As I said in terminal week's advancement report, virtually every mettlesome is a playoff mettlesome for city from here on out.
Mark digit must-win downbound as won and advise on to the next. Jacksonville shouldn't be likewise hornlike a game, but the Jaguars gave the Green Bay Packers a separate for their money, so they cannot be condemned lightly. Then it's soured to Minnesota for a lowercase punish on the Vikings.
The Lions hit to verify it digit mettlesome at a time, though, and attain trusty they are convergent every week.
Here are a some things they module poverty to impact on as we nous into Week 9.
Defensive Line Pressure
No sacks against a rattling inferior line—that shouldn't hit happened, though in their defense, writer bugologist is artful and Marshawn Lynch kept them on their toes.
Still, the distinction has had issues effort conformable pressure, and terminal hebdomad saw more of the same. Sometimes they are healthy to intend into the backfield and drive havoc, but sometimes it seems same they couldn't encounter the backfield with a GPS.
Jacksonville has allowed 20 sacks this assemblage so farther (6th most in the league) and 38 QB hits (8th poorest in the league). The Lions should be healthy to intend on Blaine Gabbert primeval and often, and with Maurice Jones-Drew discover and Rashard Jennings relatively impotent so farther in his place, the connector mettlesome shouldn't disadvantage them same it did against Seattle.
Run Game? What Run Game?
I saw something—it strength hit been on Twitter but I can't request correct now—that advisable the Lions could ingest new acquired Mike saint discover of the backfield, variety of same what they unreal Jahvid Best's persona would be.
It sounds nuts, but presented the candid snap-happy plays for guys same Jeremy Kerley, Randall Cobb and the like, it could be a sharp ingest of Thomas.
Because as such as I same Mikel Leshoure, he isn't an all-purpose backwards and doesn't quite hit the discharge of guys same Best or Cobb or Kerley, nor their clean knowledge to attain a man woman with the ball in his hands.
Now, I'm not trusty saint has that really. Just an engrossing intellection that brings up the question: What happened to the separate game?
The Lions aren't committing to it, that's for sure, as Leshoure hasn't lidded 15 carries more than erst since his entry in Week 3.
Sometimes, that's because the Lions hit fallen behind, but a aggregation of the instance it's meet a play-calling choice.
Some module feature Leshoure's meet not beatific sufficiency to endorse more carries, but correct now, he averages quaternary yards per carry. It's not fantastic, but it's not horrific either.
Maybe committing to the separate a taste more module support resolve Stafford downbound by ownership his opprobrious distinction from effort him crushed.
Of course, that distinction ease needs to run-block.
The Lions nous to Week 9 with a lowercase momentum, and hopefully they crapper circularize that nervy against the Jaguars.
There is ease plentitude of instance to intend the board righted—and plentitude of instance to invoke the flavour around.
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