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00:02 Look, the NFL put the Lions on Thursday Night Football to open up the year.
00:06 So it tells you what they think about them, Vinny.
00:09 Naturally, this line was Kansas City 6.5-7 at one point a few weeks ago.
00:15 It's down more or less to five in some spots.
00:18 I know Fandul's been teetering between 4.5 and 5.
00:22 The Kelsey issue is definitely there.
00:24 Look, he's the main target for Patrick Mahomes.
00:27 The total is 52.5.
00:30 What do you make of this game?
00:32 Can the Lions keep it close?
00:33 Can they win?
00:35 Is it a week one thing where we just don't know?
00:36 What do you got?
00:37 >> Yeah, I think the Lions are gonna do their best to stay in the game.
00:41 And Travis Kelsey not playing would be huge here because that would maybe allow
00:45 them to run the ball and stay in the game.
00:47 And that's their strength.
00:49 They have a very good offensive line.
00:50 They got David Montgomery and Jameer Gibbs in the backfield.
00:52 So that's gonna be their goal.
00:54 They're gonna shorten the game, not give Patrick Mahomes as many plays as he
00:57 usually gets here.
00:58 So that's gotta be the game plan.
01:00 Jared Goff road home splits were bad last year in terms of really good
01:04 inside the forward field, but away, a little bit shaky.
01:07 So he does get a break, however, no Chris Jones on the other side.
01:11 So he should be rather comfortable behind this offensive line.
01:14 That said, I mean, you look at the Chiefs,
01:15 they don't usually get this tight of a number, right?
01:19 It's usually pretty big at home.
01:21 Where, okay, now you're gonna navigate or
01:23 they're gonna cover the eight to ten points here.
01:25 So when I see a four and a half for the Chiefs, that's a very comfortable number.
01:30 And I would go after it now.
01:31 I wouldn't have maybe liked it at that seven.
01:34 That was the initial maybe when the schedule came out in May.
01:36 But you have four and a half, you've gotta feel a little bit better about going on
01:40 the Chiefs side now because usually smaller numbers they handle.
01:44 The bigger numbers is when they do not cover.
01:47 They had a lot of those last year.
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