**BS ALERT*** Rodney has a very short memory. I just checked....last week, Rodney was definitive - he said that he agreed with Dan Campbell's and wouldn't rest anyone against the Niners. He was crystal clear.
These “experts” talk tired hypotheticals instead of just addressing what MCDC said about resting. You can’t prepare all week and then change who’s playing in 24hrs because another team won or lost. If Minn lost then the 49ers game would have locked up the #1 seed
@ the Lions didn’t know the Vikes won until the day before their own game.. not gonna swap out guys that prepared all week.. plus there is no meaningless game in Detroit
WTF? Montgomery is an excellent compliment to Gibbs, esp in a 17 game season, and often makes tough runs that Gibbs doesn't? (Play the Rams over-time game) And they still play other backs (Craig Reynolds, Jeffersen, Vaki,) and they would have BOTH (Gibbs & Montgomery) had 1000 yards rushing if both were healthy!
Yes I'm a Viking fan and this is ridiculous. You don't go 14-2 and try to do something different. These guy's takes can get stupid. Both coaches know what they are doing. We can all speculate but we can't say what is best for them. We ain't in that locker room and we ain't the coaches.
@@BloodySoup74 well look at the clowns all season overlooking the vikes while putting GB on a pedestal… I am not a Vikings fan but I noticed… maybe cuz of the hatred towards GB 😂
@@BloodySoup74 What I don't get about the "Detroit should have rested its top starters" argument is it assumes Detroit would have beaten San Francisco without them. Detroit barely won the game with the starters. If Detroit lost, the Lions would have been in the No. 5 seed going into the Minnesota game.
Their first game was obviously game of the year to this point. This is going to be just as exciting as the first game! It’s going to be a one score game or a blowout win. Vikings way. Skol!
Florio says that his concern is that the Lions will continue to keep doing what they are doing, and that it will catch up to them. He really means that he "hopes" that if the Lions keep doing what they are doing, it will catch up to them.
Or he's looked at the numbers. The Vikings are the best team in the nfl at stopping 4th downs, and the lions go for it on 4th down the most in the league.
Shut up Florio! You're using yesterday's reasoning for today's game. The success of the Lions says that Campbell's approach is superior. Also, no Monty disparaging will be tolerated, Haters!
Florio just hates Dan Campbell. He's always gonna think of him as knee cap biter. Dudes done something no coach in 6 decades could. He turned the Detroit lions into a legitimate contender year in year out.
Vikings will win. It’s pretty clear . Detroit has a terrible defense and the Vikings have an elite defense. Offensively pretty matched up . Defense wins championships.
Football is a game of strategy, that’s why it’s so fun to watch as objectively less talented teams can win games by making better decisions, and off the field decisions are just as consequential as on the field.
This song’s for Mike Florio come Monday morning: “Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old. Sometimes I’d like to quit, Rootin’ for the Vikings feels like s-t. Hangin’ around, Nothin’ left to do but frown. Rainy days and Mondays after a Vikings loss always get me down.”
The thing with running David Montgomery is he wears out the defense so much more than Gibbs. You can see it in every single game he goes a little bit longer and a little bit harder compared to the defense…
You have it wrong Florio, this 14-3 or 15-2 season gives Dan plenty of reinforcement for continuing what he’s doing… and it should, teams spend millions every year hoping for a 10+ win season and Detroit might get the #1 seed. The reason the lions are where they are is because of the Ethos/vibes being built/refined in Detroit as well as some phenomenal drafting due to the Jared Goff trade.
The Lions prepared all week like the Frisco game wasn't meaningless. They didn't know until Sunday. Campbell explained it perfectly. The backups wouldn't have been fully prepared because the starters were getting the reps. The only mistake is your lazy take.
I think Coach Campbell is a lot smarter than people would like to give him credit for. There is a science to his madness. If it wasn’t; the Lions wouldn’t be in the position they’re in. They’re 14-2 for crying out loud lol
Cause it don’t fit their narrative. The Lions doing exactly what they needed to do and that’s win. What one week of rest going to do? And if they rest the players who playing with all these injuries?
@ForeverSealedInChrist It is true sometimes the players are a bit rusty after a bye or after sitting out a game. It seems to affect their rhythm or something. It doesn't seem to affect them when they get the #1 seed and sit out the 1st week of the playoffs though.
