Detroit, I know it's light, I know it's small, but it all matters to me.

03:24A dog in this game.

03:26The Vikings being a full four, four and a half points better than the Dallas Cowboys.

03:30I don't know.

03:31That still sounds like a lot.

03:32Maybe I'm holding on to some Cowboys priors too much.

03:34It's just one of those things where in a perfect world, this is Detroit minus three.

03:40I'm on Minnesota, eyes closed.

03:42Let's hope for the best.

03:43At the number, I can't get there.

03:45What I can get to though, is I'm on Ross St. Brown bouncing back in a monster way.

03:51A pair of games under 75 receiving yards.

03:53Well, he will step up like every single number one wide receiver so far Donnie has against

03:59this Minnesota defense because they'll put teams sometimes behind the eight ball and

04:03you got to go.

04:04Who do you trust the most?

04:05If you look the number one wideouts, they face five of them are averaging a hundred

04:09yards per game and they're stars.

04:11Don't get me wrong that they've gone against Garrett Wilson.

04:14You know, Niko Collins, Debo Samuel, but all of these guys are getting through 75 plus

04:20I'm in rod does the same.

04:21And also I'm going to rise wonderful red zone trades.

04:23It weighs a good wide receiver understandably, but he's not that big stature guy.

04:26We're throwing fades in the back of the end zone too.

04:28He's unbelievable with that slip screen inside the five to 10 yard line to get in the end

04:32zone or just making a great move around the pylon.

04:34Hear me out on this though.

04:35If you're looking to bet the Minnesota Vikings Joe for me in this game, I just come down

04:39to and say, it's got to be on Justin Jefferson.

04:41If he's held below his number, they don't win this football game because the way you

04:45attack that secondary for Detroit is the way you can win.

04:47And also what's going to hold up on that defensive line.

04:49Aidan Hutchinson is one of the best pass rushers in the NFL this year.

04:51He's no longer going to be there.

04:53Does he come back for a Superbowl run?

04:54Probably not at this point, but also Aaron Jones, when he's healthy, that offense cooked.

04:59How healthy is he today?

05:00Joe?

05:01I don't know.

05:02He's banged up and Minnesota's second best rush defense.

05:04So that's, that's a cause of concern for the game.

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