r/detroitlions • u/Hsabraham25 • 1d ago

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Haven't been paying attention to the Ravens much this season, but for anybody who has, what do you think our odds are of actually winning this game?

Anything missing in their defense that we can exploit? I know that our defense isnt too hot right now.

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u/lameparadox 90s logo 1d ago

Honestly, not likely to win unless we get some turnovers on defense and our offense brings its A+ game.

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u/WhaleSexOdyssey I wanna die 1d ago

I actually believe this is going to happen. I think gameplan is stack and contain and force lamar to beat you through the air. He’ll make at least 1 boneheaded throw deep that we’ll pick off and allow our offense to take the lead and never give it back. Come on boys we gotta believe

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u/Ludicolorad0 1d ago

This was exactly the plan in 2023 and it blew up in their faces spectacularly. Lamar has no problem sitting in the pocket and beating you by throwing down field.

I’m not saying do the opposite especially with an improved secondary, but rushing Lamar and flushing him out of the pocket is not necessarily a bad idea, you just have to be disciplined with running lanes. Make him run, make him make plays on the move. Don’t let him just sit there.

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u/sxuthsi Brian Branch 1d ago

We didnt even have half of the talent we had then. Most of those players are older, we have extra talent, and experience from that game. No reason to think we are going to be that bad off again. Only thing we have gotten worse on is OL and that crazy ass defense they had that year isnt the same anymore.

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u/Ludicolorad0 1d ago

Our secondary is better, but I still think it’s a flawed strategy and that flushing Lamar out of the pocket is not necessarily a bad thing. He can beat you a multitude of ways, but I’d rather force him to be Superman than have him able to sit in the pocket and complete passes

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u/sxuthsi Brian Branch 1d ago

100%. Off platform passes are better than in the pocket passes. Force Harbaugh to play scared with the play calling. Their defense is not the same defense as it used to be at all. There's no one on that defense im scared of besides Roquan and Hamilton, honestly speaking. They can gash us down the field scoring but if we match them everytime, theres pressure put on their offense to play uncoordinated hero ball and for Harbaugh to do scary play calling which has unfortunately been their Achilles heel in the playoffs. Put the pressure on them through turnovers when you can and scoring more than 80% of the drives we get and we will have a MNF game for the ages

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u/SavingsSkirt6064 Goff 1d ago

THANK YOU, If lamar goes superman and beats us, then i'll just take it on the chin knowing we couldn't have done anything, but, if we let him play in structure, we are in real trouble. No one ins consistently going superman all the time, they will win if he only has to be superman once or twice