Please tell me one because I don’t see any way possible unless they turn the ball over 4-5 times.
The Lions are an excellent team with one of the best, most physical OLs. They can run, which means they can pass. The two go together.
After last week’s win, I would say the same thing; if we can control their run game, we can keep the game close and maybe pull out a victory.
But now we have no MLB, and his backup, Vigil, is also out. Add a bunch of young, lightweight LBs to 4 missing DEs, and I think we are in big trouble. When a team can run on you, it demoralizes the whole team, energizes the offense, and opens up the passing game with play action and your DC needing to gamble to stop the run. It also kills your own offense that is on the sideline too much and pressured as the game plan goes out the window.
So if you have a realistic recipe for beating the Lions without our leading tackler and most important veteran of the defense, please share.
