Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss Sunday night’s thriller between Detroit and Los Angeles, including how the teams’ exchange of quarterbacks has worked out well for both sides. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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It was the perfect nightcap to a perfect day because this was two teams that both just look like they are gonna have seasons.
It was, this was a good matchup.
It was cleaner football than we saw for a lot of the day.
And it was a reminder that, yeah, these two teams both look like they’re set to be really good this season, really well coached.
Uh, let’s start with the Rams just because I need to shout out the effort they gave look, this team, they’re doubt 17 3, they’re losing a ton of linemen already came into the game without their left tackle who was suspended.
Puka Nua hurts his knee again.
I hope that’s not serious.
I worry when you’re out 17, 3 at Detroit, very shorthanded.
You, you’re just like, ok, well, that’s fine.
It’s not their day that they have next week.
It’s one game out of 17, but no, the Rams did the opposite of packing it in.
They fought their behinds off, uh, especially Matthew Stafford who is just having this awesome late season, late career surge.
I never want to take for granted the fact that these are two quarterbacks for each team that was given up on, for whatever reason by other teams that just felt like they had to get a different spot there just needed to be a change of scenery.
These are two quarterbacks that, you know, frankly could, this could have gone the wrong way for both of them going into new locations and instead it feels like each of them has just become more beloved because of it, watching both of them play right now and remembering what we thought of each of them just a few years ago, it’s just different.
Stafford has taken another step and golf is absolutely in control at all times.
And you mentioned overtime.
It’s important to note frankly, the rams were gassed, whoever won the coin toss, I think was gonna have a huge advantage.
They just, they just ran the ball right down their throats.
That’s gonna happen right now.
And I, I was impressed that the lions took that lead, but then also when they lost that lead, they never panicked.
There’s a calm to what the lions do and in it’s one game sample, but there is a, we belong, we’re here and we’re used to it feel the way this, this game went down.
That really impressed me because last year, so much of the conversation was, well, what is gonna happen now that the, the lions are one of the hunted?
Well, the lions were being hunted and had no problem with that throughout the course of this game, I, I think it was a real statement for the lions to say, hey, we’re up, we’re down, we’re up, we’re fine.