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Let's start off talking about our Lions who will not be taking the field this weekend
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That is A-OK with me. A good time for them to enter the bye
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Yes, it may be early in the season, but a very opportune time for this football team
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because following this bye, we get into the meat and potatoes of our schedule
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We get into division matchups. We've got the Packers after the bye
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We've got the Vikings right after that. Maybe the Lions can surprisingly hand the Vikings their first loss on the season
0:29
Still doesn't make sense how Minnesota has yet to take an L, but that's where we're at this point in the year
0:35
But the Lions enter the bye week. Hopefully they exit the bye week with more momentum, building off of that performance against Arizona
0:43
I get it. Cardinals are a bad team. I'm not going to sugarcoat it
0:48
They're bad. But the Cardinals actually had really good showings against teams like New York, teams like LA, teams like San Francisco
0:55
That matchup against the Niners was actually really close. They put up more points against those teams than they did against the Lions
1:03
So yes, Arizona, bad team. But you want to tell me San Francisco's a bad team
1:08
They're not. I do put stock in how the Lions played against Arizona last weekend
1:13
The offense for the first time this year looked elite. They've looked good all year
1:18
Last weekend, though, that was elite level stuff. And the defense held their own and was capable
1:23
You put all that in the mix with the fact that Brian Branch could be back following the bye
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I think the Lions enter the bye and exit the bye with a lot of momentum
1:34
Got to go into that matchup against Green Bay with that momentum. Come away with that win
1:39
Come away with the win against Minnesota. If you win your next two, I'm riding high with this Lions team
1:45
We wanted them to be in the bye week four and one. They're three and two. A couple of division wins, though
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that changes my tune and I feel much more better, much more confident heading into the bulk of the season
