2. Detroit at Carolina
LINE: Detroit -2
ATS PICK: Detroit
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It isn’t more difficult than this …
PJ Walker and/or Will Grier, and no Christian McCaffrey, and a mediocre defense that’s not good enough to make up for the changes in the offensive backfield.
It’s not like Carolina was burning it up with Teddy Bridgewater under center – losing five straight games mostly due to a defense that’s been getting destroyed through the air lately – and now there’s a wholesale change to an injured group.
Detroit is hardly anything amazing, but it’s been able to win three of its last five games, it hasn’t been all that awful on the road, and it has the passing game to push ahead that Carolina probably won’t.
You’re only giving away two. If you lose to PJ Walker, that’s on Detroit, not you. And finally …