Lions' Uncertain Victory Over Giants Shakes Confidence

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00:00I thought we could trust the Lions, but after watching yesterday's game,

00:03the way that the Giants took it to him, I'm not even so sure,

00:05especially if they can win like this at home.

00:0834-27, the Lions had to come back and win this one.

00:12Giants blow it late, although Jameis Winston was fantastic in this one.

00:16And when Jonathan Taylor had that crazy game a few weeks ago, Vinny,

00:19I'm like, this is one of the best fantasy games of all time.

00:22I don't think anyone's going to beat that.

00:23I was wrong.

00:24Jameer Gibbs, 219 rushing yards, 11 receptions.

00:30And three touchdowns, best performance of the season

00:33for any running back in reality or fantasy.

00:37So the good news is the Lions pick up the win,

00:39and I understand it's hard to win in the NFL,

00:41but, man, my confidence level in them is shaking a little bit.

00:45Yeah, their defense was really disappointing.

00:47You saw the opportunity there against Jameis Winston.

00:50They come in, the Giants, just don't care.

00:53Running trick plays, doing whatever they want with Winston,

00:55moving the ball downfield.

00:57They just got very aggressive against the Lions.

00:59I think that's what you have to do here, just throw on them.

01:02I mean, you can still throw on the Lions,

01:04despite all their improvements on pass defense.

01:07And, look, Jared Goff is going to be up and down.

01:09They seem like they're not as diverse with their offense.

01:13Without Sam Laporta, it's really about Jameer Gibbs,

01:16M.A.R. St. Brown.

01:17Jamison Williams was actually shut down.

01:19He had a zero in the game yesterday.

01:21So it's a two-man offense that's going around consistently with Jared Goff.

01:26So it's not all these guys in explosion all around,

01:31and David Montgomery has been a limited factor.

01:33That's why you're seeing the Jameer Gibbs domination here in this backfield.

01:38So get the Packers this week, short week.

01:41They've got to win this game.

01:42If they're going to win the division, this is basically critical to everything

01:45because they do get the Bears again on the road.

01:47They did crush the Bears before at home.

01:50They've got to do the same to the Packers on this one

01:52to get right back into winning the division,

01:54or the playoffs may not be guaranteed here.