High-Scoring Tampa Vs. Detroit Game with Injuries - NFL DIV Round
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00:00 Tampa, they just were not impressed. I've talked to people who really watched that tape.
00:07 They're an okay team. They're explosive at offense. But if you look at the first matchup,
00:14 and I don't know it was week six, but Tampa was at home and they got housed by Detroit.
00:18 Detroit moved the ball. Their pass target group was great. They moved the ball downfield.
00:24 Golf was amazing that game. They're pretty aggressive throwing the football. They led
00:26 the entire game, never trailed. And they were missing four starters in that game, still
00:30 smoked them. Now this game's at home. You saw that game last week. Home field does matter
00:36 in games like this. Now, injury-wise, Shaq Barrett, one of the starting outside linebackers,
00:40 got an ankle injury. He didn't really do much this week. That's going to be a concern. Anthony
00:44 Nelson, who had a great pressure against Jalen Hurts in the Monday night win against the
00:49 Eagles, he would start. Anthony Nelson's been with them for five years, more of a sub package
00:53 rusher. Now, Tampa Bay, I'll say this about them. They don't have the best offensive line,
00:59 but they've been together all season. They made five changes this season. Tristan Worsham
01:03 from right tackle to left tackle. He's been great. They don't run the ball all that well,
01:08 but they throw it well. And you know what's amazing about that game against Philly is,
01:11 they probably would have scored over 50. They had seven drop passes in that game against
01:16 the Eagles. And they absolutely smoked the Eagles. Just think about that. Now, you look
01:21 at the other side, Lions coming to this game really, really healthy. Very, very confident.
01:26 One of the most incredible stories is a cornerback, Kendall Vildor, what a name, right? Sounds
01:30 like a hard movie actor. Kendall Vildor starting at corner. This guy was cut by the Eagles
01:35 practice squad, right? They cut him off the Eagles practice squad. He signed to the Lions
01:39 practice squad for four weeks. Get signed off there in week 14. Over a series of weeks,
01:44 he becomes a starter. It's been one of the most amazing stories in their run here. They're
01:48 not very good at corner. That's why in this game being indoors could be high scoring because
01:54 quite frankly, neither secondary is playing great football. And both quarterbacks should
01:58 do pretty well in this game. And you saw last week, the only issue with the Lions was quite
02:03 frankly, they kind of bogged down the second half in the red zone. Other than that, they
02:06 moved the football well against the Rams secondary. So this is another fun game. And I look forward
02:11 to hearing you guys talk about this one over the weekend.
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