This is the Litterbox, a Detroit Lions podcast
with your hosts, Chet West and Bill Patterson.
Welcome to the Detroit Lions Litterbox. I am
one of your co -hosts, Billy P from the D with
Chet West. And Chet, we have a division game
this weekend. 12 p .m. Central Standard Time.
Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour
or everybody gets an extra hour of sleep. And
the Lions are taking on the Minnesota Vikings
at Ford Field. Chet, you are a resident of the
Twin Cities. I am. What are the local folks saying
about your Vikings? Not a lot of good things
so far this season. I mean, they aren't, you
know, they're not exactly in the crapper per
se. They're sitting at the bottom of a very,
let's just say, competitive division. I would
say they've kind of thrown this season in the
hamper, though. It's they're three and four,
you know, and they're in last place in a competitive
division and they're three and four and they
feel like the season's over. Wentz was fun for
about a week. People sort of saw enough of that.
They want JJ McCarthy back. I think they feel
it's their best chance to to win any games at
all, more or less the division. I think the division
is, you know, in the rearview mirror at this
point. This is a rebuild season for them to some
degree or another. And I don't see the J .J.
McCarthy hype. Maybe he's going to prove me wrong
this weekend. But from what I saw from him, yes,
athletic, quick, still very young, still very
green, technically his second NFL season, but
his first playing. time that he has seen. I just
don't I don't think the hype justifies the output
so far. We'll see what we get, though. But outside
of J .J. McCarthy, Wentz is out for the season
now. So if something happens to J .J., it's the
Max Brosmer show, which is not a pretty pretty
show for what we've seen so far. John Wolford
is the only other guy they've got and that's
on their practice squad. So it's J .J. McCarthy
or bust at this point at quarterback. They have
a slew of injuries on their line and throughout
their defense, they've got guys out. A gentleman
that you know well, Jeff Okuda, I believe is
in concussion protocol right now. So we probably
will not see him this coming week. That's a disappointment
because I was really hoping he'd be on the field
to get torched. I know. by Amand St. Brown. He
did not practice. He did not practice Wednesday.
So due to the concussion protocol. So we'll see.
We'll see what happens here in this game. I am,
you know, I've waffled on this. This is one of
those games. I feel like the Lions could have
a little letdown and make it real close one way
or the other in the end. But based on kind of
just what I've seen from McCarthy, I just don't
know if he's going to have our number or not.
We'll see. It's at Ford Field. So, you know,
we'll save everything for the predictions at
the end of the show. It's a rebuilding year for
the Vikings. Aaron Jones has been hurt. J .J.
McCarthy is unproven. They still have Justin
Jefferson and Jordan Addison who can probably
torch any defensive backfield in the league if
given the opportunity. The question is, can the
line block? So it seems like the Vikings signed
the wrong veteran quarterback in Carson Wentz,
who's now, as you mentioned, out for the season.
Where you look at what Joe Flacco has been able
to do in Cincinnati, you know, connecting with
Jamar Chase. I mean, why would it be any different,
you know, if he was doing that with, with Justin
Jefferson? So a couple of things I wanted to
comment on, uh, we get to see McCarthy. I think
that's going to be exciting for, for everyone.
And I think the key to the game is going to be
that both starting tackles for the Vikings are
battling knee injuries. They have practiced,
but it's been limited. And so we're talking about
Brian. Neil and Christian Darasaw, both battling
knee injuries and Darasaw was a full participant
yesterday. O 'Neill was limited, but knee injuries
are tricky. I know offensive linemen wear braces.
I fully expect the newly extended Aiden Hutchinson
and our guy, Bob Muhammad feast on what is a
banged up offensive line for the Minnesota Vikings.
I am with you on that. I agree with you. I think
if they're going to win this game, they're going
to make it the day. Absolute hell for J .J. McCarthy.
They're going to be running after him left and
right, and his athleticism will be on on display.
I do. You know, the general tenor around Minnesota
sports right now isn't great. Minnesota. dropped
a game to Iowa this past weekend. Iowa scored
like more points than they've scored in I don't
know how many seasons in a game against a Big
Ten team. They didn't drop a game. They got absolutely
trounced. They got absolutely trounced. And in
the process, you got, you know, there's a lot
of memes and a lot of videos going around social
media right now of people ranting about how hard
it is to be a Minnesota sports fan. They just
endured a terrible season with the twins. I don't
know what the wild is doing. I'm not a massive
hockey fan. living in Minnesota which is an anomaly
in itself with that but it is it's the dark days
here in Minnesota yet Anthony Edwards is out
injured for the T Wolves so it's I enjoy watching
them suffer, but also can relate as a Detroit
sports fan. These these cities are not like Chicago
in Detroit or even maybe Green Bay in Detroit
or Cleveland in Detroit. They don't. If you go
to a game here, it's I remember coming to games
here when I first moved here. I went to the last
game in the Metrodome. It was Lions Vikings last
game of the season. Both teams were terrible.
