Detroit Lions & Bears: High Stakes Division Game Impact

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00:00The Detroit Lions today had questionable tags on their left tackle, Taylor Decker,

00:04and their star safety, one of their star safeties, Kirby Joseph.

00:08Both are active for today's game against the Chicago Bears.

00:13Maybe that'll push this line up to seven, because again, you can laugh at me all you want,

00:18but I've been waiting all week, wondering if this thing can run up to seven here, Joe.

00:23The story of this game to me is this is the panic bowl.

00:28This is the sledgehammer, smash the alarm if we lose spot, because I'm serious.

00:35If you're Chicago and you lose, you start not just 0-2, but 0-2 in the division.

00:42It's going to be hard to climb out of that hole, not just to win the North, but to even make the playoffs.

00:47And people will say, oh, but they have the longest odds in terms of the division.

00:50They weren't supposed to make the playoffs.

00:51Yeah, tell that to Bears fans.

00:53Tell that to the Bears organization.

00:54This is a team that was actually supposed to make the playoffs in the first year at Caleb Williams.

00:59Trust me, they thought they'd be able to make the playoffs here in year number two.

01:03But that pales in comparison if Detroit loses this game.

01:08If the Detroit Lions, who's lost, by the way, to Green Bay, presented a ton of panic,

01:15but then the Packers looked good on Thursday, so people were like, oh, Detroit's fine.

01:21That's not the way, nothing you can do against Green Bay.

01:24No one will score on them all season.

01:27If Detroit loses this game, they'll probably have the worst odds to win the NFC North at the end of this game.

01:35Remember, this was last year's number one seed in the conference.

01:39I think it's the panic bowl, Joe.

01:41What do you make of it?

01:41It is the panic bowl because, to magnify it more, if Ben Johnson loses this game, is he the savior of the Orioles?

01:50You want to call out every coach in the NFC North in the preseason.

01:54That's all well and good.

01:56And if Caleb Williams struggles again like he did in the second half, there's going to be the concerns of,

02:01is he the right quarterback for the future?

02:03And we saw the situation with Bryce Young, saw the situation play out with Anthony Richardson,

02:09you know, and to know that he struggled mightily.

02:13He starts 10 for 10 last week and then can't hit it open DJ more,

02:18look like a deer in the headlights running around.

02:21That's a problem.

02:22That's a problem.

02:23So, yes, I agree with you.

02:26If Detroit, and we talked about regression, I didn't think they'd be a 14-win football team.

02:31Thought they would be potentially a 10-win football team, which is still, in my opinion,

02:36good enough to win the division, just not being this dominant team.

02:40And they weren't a dominant team, let's be honest.

02:44Dominant in the record.

02:4614-3 last year.

02:47I get it.

02:48Detroit?

02:48Yeah.

02:49But wait.

02:50Okay.

02:51When you lose as a 9.5-point favorite at home to Jaden Daniels and Washington,

02:56a rookie quarterback, in that spot in your house, and you get abused,

03:01they gave up 40-plus points, okay?

03:04They got exposed in that game.

03:07Right.

03:08So, the perception is, okay, yeah, your 14-win football team,

03:13the NFC North lost all their playoff games, right?

03:16Yeah.

03:16They weren't as good as we thought they were.

03:19The perception was wrong, and they got exposed.

03:21So, heading into this year with a new O.C., a new D.C.,

03:25and all these question marks, how can you look at this team as an NFC contender?

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