Watching that game this last night .... I don't know if Detroit losing was a good or bad thing. I almost had a sense that if they won they might get a bit cocky and overconfident heading into next week, and our game against them just might be ripe for the taking. I know it could be argued that giving up 42 points like that and losing by 21 could be an embarrassment and confidence deflater, but you could also say in a year like this that it's a motivating tool for them to bring an all-out effort onto the divisional title game at home. I fully expect their crowd to be amped up as well, pretty loud.
On the one hand, their O-line seemed to get exposed quite a bit, might mean a big opportunity for Clay and company to get some big sacks. And their defense didn't look good either, but hard to imagine they give up 40 plus points two weeks in a row. But still, the key for us is going to be coming away with TDs at the most critical junctures. I don't doubt we'll move the ball well against them, but it's going to mean coming away with TDs and not FGs in doing so.
I do think Detroit is more like a 6 or 7-win team that's had that extra luck propelling them to 9 wins thus far, but still in a game like this one, you just can't underestimate them.
, according to pro-football-reference.com Lowry took 19 defensive snaps and 1 ST snap against the Vikes.
