Why Lions Will WIN Tonight Vs. Packers

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Jim and Jon give their reasons why the Lions will beat the Packers on Thursday Night Football

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00:00John, you wanted to make that very clear today that you believe strongly, and I agree with

00:06you.

00:07We expect the Lions to win tonight.

00:09I do.

00:10And I mean, if you missed the pick segment, again, go back on the Odyssey app, use a rewind

00:14feature and listen to it.

00:15But I'll kind of repeat some of the facts that I talked about yesterday when I was thinking

00:20about the concern level.

00:23And then I started thinking, okay, let's go position by position or just side of the ball.

00:28This, to me, is much more dynamic and better than it was last year.

00:34You got a one-two tandem, and yeah, there were moments last year where it was Gibbs

00:38more at the end of the year than it was at the beginning of the year, and moments where

00:42it was Montgomery.

00:43But I think this offense, the backs, J-Mo coming on this year and giving that deep threat,

00:50Tim Reynolds being the, not Tim Reynolds, Tim, what's his name?

00:55Patrick.

00:56Yeah, Tim Patrick.

00:57Playing the role of Josh Reynolds.

00:59Yes.

01:00There we go.

01:01Is, you know, I think he's been a good signing and he has added to this offense.

01:04We haven't talked as much about Sam Laporta because he hasn't been as big of, he hasn't

01:09had as big of a year as he had last year, but it's because they have so many weapons.

01:14They have so many different ways to attack you.

01:16And this offense is better than last year.

01:19Special teams, better than last year.

01:20I think Sione Vacchi was a, it was a sneaky, good draft pick because of what he offers

01:28them on special teams.

01:30Defense, the secondary is leaps and bounds better than it was last year.

01:35And they're banged up up front.

01:37I get that.

01:38But I still think the defense at this point of the year, even banged up, is going to perform

01:42better than the defense did last year at the end of the year.

01:46And that's a defense that was part of an NFC championship run.

01:49So Packers coming in here, a team that has a quarterback that is third in the NFL, not

01:55having played every game in interceptions, he's going to give you opportunities.

01:59The Lions will take advantage of those opportunities and the offense will capitalize on them.

02:04The injuries we've hit on them.

02:06They're going to miss Taylor Decker.

02:07They're going to miss three defensive linemen, including DJ reader.

02:10It's noticeable.

02:11It's going to be more difficult.

02:13And I think for a mortal football team, it would be, it would be enough with a mortal

02:19leader.

02:20Yeah.

02:21That would be enough to trip them up.

02:22And I think what we've watched all year is the Lions have avoided those, those, those

02:27pitfalls because they're a cut above, because they're not your typical football team.

02:31They're a special football team.

02:32And along the way, they've won me over.

02:34They've won a lot of you over.

02:35And I think you got to stick with them tonight.

02:36I expect the Lions to win tonight.

02:38Listen, anything can happen.

02:39It's an NFL game.

02:40It could be close.

02:41I expect the Lions to win tonight.

02:42I'm not hoping the Lions win.

02:43I expect it.

02:44And some of what you said is exactly that.

02:46It may need to be a game where you win with your offense.

02:49The Lions have the number one offense in the NFL.

02:52It's a pretty good spot.

02:53If you need your offense to win at home, indoors, golf with all the weapons, you may have to

02:57possess the ball.

02:58I think TOP is going to be so important tonight, keeping the ball away from green Bay, keeping

03:03your defense off the field, Detroit going on long sustained drive that they finish in

03:08the end zone.

03:09They have the best offense in football.

03:10That's the biggest reason I believe in them tonight, but it's not the only reason.

03:13The other one is what you said, Jordan love most interceptions per game this year.

03:17I got branch.

03:19I got Joseph and Joseph loves playing against the Packers.

03:21I get a takeaway or two, and that keeps the defense off the field.

03:25They find a way to get it done tonight, shorthanded, battered and bruised.

03:29They find a way they are that special football team.

03:32And when you, when you make a case like this, right, it, it, it makes, it can come across

03:36as they're never going to lose another game.

03:38Like I don't necessarily think that they're going to be a 16 and one team.

03:41I think it's more likely 15 and two.

03:44I don't know where that loss comes, but you know, if it's, I guess it's the reason isn't

03:48going to be because of the injuries.

03:51A team Bay could show up tonight.

03:52Like Milwaukee did on, on, was it Friday night for the Pistons?

03:56Where I've got to remember what night that game was Sunday night, whatever.

04:00Two days ago, was it Monday night?

04:01Oh, it seems like so, so long ago where, where, you know what, hey, they just come out and,

04:06and they're just hitting on everything.

04:08Like we, we saw that, you know, sometimes with, with the lions, when they go every possession

04:13and they just, they just score like you can have a team that shows up and they just, things

04:18don't go wrong for them.

