Maybe the Lions just are unlucky in terms of scheduling. First, they finish their regular season against their division rival Green Bay Packers, who furthermore boast the league’s greatest record. Then they follow that up by drawing the Saints in the first round of the playoffs.
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The Jan 7 – Lions against Saints game will be the second meeting of the two squads this year. New Orleans won the first game in New Orleans 31-17. New Orleans is a 10.5 point favorite to defeat Detroit this week, and this is perhaps part of the reason.
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The other is that the Saints are on a roll. They’ve won 8 matches back to back arriving into this week’s meeting with Detroit, beating 3 other playoff squads throughout that stretch. Following kicking an rival player with his cleats, defensive superstar Ndamukong Suh was suspended for two matches, but Detroit managed to pull things together. Only losing a tight game to 15-1 Green Bay, they won 3 out of their last 4 matches of the year. When they last confronted New Orleans, they were lacking Suh, and Detroit is intending the return of his existence to the defensive line could be the change they need to stop Drew Brees and the strong New Orleans offense.
Sadly for Detroit, that New Orleans offense has been amazing for the second half of the year. They’ve obtained over 40 points in their last 3 matches, and gone over 40 in 4 of their last six. They’re 8-0 in their home stadium this year and earlier this year in New Orleans they fallen 62 points on Indianapolis.
Detroit has had trouble this year against higher caliber competition, going 1-5 against playoff squads (merely beating Denver). Their offense has the opportunity to be high-flying, and thus it’ll be up to their defense to ensure they are in this game. If Suh will probably make amends for his two-game suspension, it is now time.
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