Heading back home, the Detroit Lions are hoping to secure their first victory before their bye week. The Lions face a dysfunctional Philadelphia Eagles, who are dealing with dilemmas on their end after their 33-22 loss against the Las Vegas Raiders last week.
Even though the Lions have been close in most of their matchups this season, their first victory has always seemed to elude them. Through the public eye, most deem the Lions as pushovers, but if you ask any of the teams the Lions have played this far, they would have to disagree. They fought until the very end against teams who most have deemed Super Bowl-bound contenders, but seem to just fall short due to bad timing and inexperience.
If Lions fans think it has been rough, Eagles fans are not far behind them leaning most to question the direction the team is heading towards either be questionable play or bad coaching decisions. If there was any week for the Lions to pounce it will this week against the Eagles to nail in their first victory of the Campbell era.
After last week, it will interesting to see what kind of stops the Lions bring out in this game, but these are some of the key matchups the Lions need to take advantage of against the Eagles.