Lions Beat Panthers 42-24: Potential Playoff Upset Ahead?
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:04 Got to eat them sometimes, that's for sure.
00:06 That's the way that it goes.
00:07 The Lions continue to win.
00:09 They beat the Panthers 42 to 24.
00:11 We spoke about this a few minutes ago.
00:13 The Panthers are awful, but the Lions
00:15 do what you're supposed to do to bad teams at home.
00:18 They dropped the hammer.
00:19 They even had a little trickery going yesterday, Scotty.
00:23 Even throwing flea flicker touchdowns
00:25 to Sam Laporta on Fox.
00:27 Jacobs has played well, but Manuel Mosley got some playing
00:30 time before bringing it in.
00:31 Back to Jared Goff, wide open.
00:33 He's going to come into the end zone,
00:35 and that's a Lions touchdown.
00:37 A little trickery, but that's two for Sam Laporta today.
00:42 They're going to win the North, and they're
00:44 going to be a problem for someone in the playoffs.
00:49 I don't think they're better than the Niners.
00:52 I think there is potential for them to upset
00:57 the Eagles in a playoff game.
00:59 Right, and I was thinking about this the other day,
01:01 because every week, like on Wednesdays,
01:03 we do all the futures.
01:04 We look at the Super Bowl.
01:05 We look at all that stuff.
01:07 And you look at the Lions number,
01:09 and you want to take a chance with the Lions
01:12 to maybe win the NFC or something like that.
01:13 But can they win, potentially, back-to-back weeks
01:17 on the road in Philly and San Francisco?
01:21 Could they beat one of them?
01:22 Maybe.
01:23 Could they beat them both, back-to-back weeks,
01:27 to get to a Super Bowl?
01:28 That's why it's hard for me to go and run to the window
01:32 and back the Lions.
01:33 Like, I just--
01:34 I don't think they could beat them both on the road
01:36 in the January.
01:36 I think it's a very tough ask.
01:38 In the future, I think you're right that it's not
01:41 the greatest bet you ever made in your life.
01:42 But on a week-to-week basis, they're very bettable.
01:46 And in a divisional semi, anything is possible.
01:50 Remember, everything's going your way
01:52 until you fumble the ball with eight minutes left in the game.
01:56 You throw a pick with six minutes left in the game.
02:00 It's simple.
02:01 The mistake that kills the team in the fourth quarter
02:04 could lead to a Lion win on the road in Philly.
02:07 I don't think they beat them and the Niners back-to-back.
02:10 But I-- look, I already said it.
02:13 There is potential.
02:14 I think Philly's really good.
02:16 But notice how every week, somebody
02:17 says there's something wrong with them.
02:19 They're not as good as they could be.
02:20 Even Speriani, they all say the same thing.
02:22 We're not even playing good football.
02:24 But they win every game.
02:25 So what happens when all you do is play and win and win
02:27 and win, but you're not really playing your best?
02:29 Well, then one day, someone comes up
02:31 and sleeps with your chick.
02:34 Fun game this week.
02:35 Lions go to Tampa to play the Bucs this Sunday.
02:38 That's a fun game to enjoy the best.
02:41 (upbeat music)
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