Lions vs. 49ers: Breaking Down the Matchup Out West

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00:00Here's our final Monday night football game of the 2024 NFL regular season and what is at stake for the conclusion of week?

00:0817 between the Lions and the 49ers in Santa Clara tonight the Niners a three and a half point home underdog

00:15against the 13 and to

00:18Detroit Lions 50 and a half is that total Donna we have talked about this at nausea now with where things stand and

00:26At length throughout this show this game does not actually matter

00:31for Detroit Windsor wins in the National Football League

00:34And they are never easy to come by and these guys are professionals that always want to win

00:41But the outcome of tonight's game has no impact on the Lions winning the NFC North

00:46Or being the number one overall seed in the NFC the only game that really matters is next week game

00:53272 the true regular season finale all around the NFL in the Motor City

00:58The Lions and the Vikings in a week 18 game as good as you will ever see

01:03But it's not week 18 just yet. So what are the Lions going to do here against the Niners in week 17?

01:10That's the big question mark

01:11But let's just go back on a little bit of history tour here Ben and I just need to go back to last year week

01:1618 my Philadelphia Eagles not playing so great to end the season. They could have actually improved their standing

01:22I believe by maybe a seed line if they'd beat the New York Giants at

01:25Giants or MetLife Stadium last year in the final week of the season

01:28But the springboard really was what they were telling us that you know what?

01:31We're gonna get right here. Even if we have to play our starters a quarter or two quarters three quarters here

01:36Let's get right before we head into the playoffs. They probably played their worst football game of the year

01:41Jalen Hurts on his throwing hand dislocated his middle finger fantastic

01:45And AJ Brown was lost for the season with a knee injury in that game

01:49Oh, yeah, Sidney Brown also blew his knee out and that as a key special teamer

01:52Then the Eagles went into the playoffs and got absolutely destroyed by Tampa Bay

01:55I'm not saying this is gonna happen for Detroit

01:57But let's play this out where we are talking about the Niners. It's not a good football team

02:02Which they aren't which the Giants were a horrendous football team last year

02:05Let's just say they do play the first half and nobody really gets injured, but they don't play

02:09Well, does that mean that Dan Quinn's like, you know what?

02:11We got to get a couple good drives in here and then possibility of injury in the second half

02:15You see I'm playing this out. I am NOT a Detroit Lions fan by any mark

02:19But when I see things like boy, you I don't think you're doing this and you're gonna play with fire tonight

02:24Let's just see Ben

02:25They play the entire football game play well put up 42 points and when 42 to 7 you still had your football team play

02:32Complete game and then have to play their biggest game of the season when also remind yourself that yesterday

02:37Minnesota played got their star running back banged up in that football game, but they needed to win it here

02:42They played all of their starters hard minutes all the way through that football game

02:47Do you know what's better for your football team tonight to say?

02:49You know what? I have 12 guys that I absolutely I'm not gonna play tonight my quarterback my tailback my two defensive ends

02:56My two offensive tackles and my two best players on defense

02:59They're not gonna play but let's just see how we can go out and play football in this game because what you can't have happen

03:04I

03:05Understand again with Dan Campbell's building and it's a football game and damn it

03:09You can get hurt in any game that you want

03:11But tell me this Ben in a meaningless preseason game, which Detroit had in game number three

03:17They played nobody this football game for Detroit tonight. Ben is

03:22Completely meaningless. Why are we playing key players all the way through this game or heck even starting the football game?

03:29That's why I'm breaking it down because if I say to myself if Detroit is gonna play their starters

03:33I'm just taking them in the first half

03:35They should win this to the better football team and they should move the football with ease

03:38That's the way I would play this game. No way shape or form

03:41I'm taking the plus three and a half or laying the three and a full game when I have no

03:45Idea what either one of these coaches is going to be doing Ben in the second half. That's the angle tonight

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