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00:02 - Not nearly as much of an underdog DRS
00:06 as the Lions were just a few days ago.
00:10 Travis Kelsey listed as questionable
00:12 for the defending champs.
00:14 We are probably not going to see Chris Jones
00:17 on the other side for Kansas City.
00:20 A huge absence defensively for the Chiefs.
00:23 So now DRS, where the line was for most of this off season,
00:27 six and a half in favor of KC on this morning
00:31 of the first game day of the 2023 NFL regular season.
00:35 It's only four and a hook in favor of the Chiefs.
00:39 - Yeah, by the way, also a tweet about maybe two hours ago
00:41 that came out here, Tom Pellisaro said
00:43 that he will be a game time decision.
00:44 We're talking about Travis Kelsey here,
00:46 but I don't see how he plays.
00:48 48 hours out, you hyper extend your knee
00:50 and get a bone bruise, but yet we're setting
00:52 that you're going to be playing in this game tonight.
00:54 I don't see it happening here.
00:55 Football players are tough, granted.
00:57 They always want to play, but sometimes it's up
00:59 to the coaching staff and the general manager
01:01 to keep them out for the best interest
01:03 of the team down the stretch.
01:04 But having said that, if we're taking a look at this line,
01:06 Ben, what did we think of over the off season
01:08 with the Detroit Lions?
01:09 Ooh, this is a really interesting game.
01:11 Measuring stick game, opening night
01:12 in the Champions Building.
01:14 A lot of it is expected from us, but I can't say
01:16 that if we lost the game, talking about the Detroit Lions,
01:19 35 to 32, you'd say, wow, you know what?
01:21 We're here for this season.
01:22 We're ready to go because sometimes we equate
01:24 it to NCAA football.
01:25 Oh no, I'm an ACC team.
01:27 I lost to an SEC team.
01:28 OK, well, it doesn't really count in the standings
01:30 for the ACC itself, and you can recover from that.
01:32 Now, if the Detroit Lions come out,
01:34 there is no moral victories now.
01:35 Let's just say Kelsey doesn't play
01:37 and Jones doesn't play either.
01:38 You're actually supposed to win this football game.
01:40 Now, I hear you, Donnie.
01:41 No, they're not.
01:42 It's minus 4 and 1/2.
01:43 But when you're thinking from the psychology of the Detroit
01:45 Lions, from going from measuring stick game to,
01:47 oh my goodness, we actually have a legitimate chance
01:49 to go in there and knock them off and nobody be surprised,
01:52 that's what I'm looking forward to now.
01:54 Because now you almost have the Chiefs.
01:56 If Kelsey doesn't go, that back up against the wall,
01:58 oh, you guys are nothing without Kelsey.
02:00 Oh, we'll see what Mahomes is really about without the best
02:02 weapons in football that he typically
02:04 has on a year-to-year basis.
02:05 That's what I'm looking forward to.
02:07 But from a Lions side, it's no longer measuring stick.
02:09 It seems like it's a must win now, and I love that.
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