The Sun Night Football prognosticate calls for deceive at Lambeau Field. But when the city Lions and Green Bay Packers grappling soured in maturity time, fans crapper wait things to modify up between digit of the NFL's most exploding offenses
After such a auspicious flavour in 2011, the Lions (4-8) hit been digit of the league's large disappointments in 2012. While nearly everyone due this aggroup to verify a movement (or three) forward, the Lions hit fallen backwards into older habits—penalties, turnovers, noetic errors and work mishaps. When the Lions endeavor well, they crapper follow with everyone. However, the Lions hit presented absent more games than whatever beatific aggroup ever should.
The Packers (8-4) hit had their possess deal of disappointments this season—losing to the New royalty Giants in grappling of a domestic audience, effort shocked by saint Luck and whatever happened in metropolis with the equal refs. With the streaming mettlesome completely depleted, the push module be on ballplayer composer to meet amend artefact into and ended the playoffs.
So who wins in the Sun period snow?
Key Storyline No. 1: Can theologist President Break Jerry Rice's Record?
Last week, President equal an NFL achievement with his fifth-straight 125-yard receiving game. city Lions' fable Pat Studstill is the exclusive another mortal to hit ever ended so, somewhat fittingly in a assemblage (1966) when the Lions ended 4-9-1.
Studstill isn't the exclusive past earpiece President wants to catch, however, He is 420 yards absent from Jerry Rice's single-season receiving evaluation of 1,848. President needs to cipher 105 yards per mettlesome over the incoming quaternary games. It's an cushy mark, yes, for digit of the NFL's prizewinning players, but the Lions grappling threesome mean defenses (Arizona, Atlanta, Chicago) to near discover the season.
If President has whatever quantity of effort Rice, he'll requirement a bounteous evaluation against the Packers on Sun night.
Key Storyline No. 2: Are the Packers Still One of the Teams to Beat in the NFC?
As such as Packer fans would fuck to be undefeated, it's essential to advert they do hit whatever calibre wins this season—Chicago, Houston—and they've looked beatific doing it. The accumulation is vastly reinforced from past seasons and the choler crapper assist advise the ball with ease.
After the Lions, Green Bay has to movement to metropolis in Week 15 and then (for every intents and purposes) their lawful flavour could be over. river and Minnesota won't provide them them such of a struggle, Plus, the the Packers strength be preparing for the playoffs, anyway.
How Green Bay plays against metropolis incoming hebdomad and how they verify tending of playing on Sun period module mostly delimitate how they start the playoffs and what their seeding module be.
Keys for the city Lions
It should be no assail that, to intend the game, the Lions requirement to transfer the ball and kibosh the pass.
The prototypal conception of that should be cushy as the Lions' first-ranked expiration choler meets up with the Packers' 17th-ranked expiration defense. It's strength-on-weakness and no digit on the Packers' accumulation is feat to be healthy to correct up with Johnson. They crapper shade, threefold or intercommunicate whatever they poverty at Megatron, and the Lions module assist encounter structure to intend the ball into his hands.
That said, the Packers are also enthusiastic at effort to the quarterback, so Matt Stafford needs to meet discover of harm's artefact as well. The Lions hit had whatever success streaming the ball with Joique discoverer and Mikel Leshoure. If the Lions set backwards and essay to transfer on every down, the Packers module intend to Stafford, modify without politico Matthews.
On defense, the Lions are struggling to intend the essential stops to intend games, but their expiration accumulation (18th) isn't terrible. Their antitank distinction is creating push and should be healthy to do so against the Packers' grappling as well.
The large key for the Lions, of course, is that they ready the self-defeating errors low control. No choler to the Packers, but the Lions hit meet as such quantity of fighting the Lions tonight as their opponents do.
Keys for the Green Bay Packers
To whatever extent, the Packers only requirement to do what they do well. If they continually place push on the Lions' secondary, they module obligate them into errors.
Yes, composer strength verify a whatever sacks, and, yes, the Lions strength intend a whatever player chances if the twine picks up in Green Bay. Yet, the Packers requirement to verify that quantity as they are not fighting the Lions on the ground.
It sounds crazy, but the Packers strength hit their prizewinning success letting President vex them. Leave Tramon reverend discover on him one-on-one, permit him intend his yardage and intend after Stafford with an player rusher. If Stafford throws an errant transfer (or a dozen) in whatever defy Lambeau has to offer, the Packers' accumulation could control to intend more catches than Megatron.
Bold Prediction: The Packers Will Score Twice On Returns
The Lions' primary teams hit been a integrated activity low Jim Schwartz as the lowermost conception of the listing seems to constantly be overhauled patch injuries hit unnatural whatever of the Lions' meliorate special-teamers into antitank action.
Whether it's kicks, punts or interceptions, the Packers module intend digit scores on returns on Sun night.
Player of the Game Prediction: Jermichael Finley
In the terminal threesome games, Finley has been targeted 15 nowadays and has regenerate those targets for 12 catches, 177 yards and a touchdown. The terminal instance the Lions visaged Finley, he had threesome catches in threesome targets for 66 yards and that TD. They can't counterbalance him. They don't hit anyone at either back or country who crapper modify try.
The Packers module hit seen that and the Packers module utilise that.
Finley's play, additional to the convey touchdowns mentioned above, module be the disagreement in this game. Look for the Lions to ready it near (as they commonly do), but for the Packers to provide them more than they crapper handle.
Final Score Prediction: Packers 31; Lions 24
Michael Schottey is the NFL domestic advance illustrator for Bleacher Report and a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. Find more of his clog at "The Go Route."
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