Resting your players in week 6 is much different than resting in week 17, by week 17 players are exhausted and beat up. Players are fresher in week 6. Resting in week 17 makes more of a difference.
@@wwantyi actually agree with what Shannon Sharpe said the other day. The lions did not know until Sunday night that their game meant nothing in terms of seeding in the conference. All of last week the main starters are practicing so to go and tell them you will be sitting out and guys who have barely even practiced all week to get ready the night before the game, wouldn't have made sense.
Could be the game of the year? In my 40-plus years of NFL fandom, I don’t believe there’s been a final regular season game with two 14-win teams, fighting for the number one seed in a conference. For regular season games, HOW does it get bigger than this matchup?
lmao dawg florio is stillll talking about dan not resting his starters? this junk so lame he’s only doing this because he’s not confident going into sunday….that’s ok
Lions fan here, so yes I'm biased. I like the Vikings, they are a good team, but I'm sorry, they are not built like our Lions. While I fully BELIEVE WE WIN Sunday night, let's play devils advocate. If the lions lose I have all the confidence that they go on the road and win 1st playoff game. If the Vikings lose on Sunday, I guarantee they will lose their playoff game.
Mike is crazy. How was it a detriment to play both of them y’all was just complaining about the team being tired so wouldn’t you wanna split some of those reps between two good backs so neither one of them gets worn down
The starters practiced all week in case the packers beat the Vikings. So playing third stringers who didn't practice all week would have been unfair to the players and unwise as an organization. And if health and rest is so important why would you want the Lions to stop rotating running backs?
It’s just silly to think that the players are going to wonder if their HC is going soft or losing faith in them. They trust him unequivocally and will back him 100% always and forever. Furthermore, sitting Montgomery when healthy is about the dumbest take I’ve heard in long time. Sonic and Knuckles are greater than the sum of their parts. Go Lions!
The game will demonstrate how the teams' records are NOT equal. First place scheduled Lions v third/fourth place scheduled Vikings. What if the Lions got to play the Jets and Vikings had to play the Bills? Yup.
Problem is, gibbs fumbles. and he is much smaller than other workhorse type RB's he cant have 20 carry's a game for a full year. he simply cannot do that. Lions have a LOOOONG history of smaller backs getting overworked, De'andre swift is 1 of them
NFC championship...no faith in kicker so you go for it. This year, go for it on 4th down against GB because no faith in defence to stop J love. Nobody talks why he has to be aggressive
As a Lions' fan, the season has been somewhat exhausting because we haven't been able to take our foot off the gas due to Minnesota. Additionally, whoever loses Sunday's match-up is on the road next week (more than likely going to either LA or TB) as the #5 seed, which is bogus IMO. I feel badly for whichever team draws that 'lucky' card.🦁
Rodney should know better. That game last week mattered up until like a day before when they knew for sure the Vikings won and they would be playing for the division. The starters got all the reps in practice. Can't just rest starters
So Harrison, what if the Lions sat everyone and lost, then played Minnesota and tied them and became the 5th seed? You guys do realize a tie, although unlikely, would make a difference if they lost in SF? It’s strange none of the analysts have mentioned it. Just all of you beating the same narrative to death, no new angles, no new perspectives, just all singing the same song 🤷🏼♂️
We needed to beat san fran and keep the winning going , we were not interested in playing Minnesota after a loss its about momentum and we gotta keep it going , your guys take is lame , plus you owe to fans who pay outrageous prices to come watch there fav players so stop with this whip idea
@Justinhelmuth-s8t you literally just repeated what they said. You're funny too lol. DC coaching the way he does is why the Lions are where there are. Not gonna change just cause it's a playoff game.
This is the game that stupid sunday night got it. They dont care about Michigan fans that has to work early in the morning. Remember when stupid prime time games come on. Its already after 8pm. Hate this flex vrap to monday or Thursday or Sunday night football. 👎
Crap take once again! These guys don't get it, at all!!! They don't understand that a 14 win team is pretty good in the NFL, they don't understand the crystal clear style in which Dan coaches. What if, what if, what if?? Stop! Think mcfly, think!! Florio is so wrong it's not even funny. I'm also tired of the lies about the NFC championship game last year, did u watch it flo??? Did u?? Did u see the 10 different things go wrong that had NOTHING to do with decisions Dan made. Don't be dumb. Can't wait for the lions to stomp the crap out of the Vikings!!!
