More Playoff Football? You Got It! An Open Thread

Here we go again…

To The Game!

Bucs/Lions:

-Fill In The Blank: Yeah, we get it, Detroit haven’t been successful in the playoffs many a year or decade. So you’ll be hearing crap like “A Lions qb hasn’t picked his nose in consecutive weekends in January since Eisenhower signed into legislation the Interstate Highway System” or somesuch. The years fly by, who’da thunk?

-Speaking Of: This is the very first battle of overall #1 qb’s since last week!

-Prediction: Tampa will blitz quite a bit. Why? Because they employed that tactic more than only two other teams through the season and Goff coughed up 7 turnovers this year when facing that kind of pressure. Also, the Bucs blitzed at a 54% pace last week vs Philly. If it ain’t borked…

-Prediction X2: Chiefs wr’s will have a lower number of dropped passes today because Kadarius Toney is out. (surprise!) I can’t help myself.

-A Canuck Angle: Detroit’s chances of winning just increased by 5.27% according to the advanced metric SCGT. (Super Canadian Good Tidings) The good folks in Windsor, Ontario have raised the Lions flag at City Hall. Hell, it’s pretty much a done deal now, folks.

-Baker or Bust: Rashaad and Co’s rushing attack was 28th in DVOA this season. They’ll likely do very little vs the Lions stout run D.

-So with the majority of the attention fixed on Godwin and Evans look for a deep-ish crosser route thrown Trey Palmer’s way at least twice today. He can easily take it to the house with his speed.

Let’s get going.