A Blueprint for the Detroit Lions to Beat the Los Angeles Rams

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Not only that on the other side Jared go has to take care of the ball on Sunday you cannot turn the ball over when it comes down to it what’s been the one thing everyone’s been talking about in this game all week long it’s going to be a shootout everyone’s predicting this to

Be a high-scoring shootout Matthew Stafford slinging the ball three touchdowns Jared G slinging it letting these play Playmakers make plays that’s been the whole thing when you’re in a shootout of a game when you’re in a high-scoring game it comes down to who wins the game is who has the ball at the

End typically right and on top of that is who gets the most possess if you can get turnovers and you can steal two or three possessions and especially in a shootout of a game in the playoffs you’re going to win this football game and you’re not going to

Make it to where it’s going to be a onep possession game if you get two turnovers it turns into a two possession game because it’s a shootout teams are scoring you take a p possession away from them add it to yours win the football game oh yeah but to be able to

Get into a shootout my key to Victory thees need to neutralize the dynamic duo on defense that is Aaron Donald and Kobe Turner hey I like that pressure up the middle is the biggest issue Jared G if he gets pressured up the middle that’s where he struggles the most he it’s less

When it’s coming from the edges although that that is an issue he he is pretty good at stepping up in the pocket stepping into that pass rush but if it’s coming from Aaron donnald and Kobe Turner up the middle that he has he has

No way to get out so if they can keep them at Bay Frank ragn now Graham Glascow and Jonah Jackson can neutralize those two I think I think this offense can get into shoot out with anybody in the league definitely the ram that’s been the thing too I keep seeing on on

National media is and and I think it’s very well known now that Jared gofy turns into a little bit of a different player when he does get a lot of pressure on him and changes a little bit when he has to start moving and that pressure comes like you’ve seen like the

Bears game the Packers game the Ravens game like when once you get that pressure if the offensive line can stop it that’s going to be like the big like you have to just stop it up front The Trenches kg yeah I’m not so much worried about the offensive line if we go back

To that last uh Vikings game I had a crazy stat I think it was from PFF uh the Vikings Blitz rate in that last Lions game was 91 or 92% Jes so and jarro G went in there and put up over 300 yards so I’m not worried about the

Offensive line as far as picking up the blitz is concerned they should be fine as long as they stick to what they know and what they do well they should be okay yeah in those Vikings game he was 43 of 55 for 497 yards and three touchdowns when being blitzed do you

Have that off the top of your head yeah I remember that’s locked ined BR has one of those wristbands for Jared go like ready to go like but that’s the thing where did the Vikings Blitz has come from they came from the edges they came they weren’t getting pressure up the

Middle that’s part of the point I it’s not just to defend gol against the uh the haers it’s this is actually the important part of his game and how he plays the best you can’t argue with those numbers so that is a huge key yeah

My other one here I want to do I want to go to the defensive side of the ball cuz that’s been the thing that as well people talk about a lot is how can this Lions defense uh keep the lions in the game if the Rams get going you have

Obviously pukan Thea Cooper cup and then you have Kiren Williams All Pro back now you guys see that running back thing I want to kind of talk about with this is my key in this one it’s you can’t in my opinion it’s like it’s almost impossible

Especially for this defense not a top 10 defense to take away PUK Anda and Cooper cup and kir Williams you can’t do both and I don’t think they’re going to be able to and I think AG knows that if you go look at the losses of Kyon Williams

Since he’s played this season he’s played four losses in the Rams three of those four he rushed under 60 yards m to me one of the biggest keys of this game is what you’re great at is stopping the Run take him out of this game completely every time they win yes the receivers

Might go off Kiron William goes off he goes off for over 100 yards 80 yards 90 yards a touchdown two touchdowns you take him out of the game you can’t do both pick one take the Run game away you just took half of their offense away

Zero chance they beat you if you take that away they have no chance they need their full offense to go out there and outscore you they need it if you take one of those aspects away from that team take Kiron Williams out hold them to 50 yards you’re going to win the football

Game and I think I think they’re going to do that because they’ve done it all year I don’t think have they’ve given up a a has anyone rushed for over 100 yards on the lons this year I don’t think so I don’t think there’s been any I don’t

Think any one player I think there might have been a team but I don’t think a player has like a Justin Fields is yeah I don’t think one player has so if you take Kyon Williams out of this football game yeah okay puka puking the COA

