Lions vs. Vikings: Epic NFL Showdown for the 1 Seed

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00:00Lions Vikings might be the greatest regular season game in NFL history before the game begins

00:05Two teams with 14 wins the winners the one seed the losers the five seed. It's a two-and-a-half point spread

00:14For the like you have healthy quarterbacks healthy stars

00:18I mean this is just absolutely special that we're heading into Sunday night

00:22Oh it is and it's also

00:23Betting points that you would look at both of these offenses can move it you see the numbers across the board

00:2856 and a half which is an unbelievable number Joe heard you talking about it yesterday

00:32It's not that they can't get there and they just might get it

00:34But in a playoff atmosphere to have a 56 and a half is kind of crazy now these teams know each other

00:39They're from the same division typically divisional games are lower scoring than they would be from an AFC NFC perspective

00:44We see it once every four years don't really know about it, and you get into it here that could happen

00:48But also understand this the point of concept is Kevin was talking about too

00:51You win you get the break and you get the buy and the easiest path to victory in the NFC you lose

00:57You are gonna go through the gauntlet all the way through and you're gonna be so upset by doing that now understand

01:02How they came into this football game? They're both really on even footing the reason I say that is yes

01:07I understand Minnesota played on a Sunday yes

01:09I understood Detroit played on a Monday

01:11But you had such an advantage if you were Detroit if you would have just rested those key starters on Monday night because I say

01:17This now I think it's gonna be a good football game

01:19I still give the edge to Detroit

01:21But if you told me last week played out differently Joe where Minnesota played a full game against a division rival had to go toe

01:26Toe with them the entire way and Detroit rested on Monday night

01:29I would say Detroit win this game by a touchdown or more. I can't say that yeah

01:33They wanted 31 to 29 in Minneapolis earlier in the season Jameer Gibbs did had a huge performance

01:39117 yards on the ground also, I believe caught the football out of the backfield he added about 150 all-purpose yards

01:46It's gonna come down to which

01:48Offense do you believe in more is it gonna be Sam Donald on the road?

01:52Or is it gonna be Jared Goff minus David Montgomery and some of those weapons in regards to the matchup?

01:58I still believe in Minnesota

01:59I just think they're the more complete team at this point in the season and

02:05Knowing how Detroit you watch that game against San Francisco a little bit sloppy in the first half

02:10Yeah, right

02:11and they turned it on against a team that just you know basically caved in in terms of Brock Purdy in the San Francisco offense

02:16Turn the football over great. They got that win

02:19But now you're going up against a blue-collar team and the real eye-opener for me was how that Minnesota defense

02:26Really contained Jordan love in the passing attack last week. They shut down Josh Jacobs

02:31They got back to shutting down the run consistently and they took away every deep pass that Jordan love had it

02:38They do that against Jared Goff to this weekend and tomorrow night gonna be a long day for Detroit

02:44Yeah, just one more point on that to both of these offenses can really get it

02:48I would give the edge to Detroit. They've been phenomenal all season long, but there is no question right now

02:53Whose defense is better? It's Minnesota's for me. It's Minnesota's. I'll step further

02:57I think it's very likely when the field is settled

03:00Well 14 teams in Detroit will have the worst defense to make the playoffs. I think I think that's very very likely

03:06I will also say this

03:10The LA Rams we are gonna rest on Sunday, which is an interesting thing because if they lose and

03:16Tampa wins which Tampa needs to to win the game. Tampa's going to the three Rams are coming down to the four. Well

03:24Look, I obviously think favorably of the Bucs but for the Lions

03:29We play the Rams last year in the playoffs. That wasn't easy and now we're going to

03:32Vikings we already went there. We lost we've only lost twice once to Detroit once that team

03:38If she's not gonna be there's a million reasons. It's not gonna be easy. Yeah, and it's not just oh we got to do more

03:44It's very likely having to start your road through the Los Angeles ramps

03:50Yeah, don't be surprised if it's a one-and-done

03:53type of situation there

03:55The thing that I will say and listen

03:57I know I was as critical as Donnie and anybody else on what Dan Campbell did I?

04:04Think eventually it wears off all the

04:08But you got to imagine they come out with their hair on fire

04:11Against Minnesota in that football game

04:13I think you know looking for some first half action is is my as we sit here, you know a day out

04:19That's my initial thought. It's gonna be a long detour

04:23I mean for me

04:24I think both the offenses want to be aggressive and I understand what you're saying about being a playoff type of game

04:30You might want to be a little you know, complacent and and feel it out. I think it's completely the opposite

04:36I think you have two quarterbacks that want to chuck it that's been that our identity all season long in this type of atmosphere

04:42Yeah, let's see which one's more consistent. Let's get it on

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