Lions beat Rams in overtime, Are both teams Super Bowl contenders? | NFL | BREAKFAST BALL

Hey, after the Monday night game week one will be in the books. But who is the most complete team in the nfc? It might just be the lions coming off a beatdown of the rams. Well, it wasn't a beatdown overtime, but 2620 Jared Goff 18 to 28 for 217 yards. Jamison Williams had a huge day, 121 yards receiving and a touchdown. Did the lions prove that they're legit super bowl contenders and maybe the class of the NFC. Let's relax the class one a game. We know the class of the NFC. No we like did you have the rams in the playoffs? Yeah, I have the rams in the playoffs. Did you have the rams? Adam first team out but they're very good. Look, there was a good game, a really good game between two really good teams. They went to overtime and obviously you win the coin toss Boop, you go score a touchdown, game over. Right? so that I felt coming out of that game last night the same way I felt going into it. These are playoff teams. These are competent football teams. These are well coached teams. These are really good quarterbacks playing. These are two very good football teams who are both going to be playing in January. Well, so I agree with all of that. I have the lions in the super bowl for the second straight year in terms of my predictions. They made the NFC title game last year. But the questions about Detroit, at least for me, in the off season on the offensive side of the ball. All right. They lost Josh Reynolds. What happens if I'm on ross? Saint brown gets hurt. They don't have a lot of proven depth at wide receiver well Jamison Williams, former first round pick the stud from Alabama he comes on like you mentioned, five catches, 121 yards and a touchdown and he looked excellent like that speed. That game breaking speed that they drafted was on full display there, giving him the ball on end arounds. He's just cooking, guys. So that's a question that was answered in in week one Jamison Williams looks ready to produce in that offense. And then the other question has been about do they have enough on the defensive side of the ball? And you always say that the rams and Sean McVay, it's a power running team. Yeah, well, they ran the ball 23 times. The rams did for 83 yards. Yeah, like the lions defense. They were tested and they kept coming back and they kept coming back. The rams did and they kept shutting them down. So those two questions about Detroit, could they be tough against the run and did they have anyone else? If amon-ra wasn't there, man, they answered him to me. This probably what I love about Detroit more than most people do. And we talk about those weapons. You talk about Jamison Williamson, Williams, Williams, Jamison Williams. Yeah, that was easy for me to say. You talk about Williams, you talk about amon-ra brown, you talk about laporta, the tight end position. You talk about all the weapons they have quarterback in. Jared Goff this is a football team that has the identity of their head coach. Dan Campbell they are tough. They are hard nosed and all you have to do is point to that overtime drive. Nine plays, they had nine plays, eight of them runs. Yep, eight of them runs. I mean, Ben Johnson, the offensive coordinator who is one of these guys that is really talked about of being next level coordinator, really understands how to put people in places to win eight runs of the nine you have some Danny can speak to this you can to Denver talk radio fun with that they just don't trust Jared Goff. I mean listen if you can do that they kept top 10 quarterback top 10 quarterback Jared Goff wasn't that they didn't trust Jared to drop back and over time did it need to two quick things obviously puka nacua gets hurt with Danny it's the same knee that he had her issue with that burst sac burst I guess in the summer. So that's what it is. They're doing mris this morning. We'll get an answer on that. So the rams, obviously, he's a big component of what they like to do in the passing offense. The other part of this, though, you're watching that game and you recognize how good both teams are and it's back and forth very similar, frankly, to the playoff game last year that Detroit also won, you know, by one score only a couple points right back then. You look at it and you go, and I was kind of half teasing about Jared Goff and it's moot because they ran it so successfully. But that's supposed to be the moment when your top 10 franchise quarterback, you know, takes over. Right and leads them down the field. It was interesting to me that they put so much faith in the running attack, and rightfully so. They ran a right down the rams thoughts for the throats. The final thing on that and I'm just going to say this for America, both teams got to get the ball in overtime. I'm sorry. Both teams got to get at least one shot. You got a chance to play defense now? Yeah, no chance. The game should not be decided by who wins the coin toss. That's the playoff ring. Come on, now. Both teams get the rock. It doesn't bother me because, look, I have no rooting interest in it. I don't gamble, right? From purely a fan standpoint, I lost money on it. I'm OK. I'm getting a great football game to end week one or at least Sunday night. Right because jets niners tonight and I'm like now I want to see them get the ball right I want the back and forth. And again, I didn't lose anything. I guess from a player's perspective, I always look at it like, well, they pay the guys on defense, right? They pay the guys on no, it's not tired. I mean, it's the actual game that it's played. I will say this, like you look at the rams right now and one thing is for certain, the connection between between Cooper kupp and Matthew Stafford, absolutely incredible. And you know, talking to Sean McVay, when they got Matt Stafford, he sat in meetings with Cooper kupp and Cooper kupp took him through the offense. Cooper kupp is like a quarterback. Yeah, the wide receiver room. The guy is one of the most remarkable players in the national football league. And that connection at 21 flipping targets. Yeah, that was what was crazy. Cooper kupp looked like he was fully recovered from the injury. He looked like a couple of years ago. Cooper kupp one of the catches was, I think, the catch of the week that we could show here. It was just I mean, the degree of difficulty on this throw down the field to toe tap like that going, going out of bounds. He went dead like, watch his back leg. Just dead leg to drag it just completely ridiculous. And yet you would think I'm not a defensive coordinator. Nicola is hurt. They're not running the ball with any success. 2021 targets in the game. He catches 14 of them. How does he keep getting so open? You know where he got that? Right in the turkey hole. That's the turkey hole. That's the turkey hole between the safety and between the corner, the rolled up corner. The safety. The turkey hole. OK I'm sorry. I'll write that down. I can't say moist, but you can say he got that right in the turkey hole. Yeah, you can say that. Yeah, I would say this. Look what the Cooper cup thing is. Crazy Detroit. So they're always on. They're always on thanksgiving day anyhow. Look, you're 20 plus targets is stupid. I would hate to play with Cooper kupp if I was a wide receiver or a tight end on that team because I'm never getting the ball. You don't even look in my direction. Well, let's see what happens if puka nacua. It's like in basketball, your guy gets the ball. He never gives it up. Like at some point at Cooper cups. Great I'm not suggesting he's not. Yeah, and I know why Matt Stafford goes to him all the time because he's always open. Yeah, but I'm telling you, at some point, if I'm a tight end, a running back or another wide receiver, I'm like, why am I here? Like, you never look in my direction because you're, hey, because you're in charge. You're in charge of running the decoy route.