Episode #125: Giants Week 8 Preview

This past Sunday the Lions hemorrhaged over 500 yards to the Minnesota Vikings en route to a 42-30 loss at Ford Field. This Sunday the Lions look to redeem themselves at home as they welcome the 2-5 New York Giants. Erik and Joe discuss a myriad of topics including… Injury reports for Wednesday and Thursday Kerryon Johnson now on injured reserve we won’t see him on the field until at least Week 16 The week’s biggest news was Quandre Diggs traded to the Seattle Seahawks Film Study: What will the Lions do to replace Diggs With the loss of Kerryon Paul Perkins was promoted to the active roster, RB Wes Hills signed to the practice squad S Marcus Gilchrist brings his 90+ starts, what the Lions are getting in him as a player Matthew Stafford cracks 40,000 yards passing in the fewest games to date Player of the Game: Easily Marvin Jones with an Al Bundy-like 4 TDs Jones’ TDs lands him in elite company Studs and Duds from Week 7 Lions had a real rough time stopping the Vikings The Lions must take the bull by the horns to save their season is now Snap Counts:The Lions defense sees some big changes usage Vegas likes the Lions by 7-points On paper, the Lions offense has an advantage over the Giants On defense, the Lions will have to fix a big weakness Thanks to Big A 925, Tigers 7303, Cdelbene65 and INTP for the 5-star reviews! Just a reminder, if you like our show you can subscribe to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or Podbean. As always, thanks for listening. Tweet us (@erikschlitt, @JoeKania_DLB, @lionsbreakdown)