As long as they can stay mostly healthy, unlike last season, the Detroit Lions are primed to make it to the Super Bowl this year, according to one analyst.
Joining NFL Network’s Good Morning Football, Aaron Schatz made his annual Super Bowl matchup prediction. Schatz created the For The Numbers (FTN) Football Almanac, invented the popular DVOA statistic, and regularly appears on the program.
“I’m hoping this is not just wish fulfillment because I would love to see these two fan bases get there, but I’m going with the Bills and the Lions,” he said, met with applause from the hosts.
“I think the Ravens are a little bit better than the Bills, but the Bills have the easier schedule, especially that game with the Ravens that’s in Buffalo that’s going to be so important for home field in the AFC,” he said. “I think that the Lions are going to overcome the loss of the two coordinators with better health on defense.”
He’s, of course, referring to the departure of Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn as they both became head coaches for other teams. He’s also referring to the absolute destruction that befell the Lions’ defense last year — the unit was decimated with injuries. Sounds like Schatz is saying, as long as that doesn’t happen again, the Lions have all the necessary pieces to make it to the Super Bowl.
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- Shoutout Sherman, a good boy that deserves all the Pup Cups. Thanks for what you do.
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- For additional reading on that debut, Detroitlions.com’s Tim Twentyman offers his own thoughts on how it went for both Williams and fellow rookie Tate Ratledge.
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