Detroit pass defense. A quuck grab at the top of the route, a tug after the break. You try it on Defense & see how often its called.

It happened the entire 1st half. I think there was 1 call and it was a late flag after a completion.

I read an article on friday about the amount of money placed on the over (55.5) for this game. 90% of all money laid on this game was on the over. & It was in the $10's of mill. The article suggested, no way vegas was going to give back millions in winnings on the final regular season game.

So what happened here? On a short week after a 90 point game. Suddenly the lions went from 31st ranked pass D to the #1 pass D in the league?
All because Alex Anzilone returned to the lineup?

Now granted. The pass rush was a big part of it.
But without all that holding & tugging to prevent seperation against a db group that couldnt cover a corpse with a 20x20 tarp last week. Then that pass rush gets eaten alive with quick passes.
On the other hand. When the refs find blind eyes for the many holds & tugs? Suddenly sam has nowhere to dump the ball and he has a 45% completion rate thru 3 qtrs.

But hey. Like florio says. Too many people would have to know for there to actually be a fix ....

Sure Mike. Keep dancing that rope-a-dope. Maybe you'll get another pizza commercial...

All that said. How does one slow down a free running pass rush?
Answer. Delayed draws, screen passes. Counter trap runs. KOC gets stubborn with his system.
Well. He better look up some of that stuff. Bc the rams did the same thing at KOC on that thursday night. And the rams have better cb's.

PS. I did bet the under. At the 2 minute warning it looks like its going to coast home for dinner.
If youre buying that theory. Give me a call. I have some crypto IPO I'd like to sell you.
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90 points last week.
40 points this week.
$10's of mill on the over?
Vegas says thank you for your patronage.