All their stars were hurt. I think the game ended
like 13 to three or nine to three or something
awful. And And the nine was because like an extra
point got missed. It was just that bad. And I
remember just sitting there with the fans. It
was more of like a commiseration together. It
was like, yeah, you guys have always stunk. We've
always stunk. Then the Vikings got some good
years in there after that. They went to the NFC
Championship game a couple times. They look,
you know, they got Justin Jefferson. He looked
like an All -Star, All -Pro. You get Kirk Cousins,
Captain Kirk, with his gold chains on the flights
and everything. He was looking like a pimp. And
then all of a sudden, you know, they ditch him.
They get McCarthy. Things kind of go. Sam Darnold
has this one great season, but then flails in
the playoffs. I think they're in this rebuild,
this unintentional rebuild. I don't think they
thought they would be rebuilding right now. So
I think that's where the disappointment is. Is
the general consensus that Sam Darnold's missed
at this point? And that they regret not re -signing
him? I don't think so, because the season ended.
It was kind of like once Sam Darnold got figured
out last year, teams started to make life difficult
for the Vikings. Yeah, but the Seahawks are doing
well under his. I know. And your third string
quarterback last year, Daniel Jones, has the
Colts off to an amazing start. Exactly. And I,
you know, and you look at like the Flacco having,
you know, Flacco having success, Daniel Jones
having success and who do they end up getting
was Wentz as the backup. And it was just kind
of, they had a lot put on JJ McCarthy being the
real deal this season and he got hurt again.
And so he's coming out of that. We'll see how
he does. He may come out tomorrow and prove everybody
right in thinking that he was the next coming
here. I I hope he doesn't do that against our
Lions, but it would definitely be one of those
things where it might might perk some people
up here in the Twin Cities. Well, let's go back
to that. They've only played one division game,
the Vikings, and they beat the Bears in Monday
Night Football, week one. So they're 1 -0 in
the division. In a game when the Bears were not
quite together yet. Right. Like I would say the
Bears team now is better than it was then. OK,
but still, you're 1 -0 in your division. Yeah.
With five left to play, to punt on the season
seems very premature to me. I do have some angst
though. I cannot stand your general manager.
I don't know how to pronounce his name, but it's
like Kwazi Adolfo Mensah. He's done nothing thus
far in the draft. And if McCarthy doesn't work
out, it's really going to be a black mark against
him. He inherited a lot of good players. Your
safety Harrison Smith is one of the best. He's
begun to catch heat. I mean, he's begun to catch
heat. Because all he does is free agency all
the time and the Vikings kind of rebuild. But
as you and I know, that is not the way to sustain
greatness in the NFL, which brings me back to
kudos to Brad Holmes. He did it again. He resigned
Aiden Hutchinson. And I think this is key for
a couple of things. One, it's not as much money
as what Micah Parsons got in Green Bay. So he's
not truly the highest paid edge. But he got more
guaranteed. Got the most guaranteed money. And
that's all that matters. Yeah. And he's a team
leader. He's part of the fabric of the Detroit
grit lions. He's one of Dan Campbell's top lieutenants
and captains. And I think that this is just yet
another feather in the cap, which leads me to
a question, Chad. They're really taking care
of their guys. There was a list that came out
the other day of all the guys that are their
guys that they've signed. It's an impressive
list of monetary commitment. It was, I was shocked
when I saw it. So we can go down that list. I
mean, Kirby, Joseph, they've got secured, obviously,
Hutch, Sewell, St. Brown, Jamison, Jared Goff,
and then Aleem McNeil. So the next men up would
probably be Jack Campbell, possibly Brian Branch,
who will be back this week from his one game
suspension and Jamiro Gibbs. Everybody's saying
they don't know if he's getting, everybody wants
it, but running backs are so fragile to the point
where, what do you do? The other thing we need
to keep in mind is that he, and don't be surprised
if Laporta gets extended before either he or
Campbell because they're first round picks. And
so the fifth year option is automatically kicks
in provided the team wants it. So the Lions have
more control over Campbell and Gibbs than they
would anybody outside of the first round. So
that's going to be an interesting thing to see
unfold. The other good news, I guess, if we can
switch, you know, away from the Vikings over
to the Lions is Malcolm Rodriguez is back and
Vahki is practicing again, which could help immensely
in the special teams. And our guy, your guy,
Terry on Arnold is a full participant. in practice
at the last two days. So I'm going to go back
to something about this, the contract issues
here real quick. Laporta is actually the one
guy they think is the odd man out right now because
tight ends just being one of those things that
are a bit more replaceable, even though he's
very good at what he does. They're saying that
he could be. There's just been a few things out
there that he could be the guy getting replaced.
