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Did the Detroit Lions’ 24-14 win over the Green Bay Packers on a wet, windy day at Lambeau Field prove they’re the best team in the NFC?
In the mind of Tom Brady, who was on the call for FOX Sports, there’s no doubt.
Tom Brady breaks down the Lions’ DOMINANT win over the Packers | NFL on FOX
“Absolutely,” Brady told the “FOX NFL Sunday” crew. “Just the way they’re winning these games. They run it on the ground. They’ve got incredible backs. The playcalling, the offensive line sets, the tone. We all thought today, coming into these conditions, ‘it’s a brutal game out here.’ The wind was nasty. It was raining, slippery field. It didn’t look like that for the Lions today. They did nothing today other than execute the plan. They played with the lead, [had] great, complementary football, an all-around win for this team. That was one of the best I’ve seen all year from them.”
Brady said that style of complementary football in tough weather reminded him of his days with the Patriots in New England, where he played plenty of games in cold, rainy weather during his 20-year career with the team.
“I think so much of what I saw today from this style, the offense they played, so much of it comes down to playcalling,” Brady said. “It’s play design, it’s play scheme, it’s communication, and then ultimately, it’s execution by the players. You don’t want to put yourself in too many high-level-of-difficulty plays in this environment, and that’s exactly how the Lions [avoided] playing.
“They got a lead. They played on their terms. They ran the ball, they [ran bootleg pass designs]. They got out of the pocket. [Quarterback Jared] Goff had some wide-open throws, and yes, he made some very clutch throws, certainly the fourth-down throw and catch to Amon-Ra St. Brown for the [first] touchdown. But it’s the exact opposite way the Packers played. They didn’t play complementary football. That [pick-six] touchdown before the half was an absolute back-breaker for this team. So they…
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Publish date : 2024-11-04 02:14:45
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