**BS ALERT*** Rodney has a very short memory. I just checked....last week, Rodney was definitive - he said that he agreed with Dan Campbell's and wouldn't rest anyone against the Niners. He was crystal clear.
These “experts” talk tired hypotheticals instead of just addressing what MCDC said about resting. You can’t prepare all week and then change who’s playing in 24hrs because another team won or lost. If Minn lost then the 49ers game would have locked up the #1 seed
why can't you do that?
Technically you can but it wouldn’t be smart
@@francisbella7035 why? Because you lose a game that means absolutely nothing?
@ the Lions didn’t know the Vikes won until the day before their own game.. not gonna swap out guys that prepared all week.. plus there is no meaningless game in Detroit
@@PurplePope it’s gonna be a great game regardless
WTF? Montgomery is an excellent compliment to Gibbs, esp in a 17 game season, and often makes tough runs that Gibbs doesn't? (Play the Rams over-time game) And they still play other backs (Craig Reynolds, Jeffersen, Vaki,) and they would have BOTH (Gibbs & Montgomery) had 1000 yards rushing if both were healthy!
Remember all those consecutive years that the Lions didn’t have a running back that could rush for a 100 yard game? Ahhh memories…
Harrison definitely just said last week that Detroit “should play.” SMH - total flip flop.
This is the part where these 2 clowns tell Dan Campbell how to properly coach a team that is 14-2
This video is stupid, you are correct.
Yes I'm a Viking fan and this is ridiculous. You don't go 14-2 and try to do something different. These guy's takes can get stupid. Both coaches know what they are doing. We can all speculate but we can't say what is best for them. We ain't in that locker room and we ain't the coaches.
@@BloodySoup74 well look at the clowns all season overlooking the vikes while putting GB on a pedestal… I am not a Vikings fan but I noticed… maybe cuz of the hatred towards GB 😂
@@francisbella7035 I agree 😆 🤣
@@BloodySoup74 What I don't get about the "Detroit should have rested its top starters" argument is it assumes Detroit would have beaten San Francisco without them. Detroit barely won the game with the starters. If Detroit lost, the Lions would have been in the No. 5 seed going into the Minnesota game.
Their first game was obviously game of the year to this point. This is going to be just as exciting as the first game! It’s going to be a one score game or a blowout win. Vikings way. Skol!
Florio says that his concern is that the Lions will continue to keep doing what they are doing, and that it will catch up to them. He really means that he "hopes" that if the Lions keep doing what they are doing, it will catch up to them.
Or he's looked at the numbers. The Vikings are the best team in the nfl at stopping 4th downs, and the lions go for it on 4th down the most in the league.
Josh reynalds dropping 2 easy passes is why we lost not cause of dan camble , and they did not resign him for that reason
Who's dan camble
The disrespect to D-Mo is crazy!!!
Shut up Florio!
You're using yesterday's reasoning for today's game. The success of the Lions says that Campbell's approach is superior.
Also, no Monty disparaging will be tolerated, Haters!
Florio just hates Dan Campbell. He's always gonna think of him as knee cap biter. Dudes done something no coach in 6 decades could. He turned the Detroit lions into a legitimate contender year in year out.
I don’t think he hates Campbell he just hopped on the Vikings bandwagon this year
Packers fan here. Detroit will have two weeks to rest after Sunday night’s game
Sit down son haha your embarrassing yourself, we disposed of you , don’t watch Sunday night if just for your mental health , I can not wait
We know why cuz u still upset after we beat u last week
Florio's change in mood on Mondays show after the Vikings lose will be hilarious
Lions are going to lose because Lions are decimated with injuries, 20 players on IR. Lions are on a short week also. Vikings 45, Lions 15. 😊
Go lions
Vikings will win. It’s pretty clear . Detroit has a terrible defense and the Vikings have an elite defense. Offensively pretty matched up . Defense wins championships.
@@codysundvor414You are going to look like a total clown when you see what happens on Sunday night 🤣
@ yeah Sam Darnold 27-39 390 and 4 TDs watch
Detroit need this keep pushing don’t rest now
He have CTE? He 100% said the exact opposite last week. Very emphatically.
It’s football. They play the game for which they get paid.
Football is a game of strategy, that’s why it’s so fun to watch as objectively less talented teams can win games by making better decisions, and off the field decisions are just as consequential as on the field.