It's just talk right now. He may get the next
extension, but I found it pretty interesting.
Sorry. Let's go on with the injury report. Well,
actually, can I ask my question to you on this?
Because we've kind of touched on some of the
injuries and then we'll do a deeper dive. I was
reading Bill Barnwell today, who's one of my
go tos for the NFL at ESPN .com. And he said
that the Lions window is closing. And his exact
words were that this is the best opportunity
to 2025 because they have so many young guys
that they need to sign and that eventually the
money will grow tight. My argument is they've
already taken care of most of those guys. Like
the list of small chat branch. Well, what does
the window have to do with really? Is it the
rest of the competition around him? Or is it
their team? Because if they're signing all these
guys and locking these guys up through what looks
like almost 20, 29, 20, 30. Well, their age 30
seasons is basically what they're doing. So like
what I see a window that goes for another three
to four years, in my opinion. That's mine as
well. So I don't know why he feels that this
year is the best. Sometimes I think people, I
think. I think writers or people in the media,
even you and I, if you want to throw us into
the lot, like to poke the bear a little bit.
We like to sit and, oh, time's running out. Time's
running out. Got to do something. Got to do something.
Why? Because guess what's coming up Tuesday,
the trade deadline. So it makes for a very, you
know, pressing discussion to sit here and say,
oh, time's running out. They better do something
big before the deadline. It creates conversation.
It creates worry. It creates fear. We love to
create fear these days, right? I mean, who doesn't
like to create fear to draw attention? So this
is kind of these writers doing this. I think
sometimes they think like, oh, if I write, you
know, if I go out there with this, it's the end.
They got to do something now. It creates that
panic and the fans getting a frenzy and they
get more readers that way. If he sat there and
said, hey, the Lions have a huge window here.
They got all they got four years to figure this
thing out. Does that make for good? Talk or story?
Probably not. It doesn't copy, right? And the
fact remains that thus far, the Lions have been
pretty fortunate with the guys they have extended
in terms of not having the injury bug hit them.
Another guy that we need to talk about that was
extended, but just not that recently, was Taylor
Decker. So they really have taken care of everybody.
And he's retired now, but Frank Ragnow was another
one that they took care of. So, you know, the
only guy that like was an all pro or a pro bowl
player that they allowed to leave in free agency
was Jonah Jackson. And that proved to be wise
as well. So at this point, I have full faith
in Chris Spielman, Brad Holmes, Rod Wood, Martha
Firestone, Ford, and MCDC Dan Campbell. Don't
feel that strongly about it. I know you wanted
to talk to me a little bit about the trade deadline
because part of the reason that maybe this happened
at the time it did in terms of the hutch extension
is maybe that does free up a little bit more
money. The lions have about 25 million or so
in cap space right now. And so I think one of
your questions is we texted offline is who would
I want to see? come in if the Lions did decide
to be aggressive and make a move. Yeah, trade
deadline's Tuesday, okay? So Tuesday's trade
deadline, November 4th, and some stuff's starting
to come out about, well, who the Lions should
be pursuing. What do you think is our biggest
area of need via the trade deadline, via trade?
