Lions vs. Rams: Unexpected Loss Highlights Defensive Concerns
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00:03 Okay, so I failed on this pick.
00:05 I thought the Lions actually were gonna handle the Rams.
00:07 I know everybody was on the side of the Rams.
00:09 I was on the other side.
00:10 I guess that was the right side to be because they did cover the points here.
00:14 The Lions, I guess they did squeak by.
00:17 I thought they were so dominant, Adam, in the first half that,
00:21 Dan Campbell usually pushes the envelope in the second half.
00:25 But maybe he saw something from Goff.
00:27 He looked a little off, I thought, in the second half.
00:30 Maybe that's why they kind of played it a little bit more conservative.
00:32 Gibbs didn't really get involved in the game plan as well.
00:35 Stafford looked great, Nakua looked great.
00:37 But in the end, I guess that decision to punt at the end of the game, Adam,
00:42 I don't know what other choice Sean McVay had, honestly, in that spot.
00:45 But that was really the end once that happened.
00:48 >> That was a great game, very competitive.
00:51 The Rams never led.
00:52 But yet they covered the number.
00:54 In fact, there were no turnovers in the game.
00:56 Deferral and I were talking Friday when I was giving my picks.
00:59 I said, listen, I like the Rams to cover this number.
01:02 Because the one problem that the Lions have, and we saw in this game,
01:05 you mentioned Puka Nakua, who has had one of the best receivers as a rookie,
01:08 really in NFL history.
01:11 He's been incredible.
01:12 He's unstoppable last night by formation variation.
01:15 Sean McVay frees him up.
01:17 But the problem that the Lions have is not the pass rush.
01:19 They had a good pass rush last night.
01:21 It's the back end.
01:22 They don't cover well enough, and that's going to be a problem.
01:25 If the Bucs beat the Eagles tonight, the Lions will host the Bucs on Sunday.
01:29 The one thing the Bucs can do, they could draw the ball downfield, and
01:32 that would be a problem for the Lions.
01:33 And how about the Lions as a three seed getting two home games?
01:36 That usually doesn't happen when you're a three seed, but
01:39 that's going to happen here.
01:40 And I'm looking forward to seeing what's going to happen here tonight.
01:43 And you mentioned that Philly game.
01:44 Boy, what's happened to Philly down the stretch, Craig,
01:48 is almost hard to believe.
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