This song’s for Mike Florio come Monday morning:
“Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old.
Sometimes I’d like to quit,
Rootin’ for the Vikings feels like s-t.
Hangin’ around,
Nothin’ left to do but frown.
Rainy days and Mondays after a Vikings loss always get me down.”
The thing with running David Montgomery is he wears out the defense so much more than Gibbs. You can see it in every single game he goes a little bit longer and a little bit harder compared to the defense…
You have it wrong Florio, this 14-3 or 15-2 season gives Dan plenty of reinforcement for continuing what he’s doing… and it should, teams spend millions every year hoping for a 10+ win season and Detroit might get the #1 seed. The reason the lions are where they are is because of the Ethos/vibes being built/refined in Detroit as well as some phenomenal drafting due to the Jared Goff trade.
We play to win not rest. This isn’t the NBA
The Lions prepared all week like the Frisco game wasn't meaningless. They didn't know until Sunday. Campbell explained it perfectly. The backups wouldn't have been fully prepared because the starters were getting the reps. The only mistake is your lazy take.
Last week he was arguing Lions should play
I think Coach Campbell is a lot smarter than people would like to give him credit for. There is a science to his madness. If it wasn’t; the Lions wouldn’t be in the position they’re in. They’re 14-2 for crying out loud lol
The thing that validates what Dan Campbell does is being 14-2!
Career longevity wise a Gibbs and Montgomery tandem is great. Especially with Montgomery taking more of the bruising physical runs…
These guys don’t do their facts. The first time they played Minnesota was coming off of a by so what difference does it make?
Cause it don’t fit their narrative. The Lions doing exactly what they needed to do and that’s win. What one week of rest going to do? And if they rest the players who playing with all these injuries?
@ForeverSealedInChrist It is true sometimes the players are a bit rusty after a bye or after sitting out a game. It seems to affect their rhythm or something. It doesn't seem to affect them when they get the #1 seed and sit out the 1st week of the playoffs though.
Idc what nobody says taking even a week off makes getting back to the physicality tough.
Resting your players in week 6 is much different than resting in week 17, by week 17 players are exhausted and beat up. Players are fresher in week 6. Resting in week 17 makes more of a difference.
@@wwantyi actually agree with what Shannon Sharpe said the other day. The lions did not know until Sunday night that their game meant nothing in terms of seeding in the conference. All of last week the main starters are practicing so to go and tell them you will be sitting out and guys who have barely even practiced all week to get ready the night before the game, wouldn't have made sense.
the only thing crazier than Florio are all the Florio-haters who watch his segments and comment on his videos
Could be the game of the year? In my 40-plus years of NFL fandom, I don’t believe there’s been a final regular season game with two 14-win teams, fighting for the number one seed in a conference. For regular season games, HOW does it get bigger than this matchup?
lmao dawg florio is stillll talking about dan not resting his starters? this junk so lame
he’s only doing this because he’s not confident going into sunday….that’s ok
Cowboys 🤠 are America's team 🏈
Lions fan here, so yes I'm biased. I like the Vikings, they are a good team, but I'm sorry, they are not built like our Lions.
While I fully BELIEVE WE WIN Sunday night, let's play devils advocate. If the lions lose I have all the confidence that they go on the road and win 1st playoff game. If the Vikings lose on Sunday, I guarantee they will lose their playoff game.
Good for Florio for calling him out on amateur hour BS. Harrison is a piker.
Mike is crazy. How was it a detriment to play both of them y’all was just complaining about the team being tired so wouldn’t you wanna split some of those reps between two good backs so neither one of them gets worn down
The starters practiced all week in case the packers beat the Vikings. So playing third stringers who didn't practice all week would have been unfair to the players and unwise as an organization. And if health and rest is so important why would you want the Lions to stop rotating running backs?
Gibbs doesnt have the size to be a derrick henry workhorse
You live and die by your philosophy
It’s just silly to think that the players are going to wonder if their HC is going soft or losing faith in them. They trust him unequivocally and will back him 100% always and forever. Furthermore, sitting Montgomery when healthy is about the dumbest take I’ve heard in long time. Sonic and Knuckles are greater than the sum of their parts. Go Lions!
