Lions vs. Jaguars NFL Showdown: Analyzing the Upcoming Game

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00:00So, looking ahead, as promised, we always take a gander at the Sunday slate and what

00:07games are circled.

00:08Look, I'm probably not going to name the sexiest game first, but this one's for you, production.

00:11Jacksonville Jaguars taking on the Detroit Lions, 13 and a half spread, 46 and a half

00:16on the total.

00:17Yeah, this is a 13 and a half is always a tough number in the NFL.

00:21Like, people are afraid to lay that much just because it's the NFL.

00:25Yeah.

00:26What's the trend we've always spoke about, or at least in the first portion of the season,

00:29underdogs, they're covering, they're winning.

00:30Do I expect the Jags to win?

00:31No.

00:32Do I expect them to cover?

00:33Maybe, but I also see what the Lions are coming off of Sunday night, a horrible game, five

00:40interceptions from Goff, and yeah, they won the game, but that's not the point.

00:44The point is to, like, right the ship, and going up against Jacksonville is a spot where

00:49I think we can legitimately see Montgomery and Gibbs coming in the backfield, both rush

00:54for 60-plus, 70-plus, whatever it might be, and to take that pressure off of Jared Goff.

00:59You've seen Goff start games where he's literally 13 of 13, which is the complete opposite of

01:03what we saw with five interceptions.

01:05So let's get back to some of that script.

01:07It's like, hey, let's control the offense, round game first, 60-plus yards, 70-plus

01:12yards for both of them.

01:13Goff doesn't have to do too much.

01:14Absolutely.

01:15Force them to play our game, not the other way around, and like we said before the break,

01:18it was a learning experience for a Lions team that's honestly expected to probably make

01:22a Super Bowl career.

01:23I was thinking about this, like, Dan Campbell would probably say, this is a good, like,

01:27you can't just cruise through things, like, you want to get punched in the mouth to know

01:30what you actually can stand, and that's what happened.

01:32It was a horrible game from a team perspective, but they won, and they have to take and move on.

01:37I love that.

01:38I love that.

01:39You got to taste copper sometimes.

01:40It doesn't taste great, but you'll remember that you never want to taste it again.