Vikings vs. Lions: High Stakes Sunday Night Showdown

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00:00but it doesn't really seem, Matt, like there's a ton at stake, some seeding stuff, you know,

00:04the last AFC spot potentially on the line here, but not as much drama, I think, as the NFL would

00:11like, and so that's why they had to put that Vikings-Lions game, I guess, on Sunday night,

00:15but both of those teams are getting in the playoffs, clearly.

00:18Yes, and both of those teams are going to be among the favorites. I think I heard this is

00:23the most combined wins we've ever had going into an NFL game. It's certainly crazy that

00:29it's going to come down to this for two 14-2 teams. Most of the time, they're safely locked

00:33into their spot. They're resting their starters. They're planning ahead, in some cases, to the

00:38divisional round of the playoffs, but not this week, and it should be a great game. You know,

00:43these two teams played earlier in the year. It was one of the better games of the year where it

00:47went right down to the wire. The Lions managed to sneak it out. These teams are a little different

00:52from when they met in that game. The Lions' defense is certainly a lot more banged up.

00:56I would say that the Vikings, just in general, are a better team with more confidence. At the

01:01very least, the outside public has more confidence in them. They probably had it all along,

01:07but it seems like just last week, a switch flipped where people like us go, you know,

01:12the Vikings might be a real Super Bowl contender. Yeah, they're 13-2. They're 14-2, so they are,

01:17so this is going to be a fantastic game. I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's

01:21tempting to sort of say, well, Detroit's at home, and we know Detroit's offense can score

01:26against anyone at any time, but I think if it's going to come down to which defense do you trust

01:31more, I don't know how anyone could have watched the game on Monday night, how anyone could have

01:34watched the game against the Bills the Lions played a couple weeks ago and come away thinking

01:39you can trust that Lions' defense right now against a good offense like Minnesota's.