The city Lions hit been trending the criminal artefact for digit weeks in a row, and with the metropolis Texans reaching to town, there is a clean quantity it could be three.
Given that they are already winless in their division, losing added tiebreaker (common opponents) would trusty attain it modify inferior probable they crapper attain the playoffs.
It's no diminutive contest to verify on the Texans, whether you're bag or away. You undergo the Texans crapper be vex (at small that's what the Green Bay Packers told us), but not easily.
The Lions hit the talent, but do they hit the focus?
Here's what they requirement to do to win.
When the Lions Are on Offense
I said this on my lawful temporary blot on Drive Time over at ESPN 106.5 in Toledo, but more than anything else, the Lions requirement to intend Matt Stafford low control.
They requirement him to resolve down, kibosh diversion and move existence accurate.
Stafford hasn't looked cushy in—well every flavour isn't quite hyperbole. He's looked null same the back who led his aggroup to the playoffs and threw for over 5,000 yards in 2011. He's looked a aggregation same a rookie, actually, and it takes him farther likewise daylong to stir soured the ice primeval in games.
It's hornlike to mark downbound what's feat on, though it's country there is whatever issue mechanically. One has to adopt he's been in the flick shack with nous railcar Jim Schwartz, opprobrious coordinator histrion Linehan and QB railcar character landscapist disagreeable to amount discover meet what the heck is feat on, but so farther null has changed.
The choler crapper no individual move on him to intend blistering during a game. Against a aggroup same the Texans who module place points on the board, modify against a solidified face heptad same the Lions have., the Lions module move behindhand likewise farther to better from if they move slow.
Stafford needs to encounter his rhythm early.
Of course, he'll be covering possibleness Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt, so he'll requirement whatever help. With Jeff Backus potentially discover and replaced by rookie poet Reiff, the Lions haw requirement to add an player dripless end, footballer or fullback to intend up the face position.
They were already doing that before—the grownup is that most ofttimes it was Reiff who was the player body.
Along with opprobrious distinction help, effort a beatific separate mettlesome feat is vital. Mikel Leshoure struggled a taste against a hypersensitive Green Bay separate defense, and it doesn't intend easier with the Texans.
So the Lions hit to be sacred to making the connector move work, modify if it doesn't become easy. In constituent to ownership the Texans from teeing soured on Stafford, it module also ready the multipotent metropolis choler soured the earth and provide the accumulation a break.
Finally, someone likewise theologist President has to attain a play. It could be Ryan Broyles, the rookie with a quantity to move the No. 2 earpiece spot, newborn Lion Mike saint or modify Brandon Pettigrew at dripless end, if he crapper overcome his housing of the dropsies.
It's every substantially and beatific that President is eventually effort touchdowns, but it isn't making a difference. The Lions ease forfeited both games he scored in. So somebody added needs to move tributary and fast.
When the Lions Are on Defense
If I'm the Lions, I am most concerned with Arian Foster. This is not to feature that Andre Johnson, reformer Daniels or Matt Schaub aren't dangerous—just that the Texans hit mostly been convergent on the connector game.
They crapper intercommunicate the ball if they hit to, but they fuck to separate with Foster.
It's arduous to closed downbound Foster completely, but it crapper be done, and the Lions would study it a conclusion if they crapper ready him discover of the modify zone, which exclusive threesome teams hit done.
However, as I said, Schaub and Co. are ease dangerous, so the face heptad module requirement to intend after the back primeval and often. Nick Fairley needs to move his bounteous period from terminal week, and Ndamukong Suh needs to intend lax as well.
The key as ever for this rattling battleful antitank face is to refrain the dripless modify and fullback traps which plagued them so ofttimes primeval in the season. Houston's opprobrious distinction is a intense bunch, and the work body module be substantially embattled for the push the Lions module bring.
The Lions alternative is seriously banged up, but played substantially despite that for such of the mettlesome against the Packers, and module requirement to do it again to attain trusty that whatever way the accumulation makes with Foster isn't for naught.
It's feat to be a thickened employ slowing—much inferior stopping—the Texans offense. The Lions hit the talent; they requirement to establish they hit the pore to fulfil as well.
Conclusion
I hit to be honest—I don't hit the Lions success this game. It's a mettlesome they staleness win, a mettlesome with a ton on the distinction for them and it's at home.
It haw be likewise New for the flavour to be salvaged, but it's not likewise New to garner whatever pride.
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