When the New England Patriots square off against the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football, they will have to take on Matthew Stafford and company without three defensive starters.
The New England Patriots announced on Saturday night that defensive lineman Trey Flowers, safety Patrick Chung, and cornerback Eric Rowe have all been ruled “out” for Sunday’s game against the Lions.
#Patriots downgrade DL Trey Flowers, DB Patrick Chung and DB Eric Rowe to out for tomorrow’s game. #NEvsDET
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 23, 2018
This obviously bodes well for a Lions’ offense that has really struggled to put up points (other than in the fourth quarter against the 49ers) in their first two games of the season.
BONUS CONTENT:
Ryan’s Lions Betting Preview Week 3 Edition
After being blown out by the Jets on Monday Night Football at home in the season opener, the Lions rebounded (sort of) when they only just barely lost on the road o the 49ers in week 2. Sitting at 0-2 on the season, the Lions are 1-1 against the spread after a late “back door cover” where Detroit was a six-point underdog, and lost 30-27.
Detroit trailed 30-13 in the fourth quarter, but closed the gap on two Matthew Stafford touchdown passes–the last one to Michael Roberts with 3:27 remaining in the game to get within a field goal. A late Lions interception was nullified by a defensive holding call to preserve the win for the 49ers.
In my betting preview of the Lions games, I have “successfully” (read unsuccessfully) been on the wrong side each week, as I laid the points against the Jets, and then laid the points with San Francisco. As for the totals, I was correct in Week 1 in prognosticating that the Jets game would go over, but last week I felt the game would go under 48.5 points, but was wrong.
I did manage to split the “other” two bets I proposed, as the New Orleans Saints could barely get past the Cleveland Browns (who won this Thursday after 635 days of futility), but the Sunday Night game DID in fact go under the total. I sit at an even 4-4 on the season, which is not profitable. Time to get on the “good” side this week.
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