Editor’s Note: This Matchup was written by John Daigle, with input from Evan Silva.
Monday Night Football
Detroit @ San Francisco
Team Totals: Lions 27, 49ers 23.5
Buckle up. It’s a true litmus test for Jared Goff and the Lions after he completed 60.9% of his passes (his second-lowest mark of 2023) in this very same matchup during the Conference Championship last year. When kept clean in that game, he unsurprisingly went 22-of-28 for 8.8 yards per attempt and one score. When pressured, however, Goff crumbled in completing just 3-of-13 passes for 2 YPA (!!!) and two sacks. All-Pro EDGE Nick Bosa returned from injury to hound Matthew Stafford, a similar pocket sloth, on 45% of his dropbacks two weeks ago. … Let’s not waste too much time here: there are no holes to poke in Jahmyr Gibbs’ outlook sans David Montgomery (knee), out-touching the rest of Detroit’s backfield 20 to 4 in the first half against Chicago before the Lions ran away. Kyren Williams (31/112/0 from scrimmage) and De’Von Achane (23/190/1) drowned the Niners despite Bosa’s presence the past two games.
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