Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions look to maintain issues rolling this afternoon as they host the Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Area. The gamers and coaches have been wanting ahead to getting again house in entrance of this crowd after back-to-back highway video games in Inexperienced Bay and Houston.

Detroit is seeking to make it eight straight wins to remain atop the NFC North and stay the No. 1 seed within the NFC.

Listed here are 5 issues to be careful for on this one:

1. Flip Za’Darius Smith unfastened

The veteran edge rusher the Lions traded for on the Nov. 5 deadline is predicted to make his Lions debut Sunday after head coach Dan Campbell gave him final week off to relaxation up his physique and honor his scheduled bye week. Smith (6-4, 270) has 5.0 sacks in 9 video games this season and may add some much-needed juice to Detroit’s move rush.

“Wanting ahead to getting him on the market, have quite a lot of issues that we wish to do with him, however simply going by way of the walkthrough with him (Wednesday), you’ll be able to inform how excited he’s to be part of this group,” defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn mentioned this week.

“And pay attention, we’re throwing some issues at him and he is not going to choose all the things up instantly, however there are some conditions that we wish to ensure that he is on the sphere to make the most of his potential to hurry the passer and his potential to play the run.”

Smith is a flexible defender who can play on the sting, slide inside and likewise units a terrific edge within the rush recreation. He is anticipated to make a right away impression for Detroit’s protection.