Where do you think the Lions can do the most
for their team? Well, I think that you could
still use another edge rusher. And why I think
that is because I don't know when Marcus Davenport
is going to be back. MCDC did have some good
news in his press conference where he said that
he does expect him back this season, but he wasn't
sure when and what that would look like when
he comes back. This is one of the knocks that
we've had about Marcus Davenport ever since he
was signed as a free agent from the New Orleans
Saints is he's always, always hurt. So with that,
you know, being known and that we know that Bob
Muhammad has played exceptionally well, but he
could be on borrowed time. I think the biggest
need for the Lions right now, and most realistic
get would be trading some day three picks. What
that looks like, I don't know, a fourth, fifth,
six round, excuse me, I guess fifth, six round
picks. And taking the salary of Jalen Phillips,
the edge for the Dolphins who seem to be. on
a pretty quick track to nowhere. They play this
evening against the Ravens, who are expecting
Lamar Jackson back and who have underachieved
greatly this season. In fact, it's kind of a
battle between the two most underachieving teams
to date. So Jalen Phillips should probably be
my guy. If you could get a swing tackle or a
backup tackle, that'd be great. But Chet. Teams
is we've documented before, don't let go of good
offensive linemen. Anything we get is probably
the equivalent to Giovanni Manu, who was not
great filling in for Taylor Decker, but at least
he's ours and he's working with Hank Fraley.
He's practicing. He knows the culture. He knows
what's expected. So if it's not Jalen Phillips,
uh, now that Trey Hendrickson's hurt, which I
always thought was a pie in the sky reach anyway.
I don't see a whole lot else. So you're thinking
edge is what will help us the most right now.
And I don't disagree. I think edges are you can
never have enough of them. Right. And I think
I was just reading this past week that one of
Brad Holmes quotes about his search last year
for an edge when they grabbed Zidarius was how
difficult it was to get teams to part with their
edge rushers, even guys that were three and four
down the depth chart, because the line of thinking
was if I lose one. then all I got are three.
I need to run two of them out there at a time.
So it's not something that people are readily
willing to give up. You have to have quite a
bit of depth there. And then left tackles or
right tackles are even less so. And we could
definitely use a left tackle. Not only just for
now, but the future, too. I mean, we don't know
what Decker's future looks like right now. So
there are two positions where I think we could
definitely use some help in the deadline. And
I think all we will get at those positions is
some, you know, a good, like, fill -in guy. Somebody
to play a few downs here and there to give people
a breather. I don't think we're getting somebody
starter caliber who can come in and start in
front of one of our guys at either one of those
positions. Now, defensive back, cornerbacks seem
to, you know, not grow on trees, good ones at
least, but they seem to be a little more available
at the trade deadline. Do you think we need any
more help in the defensive backfield? I think
we always do. And I'm going to give you a name
that I think the Lions could trade. So they're
in either conjunction with draft picks or solo
on his own. And that would be Roy Lopez, who
was signed as a free agent. He's not seen many
meaningful snaps, if any at all. And he was a
starter last year for the Cardinals. And in their
top three defensive linemen depth, I could see
him being a piece because. Defensive linemen
are always needed. Yeah, probably doesn't really
mean he's a rental at this point for the Lions
I don't see him being a long -term solution So
he might be a piece that I could see being moved
now that Aleem is back and healthy and they've
got the guy they drafted and Williams Seems like
they may have a glut of D tackles now again depth
being key here It's great to be able to have
a Roy Lopez come flying in when somebody gets
hurt or something, but at some point You've gotta
fill in other areas likewise where you're not
as wealthy. I agree with you there, too. I think
Roy could be a good trade piece if somebody wants
if somebody wants to take him on or needs him
for their line. But yeah, it's a one year deals.
Why I brought him up is I don't think there's
anything damaged about him wrong with him. No,
I just don't think he's good enough. I don't
know if he's going to get the opportunities here.
He could help somebody else out a lot more. Yes.
So I think we're all I think we're in lockstep
here. We're looking at a pie in the sky would
be like a edge rusher or a tackle. Mm hmm. and
possibly, but more realistically, we'd possibly
look at something like a D -back, a fill -in
D -back, or somebody to play with the rest of
the guys that are back there right now. A move
that I liked, that another team did, and it's
always kind of funny, because they're, the Detroit
Lions west coast, was less need than the Rams
signed Roger McCreary. They did a trade, just
as a defensive back, backup. And I would look
at him as like rock yassing. It's just a reclamation
project, change of scenery, a depth piece, come
up a little, whatever, something like that. We'll
see that could be, I mean, not McCreery, but
somebody like that. Yeah. Yeah. So let's transition
here to the injury report. We just had our bye
week. We just came out of the buy. I know we've
got some changes here for the injuries. We got
some expectations as to who will play and who
won't play this week. Bill, what do you have
as far as injuries go? So the only real concerns
chat are Kirby Joseph and that need that's bothering
him and Craig Reynolds, who let's admit he is
a fourth string back. You and I talked about
that. Sionevaki is back from his groin injury.
