Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions has ‘huge’ playoff implications | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions has ‘huge’ playoff implications | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

SON, ON A, ON A NOVEMBER DAY. OKAY, PRETTY GOOD GAMES, WHERE WE KNOW CHIEFS COWBOYS ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST WATCHED REGULAR SEASON GAME OF ALL TIME. IT’S GOING TO SURPASS THE 1990 49ERS GIANTS GAME WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOW NUMBER 2. NUMBER 1 IS GIANTS COWBOYS FROM RIGHT? JOHN OREN OF PUCK POINTED OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT HOSTING THE PACKERS MAY END UP BEING NUMBER 2. IT MAY, IT MAY SET A NEW HIGH WATER MARK. BEYOND WHAT I HEAR YOU IN THE AUDIENCE HAS EVER BEEN. THIS IS A HUGE GAME. THIS USED TO BE THE GAME THAT YOU JUST TURNED IT ON BECAUSE IT WAS THANKSGIVING, RIGHT? WHO ARE THE LINES GOING TO LOSE 2 TODAY? THAT? THAT’S WHAT IT WAS FOR YEARS. AND NOW, IT’S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WHO ARE THE LINES GOING TO BEAT TODAY? AND NOW THIS YEAR, IT’S OH, OH, THE LINES GOT THEIR HANDS FULL TODAY. OH, THIS IS A CONSEQUENTIAL GAME IN THE NFC NORTH. LIKE THIS IS HUGE. IN THE PLAYOFF PICTURE. THIS IS HUGE, WHOEVER, LOSES THIS GAME, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GOT TO BE THINKING, WE’RE THIRD PLACE IN THE HOW HOW WE WITH THE 49ERS AND THE RAMS AND THE SEAHAWKS AND THE WEST, HOW THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO GET IN? IF WE’RE THIRD PLACE IN THE DIVISION, THERE MAY NOT BE A SPOT FOR US. I MEAN, THE LOSER OF THIS GAME TOMORROW MAY END UP S O L IN THE POSTSEASON AND THAT IS NOT HYPERBOLE CHRIS KNOW. IT’S IT’S IT’S PRETTY CRAZY WHEN YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD AND THEN YOU LOOK AT A TEAM LIKE DETROIT AND YOU GO. YEAH, THEY STILL GOT THE THE RAMS AND THE STEELERS AND THE VIKINGS AND THE BEARS ON THE SCHEDULE THERE. I MEAN, IT’S CRAZY THAT WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AND TALK ABOUT. YEAH, DETROIT LIONS ARE NOT EVEN IN THE PLAYOFFS AS WE SIT HERE AND AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO HOW GOOD THE NFC IS AND ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU SAID THE 49ERS CONTINUE TO WIN AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THERE. BUT YEAH, THE THE LIONS OF COURSE BIG GAME FOR THEM. THE PACKERS, OF COURSE, A BIG GAME FOR THEM, THEY’RE SITTING IN THE PLAYOFFS BUT EITHER 1 OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HOME, PLAYOFF GAME TO START, START IT ALL OFF IN THE WILD CARD ROUND AND NOT LET THE BEARS BE THAT FOOTBALL TEAM. AND EVEN IF THEY LOSE NOW, YOU’RE KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF LIKE BEING IN OR BEING OUT AND NOW IT STARTS TO GET A LITTLE DICEY THAT WAY AND I THINK ON TOP OF THAT MIKE AND I THINK WHY WE FIND IT REALLY INTRIGUING LIKE BOTH OF US IN THIS GAME 1, IT’S A GREAT RIVALRY, RIGHT? LIKE YOU SAID, IT’S THE LIONS ARE REAL, SO THAT MAKES IT FUN TO LIKE ACTUALLY, SIT DOWN AND TUNE IN INSTEAD OF JUST GOING. OH, OH, HEY, LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU DID IT THIS. OH, OKAY. OH, THEY’RE STAYING CLOSED. IT’S ONLY 10 NOTHING. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OH, HEY, OH, THEY’RE STILL HANGING IN THERE. IT’S 20 TO 7 THE OTHER TEAM NOW, RIGHT? THAT’S THE THAT’S THE LIONS GAME AT 12:30. OH, LET ME GO OUT HERE AND HAVE A PASS WITH MY KIDS AND DO THAT. OH, OKAY. YEAH. THEY’RE ONLY LOSING 24 TO 13 NOW. RIGHT, YOU KNOW THAT THAT’S THAT’S BUT NOW, IT’S NOT THAT WAY. NOW, IT’S MUST-SEE TV AND ON TOP OF THAT TOO, NEITHER TEAM IS PLAYING GREAT FOOTBALL, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE LIONS 3 AND 3 IN THEIR LAST 6? THE PACKERS ARE 2 AND 2 IN THEIR LAST 4, SO YOU’RE KIND OF LOOKING TO GO LIKE WAIT, WHICH 1 OF THESE TEAMS, WHAT WE THINK COULD GO TO THE SUPER BOWL IS SUPER BOWL TEAM. HERE DOWN THE STRETCH AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT AWESOME FOR TOMORROW, TOO. AND IT WAS LAST THANKSGIVING WHEN THE BEARS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AGAINST THE LIONS TO FORCE OVERTIME. I BELIEVE HORRIBLE CLOCK MANAGEMENT. AT THE END OF GOT MATT EBERL FIRED THE NEXT DAY. I WAS ON RADIO IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY AND THEY ASKED ME FROM THE PROSPECTIVE OF THE BEARS. WHO SHOULD THEY BE ROOTING FOR? IN THIS 1, WHO DO YOU WANT TO LOSE AND