Detroit Lions Gain Momentum with Key Players Returning

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00:00Now some news from practice for teams that are playing on

00:03Saturday, really yesterday first full day back on the practice

00:07field, even if those teams that had an extra week of rest as the

00:12one seed in either conference had a bye weekend, they're still

00:16just getting back in gear shaking off the rust. That was

00:19the case for the Lions yesterday as they get ready for Saturday

00:22night, hosting the commanders and David Montgomery, back on

00:27the practice field for the Lions, just a walkthrough, but

00:30still positive injury news for Detroit, which is where the

00:34pendulum is starting to swing for the Lions because in the

00:37final month of the regular season DRS, including that knee

00:41injury to David Montgomery initially, it seemed like it was

00:44doom and gloom everywhere. The Lions getting healthier Alex

00:48Anzalone back David Montgomery expected to play on Saturday

00:52night against the commanders as well.

00:55Yeah, that's a that's a good football team. They're rested.

00:57They're ready. They're having a game where they're basically

00:59double digit favorites here, which are going to line up. Let

01:01you say against the Philadelphia Eagles as it looks like based

01:04on the odds in the NFC championship game, but this is

01:06really good for them because now you actually have a game and

01:09look, we're not saying this is an automatic win here for

01:12Detroit. You Washington's going to be pretty game in that game

01:14whether they can win the game. We'll see but this is the

01:17perfect time to say, you know what? Let's run him out there

01:19in game time, you know flow where he's missed a couple

01:21games here. See how that knee reacts. And if it's good,

01:23great, you give him five to six touches in that game. And then

01:26you really start to ramp him up in that Eagles game. If it is

01:29the Eagles night game. And if you win that then you get Ben

01:31the extra by week again before the Super Bowl or now you're

01:34looking at he could be fully 100% along with Gibbs for the

01:38Super Bowl. That would be impressive. So good news for

01:41the Detroit Lions bad news for everybody else trying to stop

01:43that backfield.