Cooper go do what you want to do we just took away your other half you’re completely that that three-headed monster we took one of them away now now it’s over now now it’s tough for you to beat us because you don’t have that run game now our safeties are secondary

They’re able to play the pass more and if you can stop the run if that defensive line and Lee mcneel those linebackers if they could stop the run you’re they’re in for some trouble yeah I swear we didn’t plan this but nice transition in because I think I’m

Confident that the defensive line and that linebacker cre with the lines is going going to stop the run or at least at least uh I’ll use the word neutralize again which makes it you got to slow down puka n and Cooper cup they’re going to get theirs but you got to slow them

Down you can’t give up another 200 yard game to a wide receiver with the type of rece whether it’s Cooper getting 200 or puka niola the other one can’t is is much better than Jordan Addison than uh Brandon Cooks Matthew Stafford will will will pick you apart a little bit more

Than Dak Prescott and Nick Mullins if you let one of them go you got to contain them you got to slow them down yeah I I like that my only one I’m not even going to do my third one I’m cuz my third one was just dominate The Trenches

And that was basically what we just talked about outside of turnovers it was just like offensive line has to be like you have like you’re the number one offensive line in the NFL for a reason per PFF like go out there and be that yeah this is like it’s there’s no more

Like Wai in like this is the time to do it remember a couple weeks ago I think they were like 6 and0 when that line was fully healthy or I think they ended up losing so maybe like six and one now um yeah the Cowboys so like six and one or

Seven and one now you you have your off go out there and and dominate yeah let your running back du do that in the defensive line disrup Matthew Stafford and stop the run I’ll give you my last one real quick the rookie class that shows up more wins this game this is

This is Young on young I know it Stafford and golf are veterans Stafford’s a little bit older but this rookie class on offense and defense whichever one plays better it’s probably going to come out Victorious yeah I I agree I like that jir Gibbs Gibbs hopefully Branch Campbell leapa pukaa

Kobe Turner Byron young Steve ail I forgot we were talking in the chat Steve ail underrated one probably a top 10 inching on top five guard already uh in his rookie season not a bad pick not a bad pick for Mr lesne JB you have a a

Key to Victory or something that that we missed here no I don’t think so I do agree with uh broer in stopping the defense to two-headed monster on the Rams defense that is Aaron Don and Kobe Turner but I think pan is up for that task and up for that challenge there

Hasn’t been anyone that he’s face or come across that he is nervous about or scared of and you got to give him credit for that and that’s why I I like him as a player for the Lions team that I feel like is going to keep jarro go as clean

As possible as he can lions kind of match up good versus them you offensive line to stop that that interior Rush that’s dominated 100% I I stop the run stop K Williams that was my number one key but I’m I am confident in this L’s offense especially ragn now Glascow and

Jonah Jackson because they have pen Su and tayor Decker it’s I I’m okay with that match up what about you kg yeah I had two the first one is like yours Boer make them onedimensional um you got to make sure you got to put this on the

Hands of Stafford you can’t let the Run game get crazy too um but my second one and this is my main one protect the Red Zone um listen y’all Matt Stafford is Gonna Come here he’s gonna throw for a lot of yards um I don’t know which receiver is going

To get the over 100 yard game but at least one of them will but you want to limit as many of those sevens to threes as you possibly can protect that Red Zone make sure you’re not giving up the whole field you can give up the whole

Field but in that last 25 yards you need to absolutely play your best defense um keep them out the Red Zone limit them to three and we should be okay cuz I don’t think their defense can keep up with our offense so yeah and I want to in the

Chat here Ram faithful 39 I’m sure he’s pretty familiar with uh Aaron Donald and stuff he said Su won’t be up against Aaron Donald but I’m pretty sure I’ve watched some Rams games Aaron Donald moves around a lot he he’s a guy that moves around I’ve seen him he might not

Be coming off the edge but he’ll stun he’ll stun in between guard and left couple years ago when they played each other Aaron Don and Pen SCH there were highlights of them going at it like going at it and Pen got up in his F like

They’re going to that that’s going to be a matchup I guarantee you that’s going they’re going to find a way for that matchup whether like that is going to happen I I can guarantee you that including ragna a couple all Pros on an all pro on a on a

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