"I thought it was a mistake for the Lions to play last week." do you have any idea how stupid that sounds
Lmao detriment to play both rbs? Lmfao when you have sonic knuckles is inevitable
The game will demonstrate how the teams' records are NOT equal. First place scheduled Lions v third/fourth place scheduled Vikings. What if the Lions got to play the Jets and Vikings had to play the Bills? Yup.
Problem is, gibbs fumbles. and he is much smaller than other workhorse type RB's he cant have 20 carry's a game for a full year. he simply cannot do that. Lions have a LOOOONG history of smaller backs getting overworked, De'andre swift is 1 of them
NFC championship...no faith in kicker so you go for it.
This year, go for it on 4th down against GB because no faith in defence to stop J love. Nobody talks why he has to be aggressive
Zedarious Smith likes wherever he's at. Until he doesn't.
"kind of looking at that sideways" wtf ever You are not a dan Campbell guy that is obvious
not mention playing in the NFL, there is only so many people that you can rest to begin with, this isn't college with a roster of 80 + kids lol
@dprice2800, the owners should agree to up the roster spots and still have a practice squad.
As a Lions' fan, the season has been somewhat exhausting because we haven't been able to take our foot off the gas due to Minnesota. Additionally, whoever loses Sunday's match-up is on the road next week (more than likely going to either LA or TB) as the #5 seed, which is bogus IMO. I feel badly for whichever team draws that 'lucky' card.🦁
That's what I've been saying too. The #5 team is going to be salty and will want to prove to the NFL that they should be the #2 seed.
Dont worry , they will meet in the championship as they are the two best teams in the nfc. GO Vikings#1
@@derrellbraychampionship or the divisional rd
@@joechriste7052 BOTH GO VIKES#1
Rodney should know better. That game last week mattered up until like a day before when they knew for sure the Vikings won and they would be playing for the division. The starters got all the reps in practice. Can't just rest starters
Tbanks for the input. But you two dont get it and wont . Lions full throttle for here on out. Kneecap stew. Lfgo lions
that guy looks like when RDJ did blackface in Tropic Thunder and it's deeply disturbing me. Makes good points though
Rest your guys...... You don't have an infinite roster ....
So Harrison, what if the Lions sat everyone and lost, then played Minnesota and tied them and became the 5th seed? You guys do realize a tie, although unlikely, would make a difference if they lost in SF? It’s strange none of the analysts have mentioned it. Just all of you beating the same narrative to death, no new angles, no new perspectives, just all singing the same song 🤷🏼♂️
And multiple games went to OT last week.
They can only sit 6 players. 🙄
Get Rodney tf outta here. He just killed his credibility
Lmao how many lions games have been the game of the year. Go lions!
Is he still talking about last week? Who cares what you agree with?
We needed to beat san fran and keep the winning going , we were not interested in playing Minnesota after a loss its about momentum and we gotta keep it going , your guys take is lame , plus you owe to fans who pay outrageous prices to come watch there fav players so stop with this whip idea
Like all these armchair announcers who second guess the the man that has the lions at 14-2 for the season
Resttt rest for what
This dork saying "Dan Campbell is going to keep doing what hes always done" like its a bad thing is COMICAL
It is a bad thing lmao Dan coaches like a caveman and it cost you guys the nfc championship last year, it’ll cost you again this year
@Justinhelmuth-s8t you literally just repeated what they said. You're funny too lol.
DC coaching the way he does is why the Lions are where there are. Not gonna change just cause it's a playoff game.
@@JOHN_Q_WICK yeah and they’ll go for it on 4th and 6 instead of kicking a field goal when they’re up by 5 or something stupid like that
❤ Rodney , Love your artwork of the LION !! GO LIONS.
This is the game that stupid sunday night got it. They dont care about Michigan fans that has to work early in the morning. Remember when stupid prime time games come on. Its already after 8pm. Hate this flex vrap to monday or Thursday or Sunday night football. 👎
Crap take once again! These guys don't get it, at all!!! They don't understand that a 14 win team is pretty good in the NFL, they don't understand the crystal clear style in which Dan coaches. What if, what if, what if?? Stop! Think mcfly, think!! Florio is so wrong it's not even funny. I'm also tired of the lies about the NFC championship game last year, did u watch it flo??? Did u?? Did u see the 10 different things go wrong that had NOTHING to do with decisions Dan made. Don't be dumb. Can't wait for the lions to stomp the crap out of the Vikings!!!
So y'all support tanking... alright.
Florio 🤡