So that kind of replaces Reynolds needs on special
teams, et cetera. Taylor Decker is still battling
that shoulder, but practicing. Evante Maddox
is still dealing with his hamstring, but practicing.
Bob Muhammad, our guy, is dealing with a hamstring,
but still practicing. You mentioned Malcolm Rodriguez
is back from his knee injury. And then Daniel
Thomas, who was a bit piece in the Legion of
Hume last week, is Also battling a forearm injury.
And then good news, Terry and Arnold is apparently
very healthy from his shoulder and been a full
participant in practice. Good. I'm glad to see
we're going to get a couple of these guys back
on the field. And it's if at the very least it
provides some depth. Um, and we're not as thin
as wondering who's going to play what position
three days before the game starts. So that's
kind of nice. Bye. We came at the right time.
Yeah. And then on the Viking side, their full
back, uh, CJ Ham has a hand injury and he did
not practice. Jeff Akuda, who you mentioned earlier
has a concussion, did not practice that one.
I'm very dubious whether he plays a Josh Oliver,
one of their backup tight ends. I was battling
a foot injury. And then you've got Jonathan Greenyard
and Andrew Van Ginkle, who are, they're two outside
linebackers and kind of edges, if you would,
they're both battling injuries, Greenard's an
ankle and Van Ginkle's a neck. And then you've
also got a little bit of injury history with
Isaiah Rogers. One of the starting corners so
and then you know JJ McCarthy still listed as
an ankle injury even though he's a full participant
practice he might not be a hundo on that ankle
and so I Think again the Lions have a great opportunity
here. Yep I think they've got their little beat
up likewise just like we kind of were and I think
we're on the way back to getting healthy similar
a little different than last season right the
transition from Last season seemed like we were
healthy, healthy, healthy injured for the second
half. Now we had our injuries kind of up front
and where everybody's getting back to being healthy
for the end of the season this year. Kind of
convenient. So do you want to segue into fantasy
football? Let's move into that. Let's move into
the fun stuff now, Bill. All right. Uh, if you've
got either Jefferson, St. Brown, or Jamo, I would
start them all. I think Jamo is going to be on
fire this game coming out of the Lions by week.
And I expect him to score at least one touchdown.
I think St. Brown will do his usual dirty work
in the middle of the field, getting seven to,
I don't know, eight, nine catches. I can't promise
you end zone. It's always a good chance. And
then I think of anybody on the Vikings offense,
uh, Jefferson's going to be the one to tour chess.
I think it could be Jefferson or Addison in this
one. Okay. Yeah, I think either receiver could.
I don't know that McCarthy's going to be able
to distribute to both of them and give them equal
amounts opportunity, but one of them I think
will go off against us and probably be Jefferson
in the end. He has had a less than stellar season,
but he's also had guys throwing to him that are
not quite, not what you would have, not what
he would want, I think. Not Sam Darnold? Not
Sam Darnold at this point, right? Anybody else
you want to include on this? Well, no. I think
you've hit everybody. I have a feeling Monty
might actually have a bigger game than Gibbs
this week. Okay. I don't know why. I feel like
this is a Montgomery game. He's been kind of
missing in action lately. Yeah. And I feel like
this could be the one where they run Monty up
the gut a hundred times if we get up by a touchdown
or two and they just burn the clock that way.
So on that note, do you do you think either team
will be successful running the ball against one
another? Because both defenses are stout against
the run. Yeah. And so, you know, do Mason and
Jones have success against the Lions? I don't
think they personally will. I think the leading
rusher for the Vikings might actually be McCarthy
kind of coming out on bootlegs or just scrambling
for his life. I have a feeling if there's a guy
that's going to run against us, it is going to
be JJ. Okay. And he's probably going to get away,
evade our rush and run for 20 damn yards. Who
knows? I don't think it'll be Jones or Mason
at this point. And I do wonder. You know, Lee
McNeil, having him back is kind of the linchpin
to that run defense, right? Like, now that he's
back, I can confidently say we can stop the run.
At least up the middle, out on the edges, who
knows. But, up the middle, we're gonna be solid
there. I will say, I don't know that the Vikings
run defense is quite as solid as ours. We'll
see what happens there. I feel like we could.
