Lions 36, Boys 35, Hanson is one of the Lions' game heroes again, drilling his second FG of the game, a 40+ yarder, late in the 4th quarter. Young will be open on the far left or right endzone, and catch a short slant TD pass from Stafford for his first as a Lion, but Megatron's 3 game run of two TD catches per game will end when he has just one in this game, but he also catches the ball in the endzone twice on 2-2 point conversion plays, Lions D will be responsible for two Lions' TDs, based on a pick and fumble recovery. Best will score his second TD of the season from one of the turnovers by Dallas.
Lions OL will again rack up the false-starts, and the DL will have encroachment penalties, one or two by Fairley being overeager to kill the QB, indirectly resulting in two eventual Cowboys scores by TD.
Both Romo and Stafford's hurried passes will be picked off once or maybe twice, and both will fumble twice and lose the football once while being sacked deep in their own zones, while attempting deep(er) passes to get out of 2nd or 3rd and long situations. Both turnovers will result in TDs, but maybe not on the same plays. Romo will be hurried often and sacked no less than twice in the first half, forcing the Boys to sit him for (at least) one possession to recover, while ex-Lion Kitna replaces him.
The Boys will resort to running the ball, and work out of the shotgun more often in the second half, to try to keep Romo upright and intact due to an even more ferocious Lions D when Nick Fairley is put in, and the Lions' weak run game will improve later in the game, but not significantly enough to score from scrimmage or pick up more than one or two first downs in the first half while outside of the Boys' redzone. Stafford will be forced (and chased) out of the pocket several times, but will run and get a sliding first down on one of them.
The more descriptive the prediction, the far more unlikely it will likely be...heh!!
Lions OL will again rack up the false-starts, and the DL will have encroachment penalties, one or two by Fairley being overeager to kill the QB, indirectly resulting in two eventual Cowboys scores by TD.
Both Romo and Stafford's hurried passes will be picked off once or maybe twice, and both will fumble twice and lose the football once while being sacked deep in their own zones, while attempting deep(er) passes to get out of 2nd or 3rd and long situations. Both turnovers will result in TDs, but maybe not on the same plays. Romo will be hurried often and sacked no less than twice in the first half, forcing the Boys to sit him for (at least) one possession to recover, while ex-Lion Kitna replaces him.
The Boys will resort to running the ball, and work out of the shotgun more often in the second half, to try to keep Romo upright and intact due to an even more ferocious Lions D when Nick Fairley is put in, and the Lions' weak run game will improve later in the game, but not significantly enough to score from scrimmage or pick up more than one or two first downs in the first half while outside of the Boys' redzone. Stafford will be forced (and chased) out of the pocket several times, but will run and get a sliding first down on one of them.
The more descriptive the prediction, the far more unlikely it will likely be...heh!!
