Lions @ Vikings Predictions

Yeah, what he said up there! ^ B)
SKOL!

I can't see a way we'd drop this game at home......similar feeling I had when Buffalo kicked us a couple years ago.

If Detroit comes and hands us a loss, I believe Zimmer will be gone Monday am.

Detroit is bad on offense and bad on defense. I'd like to think that after last weekend the crew is fired up and everyone knows this is a must win. I think a double digit win as well

@"Hawkvike25" said: Detroit is bad on offense and bad on defense. I'd like to think that after last weekend the crew is fired up and everyone knows this is a must win. I think a double digit win as well

Vikings should win this game at home 70% of the time. Divisional game, might be closer than fans want it to be. 

I still have hope this is more than a mediocre team.

Next two will tell me more. If they win @ home then lay a turd on the road? I'll be more convinced its a middling .500 type team. 

@purplefaithful morphs into @purpleapathetic at that point. 

@"MaroonBells" said: What I like: I can’t find a single matchup where the Lions win. Maybe Hockenson against our safeties? Meh. Swift and Williams are good backs, but this is not Chubb and Hunt. They have a couple of good edge rushers in Julian Okwara and Trey Flowers, who promise to give Hill fits, but this is not Garrett and Clowney. They have 0 sacks between them. What’s more, their best pass rusher, Romeo Okwara is out. They have a good safety in Walker, but on the other side, Will Harris might be the worst safety in the NFL. With Okudah out, they have a league average corner on one side in Oruwariye and a couple of chunks of burnt dogshit on the other in Jacobs and/or Price. Their guards are good, but the keys (LT, C and RT) are out, without much to replace them. With Anthony Barr making his return, Vikings will likely cause a lot of confusion for that inexperienced front five.  What I don’t like: We’ve lost games like this before. At home, with every matchup favoring us, in a must-win game, Vikings have, on more than one occasion, stepped on their dick.  That won’t happen this time. Vikings vent. 

Vikings 34 Lions 14

To me this will be interesting to see if they come in with the Seattle game plan, which they should, or if Zim has running game envy from his old pupil last week.

I’m hoping for the former.  Either way i expect it to be a little closer than it should be.  

Vikes  27 Lions 20. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Hawkvike25" said: Detroit is bad on offense and bad on defense. I'd like to think that after last weekend the crew is fired up and everyone knows this is a must win. I think a double digit win as well

Week 5...a must win,  how fucking pathetic does that sound?

31-27 MIN