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00:00The Texans, the only team with a winning record in the AFC South at home, hosting perhaps
00:08the best team in the National Football League, that the Detroit Lions.
00:12Detroit entered yesterday, DRS, four and a half point road favorite in H-Town with a
00:17seven and one record and a cover in all seven victories.
00:21Well, they got an eighth win with a dramatic second half comeback and a 52 yard game winning
00:27field goal from Jake Bates, the UFL legend, but they did not cover for the first time
00:32in any of their eight wins this season.
00:35Regardless, the Lions will take it, make it seven straight wins as Detroit blanks Houston
00:42in the second, down 23 to seven at the break.
00:46The Lions rally all the way back to improve to eight and one, 26-23 in Houston last night.
00:53Incredible.
00:54Take a look at Jared Goff on the season, up for the MVP, why?
00:57Because he doesn't throw in completions and he doesn't turn the football over.
01:00He was 15 of 30 last night with five interceptions and they won a football game against a quality
01:05opponent.
01:06That is absolutely astounding.
01:08And sometimes it does come down to special teams.
01:09Any high school coach used to tell you, special teams, 33% of the games, they got to practice
01:14those extra hard.
01:15Just making your field goals and making your long distance field goals makes a difference
01:18and you're right about it.
01:19Those field goals at the end of the game, I mean, slicing one inside the right upright,
01:23slicing one inside the left upright.
01:24It all matters.
01:25It is a game of inches and the inches were one here on the Detroit Lions.
01:29Makes it so impressive.
01:30As we open the show in the seven and seven, it wasn't as if we expected, hey, 26-23.
01:34Yeah, Goff was 19 of 23, 260 yards, two touchdown passes, no interceptions and a great game.
01:40He was a flawed quarterback last night, but the team never gave up and continued the fight.
01:44That's what was so impressive because 23 points by Houston at the half, they were on their
01:48way to 30 plus points with an injured offense saying like, this isn't the Detroit Lions
01:52team that I know, but the defense absolutely rose to the occasion in the second half.
01:56You made clutch plays when you needed to on offense and more importantly, your field goal
02:00kicker was down for it last night, man, knocking through 58 yard kicks for victories.
02:06That's pretty impressive.
02:07The Detroit Lions, who for me, Ben, in the NFC, I have over a dozen futures wagers on
02:11them to win the NFC.
02:13That was a massive step because home field advantage means a lot.
02:15Now also Ben, quickly on this, you look at their scheduling, I believe it was four out
02:19of the last five games were on the road.
02:21Now four out of the next five are home.
02:24This is an important stretch over the Detroit Lions to increase that lead in the NFC North
02:28and the NFC overall number one seed.