Lions vs. Patriots 11/25/10
The Turkey Bowl is back as the Patriots and the Lions kickoff Thanksgiving day.
New England Patriots (8-2) at Detroit Lions (2-8)
NFL Football: Thursday November 25, 2010 12:30PM EST
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Thanksgiving day is a time when people get together and enjoy each others company. Shortly after the company is enjoyed, the television gets turned on and football once again rules the day. This Thanksgiving the Lions will continue their tradition of playing at home as the high-flying New England Patriots stroll into town boasting the league’s top record.
The New England Patriots should enjoy a nice ‘stats’ day as they should be able to fill up the box score with some nice numbers for themselves. After coming off of a home win against Peyton Manning and the Colts it does alot for your team, even if they are already moving through the league quite nicely. Brady led the Patriots along with running back Danny Woodhead, who continues to impress, towards 31 points for the game. While New England allowed over 400 yards of offense to Manning, who has victimized a defense or two in his career, they were still able to come up with a key interception on the Colts last drive which was heading for the endzone and a likely Patriots loss. Tom Brady has thrown 19 touchdowns this season while posting 2,362 yards in the process. Danny Woodhead seems to pop up at opportune moments for the Patriots and this week it was both in the run game and in the return game. With an offense that seems to be speeding ahead after figuring out their problems post Randy Moss, it has not really mattered much that the defense has allowed opponents to dice them at times. Currently Tom Brady is listed as questionable for this game and hasn’t practiced this week, but since its the Patriots there is no reason to believe he will not be on the field. Once on the field he should have a great time as the Lions defense will do little to slow down his throws. The only real threat to Brady on this defense will be defensive lineman Suh who can turn a teams season around with just one hit. On the other side of the ball, the defense may have a little trouble with this Lions offense who has put up some decent totals on the scoreboard this season, but with some injury woes there the Patriots defenders might have a big play or two in them somewhere.
The Detroit Lions will be well at home come gametime as they add another chapter to their Thankgiving day games history. Hopes are that the Lions can add the Patriots to their wins list this season, but it might be the toughest thing they’ve tried to do this season. The Lions have been close in two of their last three game which turned out to be losses, and last week they caught a visit from the Dallas Cowboys. At halftime the Lions were keeping pace and actually ahead. However, after a punt gone wrong for the Lions it was all Dallas in the second half as Detroit lost 35-19. The Lions have done well against the spread as of late, but against the Patriots anything is possible. The Lions will be without their starting running back for this one and injuries on the line have hurt them dramatically this season. Expect the Lions gameplan to be a little run heavy to start and try and keep the ball from Brady, but eventually the passes are going to start flying if they fall behind early. Calvin Johnson will need to play a big roll against a beatable defense as he might be the only real target the Lions can count on at the moment.
Detroit always likes to put on a show for their fans on Turkey day, but with the Patriots visiting town it may not be a good opportunity to impress the fans. Take the Patriots in this one and expect them to put up around 30 points against a porous Lions defense. This game certainly has the possibility to go over, but I’m much more comfortable taking the Patriots in this one with confidence.
