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Lions vs. 49ers: Breaking Down the Matchup Out West
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12/30/2024
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Here's our final Monday night football game of the 2024 NFL regular season and what is at stake for the conclusion of week?
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17 between the Lions and the 49ers in Santa Clara tonight the Niners a three and a half point home underdog
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against the 13 and to
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Detroit Lions 50 and a half is that total Donna we have talked about this at nausea now with where things stand and
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At length throughout this show this game does not actually matter
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for Detroit Windsor wins in the National Football League
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And they are never easy to come by and these guys are professionals that always want to win
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But the outcome of tonight's game has no impact on the Lions winning the NFC North
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Or being the number one overall seed in the NFC the only game that really matters is next week game
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272 the true regular season finale all around the NFL in the Motor City
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The Lions and the Vikings in a week 18 game as good as you will ever see
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But it's not week 18 just yet. So what are the Lions going to do here against the Niners in week 17?
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That's the big question mark
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But 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
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18 my Philadelphia Eagles not playing so great to end the season. They could have actually improved their standing
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I believe by maybe a seed line if they'd beat the New York Giants at
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Giants or MetLife Stadium last year in the final week of the season
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But the springboard really was what they were telling us that you know what?
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We're gonna get right here. Even if we have to play our starters a quarter or two quarters three quarters here
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Let's get right before we head into the playoffs. They probably played their worst football game of the year
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Jalen Hurts on his throwing hand dislocated his middle finger fantastic
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And AJ Brown was lost for the season with a knee injury in that game
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Oh, yeah, Sidney Brown also blew his knee out and that as a key special teamer
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Then the Eagles went into the playoffs and got absolutely destroyed by Tampa Bay
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I'm not saying this is gonna happen for Detroit
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But let's play this out where we are talking about the Niners. It's not a good football team
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Which they aren't which the Giants were a horrendous football team last year
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Let's just say they do play the first half and nobody really gets injured, but they don't play
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Well, does that mean that Dan Quinn's like, you know what?
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We got to get a couple good drives in here and then possibility of injury in the second half
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You see I'm playing this out. I am NOT a Detroit Lions fan by any mark
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But when I see things like boy, you I don't think you're doing this and you're gonna play with fire tonight
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Let's just see Ben
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They play the entire football game play well put up 42 points and when 42 to 7 you still had your football team play
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Complete game and then have to play their biggest game of the season when also remind yourself that yesterday
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Minnesota played got their star running back banged up in that football game, but they needed to win it here
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They played all of their starters hard minutes all the way through that football game
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Do you know what's better for your football team tonight to say?
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You know what? I have 12 guys that I absolutely I'm not gonna play tonight my quarterback my tailback my two defensive ends
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My two offensive tackles and my two best players on defense
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They'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
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I
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Understand again with Dan Campbell's building and it's a football game and damn it
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You can get hurt in any game that you want
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But tell me this Ben in a meaningless preseason game, which Detroit had in game number three
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They played nobody this football game for Detroit tonight. Ben is
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Completely meaningless. Why are we playing key players all the way through this game or heck even starting the football game?
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That's why I'm breaking it down because if I say to myself if Detroit is gonna play their starters
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I'm just taking them in the first half
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They should win this to the better football team and they should move the football with ease
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That's the way I would play this game. No way shape or form
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I'm taking the plus three and a half or laying the three and a full game when I have no
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Idea 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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