Possibly open some holes for Gibbs or Monte to
run around a little bit and again I think it's
gonna be more Monte doing some grunt work with
the old shoulder pads on Sunday You had in your
notes. This is a curious little section big day
for Fox You've really taken to our punters and
kickers this year. Haven't you? Yeah, I know
this isn't really fantasy because the special
teams unit. What I need to do is getting a lot
of love from you. I need to find a really, really
nerdy fantasy league where punters are. What
do you think you'd get points for from a punter?
Like hang time? Net average hang time, all the
above. Kind of punts inside 10 yards, get you
five points or something like that. Punts inside
the five, inside the 10, inside the 20. Why don't
we have that? That would be incredible. You would
have to pick punters on really bad teams. God,
if I only was to pick on bad teams, that would
be the one position you'd be like, I gotta get
a really bad offense. If only I could speak.
currently to the commissioner of our league to
maybe make this change. That would be so wonderful.
The commissioner of your league is never allowing
this change. When the league, when we're going
to burn the league down, the commissioner of
the league will allow this change. All right.
All right. Good, good thinking, but probably
not. All right. What's your, what's your projection
for the final score? So you talked about it very
succinctly. Minnesota is like Atlanta. They are
the two worst sports towns for long suffering
fans. They have a few baseball championships
each, but nothing to show for in the NBA. I mean,
Atlanta can't keep an NHL team to save their
life. The Wild for how passionate Minnesota is
about hockey have done absolutely nothing. And
the Vikings are 0 for 4 in Super Bowls and don't
seem to be on track to make another one. Lions
are at Ford Field. It's going to be raucous.
And I think the Lions role in this one, 34 to
13. You think it'll be a little bit of a track
meet in the beginning? I think it's going to
be a slog for about a quarter and a half. I think
the Lions. No track meet in the beginning. Yeah.
I think they're going to open it up. And then
I think to your point, I agree with you. They're
going to pound Monte run Gibbs, uh, kind of off
tackle and milk the clock. I think one of the
touchdowns for the lions could be either on,
well, I think we could see a pick six or a fumble
recovery for a touchdown. I could see Hutch maybe
getting his fifth strip. Okay of McCarthy. Okay,
and I think it's gonna be a big day for lines.
What are your thoughts? I'm going 27 17. All
right lions I think they win by 10, but it's
one of those that feels like 42 to 7 So it's
not gonna feel that close, but it is gonna be
that close I eat the Lions are something like
21st in third down conversions and If they aren't
able to run the ball on the Vikings, my biggest
fear here for our offense is if we can't get
the run game going against the Vikings, if they
do have that stout run defense, they become a
little one dimensional. They can't work off the
play action. We already haven't been doing that
great on third down conversion this year. I just
see that the offense might have a little bit
of a struggle. I think we're going to be hoping
to benefit from field position. I think our defense
gives McCarthy fits, hopefully, and we end up
in great field position on just about every drive
which sets us up. And we don't have to do that
much work. So that's your way of saying that
Jack Fox is valuable. Is valuable. Is valuable.
OK, let's talk about Vegas. I'm just I'm poking
you. Vegas thinks that the Lions are eight and
a half point favorites. They've got the over
under at forty eight and a half. If you were
to take the money line, the only way to make
money on that is taking the Vikes at plus three
eighty five. Any thoughts on that? I hate it
all. And here's why I don't like. to bet the
spread on an NFC North game. These games just
end up too close all the time. Which is interesting
because you and I both picked bigger point spreads.
I know, and I started thinking about it when
I said that. You said that point spread and I
said, you know what? 27 -21 sounds far more realistic
in this game. for one reason or another, which
would have been inside of that spread. But I'm
going to say I'm staying with my twenty seven
seventeen and I guess I got to take the spread
too. So, yeah, I'm going to take the points.
I'm going to take the points in the spread and
the under probably. Yeah, I think the under is
probably the the play soundest decision now that
I back myself into having to take the spread
because of my pick. All right. So we're going
to see what happens here at Ford Field, Bill.
I'm a little I. You know, every game, I just
don't have the confidence that I think I had
last year when we're going into games. Our offense
just isn't quite clicking. Even though a lot
of the numbers are doing really well, we just
aren't quite clicking along. I'm probably getting
over worried for no reason at all here. I'm probably
giving the Vikings way too much credit. But we'll
see what happens. We'll be back with a review
or recap after the fact. Win or lose. Hopefully
win. Probably should win. And yeah, we'll go
from there. Go Lions. Enjoy your weekend. Forward
down the field. Go Lions.