Game Insights: Mixon Dominates, Lions Showcase Resilience

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00:00Yeah, I would say for a matchy that was a surprise, but also very necessary. We saw

00:07how they kind of had to go to some other guys. Plus your guy, uh, Williams coming in hot

00:12and upon his return into the game. So there were some second half adjustments that I was

00:17like, all right, I think Tom might like these or even advise these. So what did you see

00:20in the second half that needed to happen, but more importantly, probably fit the script

00:23for betters?

00:24Well, I want to say when it comes to Houston, this is something that we have mentioned before.

00:30It's just Joe Mixon's backfield in Houston. 25 carries is an insane amount for Joe Mixon.

00:37Uh, Dario Guglielmo had one tank Dell had one CJ Stroud had one. Like he held 25 of

00:43the 26 running back carries. Now he was insanely inefficient without for only 46 yards. So

00:49Houston committed to the run game. It just didn't work. Right. And this is what we've

00:53seen from them time and time again. We talked about it on the Thursday night game, uh, when

00:58they were facing the jets, it's like we'd mix it in place. He just gets the ball 20

01:01plus times. That's just what it comes down to. So you'd like to see them get things going

01:05on the ground a little bit more, a more efficiently, like the volume of plays were there for mixing.

01:10So, uh, good, good game plan from the Texans. They just didn't do it effectively enough

01:17or efficiently enough. And, you know, again, when it comes down to lines, I gotta say just

01:21good stuff from them overall, like being resilient. I think this, like the, the motto of the team,

01:25you know, they're going to bend, but they're never going to break. They're going to find

01:28ways to win. It's on special teams. It's interceptions that they're getting. It's on fumble recoveries

01:33yards after the catch, whatever it might be like, they do all the little things. And even

01:37when a game plan doesn't go a hundred percent, right. They can find like, okay, we're going

01:41to do three of these things well tonight and we will still find a way to win. Yeah. And

01:46I think that became the larger part of the conversation. This was a good game to see

01:49how well the lions can adjust because not every game is going to fit perfectly to the

01:53script. So your ability to kind of go toe for toe or readjust on that second half is

01:57going to be the playoff caliber, let alone potential stand or Superbowl caliber.