The Lions are a gritty and a bit streaky team. Dan Campbell takes an aggressive approach to calling the game. He loves to go for it on forth down. Offensively they are a balanced attack and have one of the best run games in the NFL averaging 140 yards a game on the ground. Goff (when he has protection) will pick a defense apart but when he’s under pressure he does make mistakes. The Lions offense has been top 3 two years in a row. They can grind it out and shoot it out.. One interesting note on the Lions. Indoors and on turf Goff has a 120+ QB rating and the Lions average 30+ points a game. Outdoors and on grass Goff has an under 60 QB rating and the offense averages under 24 pts a game.
Defensively they have one of the highest QB pressure rates in the game. The Lions have a solid run defense. The Lions secondary is their weakest link. They have sustained key injuries at CB, and S. They’ve played most of the season down 2-3 starters or more in that secondary. There has been talk that Gardner-Johnson could be back for this game. He could provide them with a boost to that unit.
The key to beating the Lions is to throw the ball, apply pressure and win the turnover battle.