WHO ARE YOU CONTENT TO SEE WHEN OUT OF THESE 2 GAMES? SO, I’LL PUT THAT QUESTION TO YOU IF YOU’RE IF YOU’RE THE BEARS. SEE LOSE THIS GAME? IN THIS 1, WHO DO YOU WANT TO WHO WOULD YOU RATHER SEE? LIONS LOSE THE FOOTBALL GAME. THAT WAS WHAT I SAID? YEAH. YEAH, I’VE ALREADY LOST TO THE LIONS, RIGHT? AND YOU STILL HAVE 2 GAMES AGAINST THE PACKERS. I’D RATHER, I’D RATHER KNOCK OUT THE, THE CURRENT AND RECENT KINGS OF THE DIVISION I THINK AND TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE PACKERS. I THINK THAT TOO AND I THINK YOU JUST ON A PERSONAL. WELL, MATT PERSONAL MATCHUP, RIGHT? I I I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BEARS EITHER TEAM WHEN WE KNOW I MEAN BOTH TEAMS GOT A PRETTY GOOD DEFENSE. THE PACKERS DEFENSE BEING A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR SURE. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT I’D WORRY ABOUT IF I’M A BEARS FAN OR THE BEARS IS, I WOULD WORRY ABOUT THE LIONS OFFENSE HAS THE CAPABILITIES TO STEAMROLL THE BEARS DEFENSE. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE BIG THING ABOUT TOMORROW BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW IF THE PACKERS HAVE THAT ABILITY, THEY’VE SHOWN LITTLE GLIMPSES OF IT PACKERS UH, HAVE NOT BEEN GREAT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A HIGH-FLYING OFFENSE OR WHAT WE EXPECT WHEN THEY HAVE A QUARTERBACK, THAT’S MAKING 55 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND YOU GOT AN OFFENSIVE PLAY CALLER HEAD COACH AND JOSH JACOBS, RIGHT? THEY’VE BEEN HURT BY JAYDEN REED GETTING HURT AND I THINK HE’S PROBABLY GETTING CLOSE TO COMING BACK HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. TUCKER KRAFT INJURY, HURT THEM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVEN WHEN TUCKER KRAFT WAS OUT THERE, IT’S BEEN AN OFFENSE THAT YOU’VE HEARD ME SAY IS LESS THAN ITS JUST HASN’T MET MET EXPECTATIONS. IS DOMINANT IN THE RUN GAME. YOU’VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT JORDAN LOVE AND THE INCONSISTENCIES IN THE PAST GAME. YOU DON’T NEED TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT IT. YOU’RE WATCHING IT RIGHT? IT’S IFFY. EVEN LAST WEEK THEY WIN 23-6, YOU KNOW THAT WAS A FUGAZI 23-6 IS A VIKINGS FAN. THE VIKINGS HAVE SERVED IT UP ON A SILVER PLATTER. RIGHT? THAT THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT WAS. IT WASN’T LIKE YOU CAME AWAY FROM THE GAME GOING MAN. GREEN BAY REALLY LOOKED THE PART YESTERDAY. I MEAN AGAIN IT CAME INTO JORDAN LOVE THROWING SOME BALLS UP THAT WERE 1-ON-1 AND THEY MAKE THE PLAY AND HE PUTS THE THROW IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND I’M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT, BUT THAT’S JUST A HARD WAY TO LIVE TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPER BOWL. SO THAT’S WHERE IF I’M A BEARS FAN, I’D FAVOR WANTING THE PACKERS TO WIN. WELL, THE VIKINGS ALSO MADE IT EASIER FOR THE PACKERS. BYE. YEAH, NOT DOUBLING. MICAH PARSONS. YOU CAN’T, I DON’T CARE HOW GOOD YOUR LEFT TACKLE IS. YOU CAN’T EXPECT YOUR LEFT TACKLE TO CONSISTENTLY HANDLE, OWN, CHRISTIAN WELL, THE VIKINGS ALSO MADE PARSONS ON HIS OWN. CHRISTIAN PARSON. THAT WAS A HAVOC. RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT WAS CRAZY BECAUSE DARYL IS 1 OF THE BEST PASS PROTECTING LEFT, TACKLES IN FOOTBALL. BUT IT IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT YOU KNOW, IT WITH MYLES GARRETT AND MICAH PARSONS YOU. IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER. YOU CAN’T LEAVE HIM 1-ON-1. THERE IS NO TACKLE THAT CAN TAKE THEM 1-ON-1. I THINK THAT’S THE POINT. AND YEAH, IT’S FUNNY S***. I DIDN’T NO, NO. I MY SON ASKED ME THE QUESTION. LIKE HOW THE HELL WAS THIS TEAM ABLE TO NEUTRALIZE MYLES GARRETT? AND THAT WAS A GAME, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DASAW. YEAH. HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO NEUTRALIZE GARRETT AND PARSONS JUST RUNS? ROUGH SHOT AROUND HIM AND I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE THEY DIDN’T TAKE PARSONS AS SERIOUSLY AS THEY SHOULD AND HAVE THAT PLAN THAT PLAN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND THE WHOLE WEEK PLOTTING, HOW DO WE KEEP THIS GUY FROM WRECKING THE GAME. BECAUSE IF THEY HAD A PLAN FOR KEEPING PARSONS FROM WRECKING, THE GAME, IT FAILED, BECAUSE HE DID. SO, THE LIONS WILL HAVE THAT PLAN. THE LIONS HAVE HAVE ALREADY FACED PARSONS ONCE AND THEY LOST

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