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00:00It is game 272.
00:03It is as good as you could ever hope or dream for in a regular season finale because of
00:10what is on the line between the Lions and the Vikings in the Motor City on Sunday night.
00:17Joe, the winner of this game between Detroit and Minnesota will claim the NFC North divisional
00:23crown.
00:24The winner of this game between Detroit and Minnesota will be the number one seed in the
00:29NFC.
00:30It is the first time in more than 30 years that the final game of the NFL regular season
00:37will determine a one seed in a conference.
00:39You got to go all the way back to the 1993 NFL campaign to find a game with similar stakes.
00:46It is the first time in NFL history we will see two teams that each have 14 wins face
00:53off against one another in a regular season affair.
00:57Yes, it is a longer regular season now than ever in the history of the NFL, but still
01:03a historic matchup with so much at stake on Sunday night in Detroit.
01:09So now let's talk the actual game itself in the numbers, a two and a half point spread
01:14in favor of the Lions at home.
01:16Maybe the highest total we will see in the NFL in the last four or five seasons at 56
01:23and a half.
01:24Let's go to you, begin your breakdown for Sunday night in the Motor City.
01:28Well it's interesting, Ben, when you look at this Detroit team, right?
01:32Or let's say Minnesota, who's won what, nine straight games.
01:36They've covered their last four, they're 14 and two on the season, but they last lost
01:42to the Lions in week seven.
01:45And then they followed that up with a loss to the Rams a week later.
01:48So they, you can make the argument, Ben, that they lost the Lions game twice.
01:54But it's been all wins since then.
01:56And the Lions, ironically enough, the only two losses they have this year, Ben, came
02:01at home.
02:03And they too find themselves 14 and two on the season.
02:05They haven't lost since Buffalo came to town and beat them, what, three weeks ago here.
02:12But they have overcome the injuries.
02:15They love playing at home.
02:17Dan Campbell is going to roll the dice and I think Stiles make fights here.
02:21This is an absurd total of 56 and a half.
02:25And it's finally started to come down, Ben, because it was up over 57 a couple of days
02:30ago.
02:31But finally, people are starting to realize how unbelievably ridiculous a number that
02:35is even for these two teams here.
02:39This is going to be a playoff game.
02:41Make no mistake about it, neither of these two teams want to be the five seed.
02:45Neither of these two teams like each other.
02:47There's revenge to factor in here.
02:50Ultimately, I think this is going to come down, well, crazy enough, right?
02:56With a 56 and a half total, Ben, it's going to be about the defense here.
03:00I don't know that Brian Flores is best served blitzing the world at Jared Goff because of
03:06the weapons Jared Goff has access to.
03:08And quite honestly, his numbers against the Blitz are actually over the top good.
03:14So I do think there are going to be some wrinkles thrown in this game.
03:17I don't think the offenses are just going to be scoring at will here.
03:21Even for a decimated Lions defense, they know they've got to come up with some stops and
03:27they know this team better than anybody.
03:30To me, it's only under in this game, 56 and a half.
03:34I am not expecting a wild shootout.
03:36This is going to be a playoff game atmosphere, one in which I guess first one to 24 will
03:42win, Ben.