Tonight is the night that the Lions take a stranglehold on the division. The Detroit Mother F’n Lions against the Green Bay Soft AF Packers.
Lions have won 5 of the last 6 games against the Packers, including beating Green Bay 24-14 in Lambeau in Week 9. Three Lions wins in a row a Lambeau, folks. Let’s preview this monster game on Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime.
Detroit Offense versus Packers defense
The Lions lead the league scoring 31.9 PPG but they seem to score one TD less a game if Decker is out. Dan Skipper at left tackle will have to have a very good game to protect Goff on the intermediate and deeper attempts. Lions stud run game and help for Skipper can work though.
Lions run the ball extremely well (Gibbs 973 yards at 6 YPC and Monty 720 yards at 4.3 YPC) but the Packers are 8th in Yards per game rushing allowed. Detroit success will hinge on them running the ball to open things up for Goff and the passing game.
Let Jameson cook. Jameson Williams missed Week 9 so he will be able to open things up for the Lions in the seams and intermediate to St Brown, Patrick and La Porta. Jaire Alexander is out so makes the Packers secondary more vulnerable.
Packers Offense versus Lions Defense
Turnovers is the name of the game. Lions won Week 9 with a big pick 6 by Kerby Joseph (league leading 7 ints). Get Love to throw 2 picks or a pick and a fumble and Lions can control this game. The Packers fumbled 3 times last game and luckily recovered them all without losing the ball. Detroit will look to fix that. Zadarius Smith and Alim McNeil will need to have big games with the
Packers run game has a great chance with Josh Jacobs (987 yards at 4.5 YPC) for a success though with DJ Reader/Kyle Peko out at nose tackle and the Lions LBs down to just Campbell. If the Packers run the ball well and protect Love, this game is a shootout for sure. Lions have a bend but don’t break good red zone D though so Packers will need to score TDs not short FGs.
The tide of the North is on the line here. Lions can take full control with a season sweep of the Packers and basically eliminating the Packers from a chance at the North. Lions +90% chance to win the division with a win tonight. Lions also clinch playoffs with a win.
Detroit makes it 6 out of 7. Lions 31 Packers 27 with a Love pick to seal the game on the final drive.