04:19just hot and and they can win a game they could steal a game from you but the

04:23reason that they the reason that won't be is because of the injuries I think

04:28this defense is still good enough to beat the Green Bay Packers and then you

04:32take in the other two phases and it can be a dominant dominant game I don't know

04:36what the other shows are gonna do today we just do our part we're setting the

04:39tone in the morning we expect the Lions to win we've offered you a choice are

04:43you in camp expect to win or in camp hope to win and this is a disclaimer if

04:48you call in and you don't believe they're gonna win today we're not gonna

04:50call you names we just want you to show your work if you don't see it the way we

04:54see it that's okay this is a tough spot for the Lions what are we missing why

04:58would they lose this game 2 4 8 5 3 9 97 97 I mean I kind of outlined one of

05:04the reasons where Green Bay just shows up and and you know everything clicks on

05:08one night it happens in sports if their defense is on the field a long time they

05:13don't have the depth the Lions yeah if the Lions defense is on the field for a

05:17long time and it's it's Jacobs and they're running the ball and and you're

05:20huffing and puffing and your defenses that third quarter that fourth quarter

05:24and you you get lions right they do what you want to do to them it becomes this

05:30tug-of-war who's gonna go on longer more physical drives and not just possessing

05:35the ball but scoring touchdowns because it could end up being a high-scoring

05:37game I trust the Lions to win that game more than I do and it's nothing against

05:41it Jacobs good running back Lafleur is a good coach they're gonna have some

05:45success offensively the Lions will have more success yeah and you look at the

05:49secondary and and here's the other thing when I when I compare in last year's

05:52defense this we all love Alex Anzalone I think he is an intense player he's a

05:56leader of this defense but as a player on the field I think Jack Campbell is

06:00superior I just do from what he offers this team in terms of athletic ability

06:05sideline to sideline downhill being able to drop back into coverage his skill set

06:10is just greater than Alex Anzalone and I don't want to disparage anything that

06:14Anzalone has done but I think that's an upgrade it was one that was forced

06:19because of injury and we stall we still saw Jack Campbell on the field all the

06:22time and he was it was a good player but in position by position he's an upgrade

06:27they lose this game we could be a wild-card team like what's at stake we

06:33talk about how important this game is yeah but it's well they won't be a

06:39wild-card team tomorrow morning no they'd wake up with two losses

06:43Minnesota has two losses and Detroit has the head-to-head tiebreaker well and

06:46they play Minnesota at the end of the year to settle the division if it comes

06:49down to it but people have pointed out that they are a fine line a loss here a

06:55loss there and they're the five seed it is frustrating sure that this season

06:59there are still two other two lost teams right there that's pretty pretty not

07:04much not the norm maybe one year you might like one rain but not two that is

07:08annoying I I have to I still think that's the past talking to me when that

07:13I start thinking about that you know I see the Vikings there and it's like in

07:16reality I think the Lions are such a step above them as a team you know and

07:21then the number one seed with the Eagles are you're just like okay come on you're

07:25gonna lose three or four games right any day now yeah that's like I said that's

07:29the past coming to me and it's just I I can't I can't completely shake it yet

07:34Greg's dying to say something you know who's unlucky the Eagles cuz

07:38they're in a tear and they're still behind the Lions you know also lucky the

07:41Vikings cuz they're in a tear and they're still behind the Lions think of

07:44it as those teams are the unlucky ones cuz they are having great seasons and

07:48are still behind the line right yeah I mean Lions fans are feeling the pressure

07:51because this is a new position they've never been in the number one like last

07:55year we were hoping okay if this happens this happens this happens we could be a

07:58one seed but he doesn't have PTSD and I do I think the expectations are part of

08:04this too right like for Minnesota they never dreamed they'd be in a position to

08:08win this division in December and here they are nipping at their heels looking

08:12at the Lions injury report probably going yes just drop one open the door

08:15and if I'm an Eagles fan certainly the expectations are high there but they're

08:20not the favorite to win the Super Bowl right now so again they're probably

08:23going hey just give us give us an out an inch give us just a little bit of room

08:27to jump in and steal that one seed away and while Greg's right it's all about how

08:31you frame this we are framing it from our perspective as Lions fans and you

08:35don't want to give up any ground and this would be an NFC loss tonight if

08:38they lose it's a it's a critically important game but but let's also okay I

08:42think that's a great exercise to go through looking at it from Minnesota's

08:45point of view looking at it from the Eagles point of view what do we got to

08:48do to finally get in head in front of the Lions let's look at it from Green

08:51Bay and we're looking at it from from our perspective where a defensive lines

08:55banged up they'd like to run the ball well what else are the Lions good at

08:59we're really good at throwing the ball who's out for Green Bay Jair Alexander

09:02Jair Alexander Ballantyne who you know okay whatever it's still he's a corner

09:07it's depth yeah and Edger and Cooper who's their linebacker who they use in

09:11coverage a lot yeah they rush him too but that's a guy that's gonna have to

09:13help cover Laporta and all some of these other you know mid-level passing game

09:18yeah he's a player yeah so I mean you're looking at it from their perspective

09:23thinking well how do we stop this passing attack

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