[Music] back on NFL daily seven games to go through starting with a delicious one Sunday Night Football the rematch Rams at Lions the lions are favored by three and a half in this game and for some reason I don't know why I feel so much better about the Lions coming into this season than the Rams when last year when the season was ending I thought the Rams were going to win that game first of all they were in Lions territory with a chance to take the lead late in that game before a penalty backed him up and then they they punted it they ended up losing what to me was a coin flip type of game and yeah the Lions added some good pieces in the secondary that is part of it I I think it's the weird preseason the Rams have had that have included a lot of injuries that we're going to probably have to wait till Sunday to see how healthy this offensive line is puka nakua has been out there at at practice but wasn't 100% and maybe it's the injuries it's just some weird vibe stuff where they they trade Ernest Jones and they're starting Troy reader I thought it was going to be this undrafted kid Omar Spates who I think eventually is going to take that job um from from what the reporting has been but for now it's Troy reader and I actually think that matchup is a good place to start Patrick cuz I look at the middle of the field and I just think that's where the Lions absolutely kill you and that's where i' I'd be a little concerned if I'm the Rams and those linebackers yeah it that that is the concern but they would have never been in that circumstance uh had they been like oh we're not going to be able to make it work without Ernest Jones and and I think it's honestly part for the course like if you consider the cam Acres situation there's there's always some sort of Weir yeah weird vibe uh guy departs and it's maybe it ends up working out for Ernest Jones in in Nashville and and working out uh for the Rams I just I'm I'm seeing a healthy Matthew Stafford and and you just have to I have to start there uh because when Stafford is on he's just so good you mentioned the fact that it was a coin flip and and we do have the benefit of hindsight we look back at some of these playoff games as though like that was the outcome that was destined by the universe right but it's just it's not always no I think the Rams would have made the Super Bowl if the simulation played out the NFC playoffs 10 times they would have made it twice exactly twice and and so it's right Jared verse and Braden fist come in no they're not gonna replace Aaron Donald literally no one can but it can be different and we had questions about the Rams defense where they were just kind of bubble gum and aaroning it together and several of those guys panned out I'm I'm comfortable I'm comfortable with them too I just think the lions are going to be one of the best teams in the NFL and they have great continuity the Rams have have solid continuity too but again I'll go back to the Rams defense I do want to talk about their offense travius white Darius Williams that's their outside cornerbacks two names we haven't really talked about on NFL daily much and yet I think they're going to be so important for this team it could really work out I think they liked everything they saw travius white could be a great value pick so could Darius Williams who left the Rams had some up and down years with the Jaguars now he's back they're they're in a big spot here this defense might go as far as kind of those two quarterbacks take them and yeah going up against our guy J Mo it's jam out breakout season I don't know if he's our guy but I'm rooting no I'm I'm I'm a j out guy and I I think that that number of 50 and a half uh is in is in danger yes the number is in danger uh coming up on Sunday Night Football Mike Taro Chris Collins worth Melissa Stark uh to kick off the season