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Lions should hope Giants ignore Eagles' elite Jared Goff game-planning
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The Detroit Lions were dealt a plethora of blows from the Philadelphia Eagles' defense in their Week 11 loss to the Super Bowl defending champions, but the most obvious ones came in the air. Jared Goff was barely able to get anything going in the passing game, posting a QBR of just 9.5. His 255 passing yards were mostly thanks to the speed of both Jameson Williams and Jahmyr Gibbs on the night, as he completed just 14 of his 37 pass attempts during Sunday Night Football. That was by design. The Eagles' pass rush wasn't just looking to get to Goff, but to his passes. They did so to the tune of 10 deflected passes, which killed multiple drives from Goff and the Lions' offense, leading to just nine points scored. That's because of a concerted effort from the Eagles' defense to tip Goff's passes after watching the quarterback's peculiar arm angle on film “All those swatted balls, we have been practicing that. I don’t know if y’all got a chance to see it in practice, but when we got out there, we put our hands up

This article first appeared on Side Lion Report and was syndicated with permission.

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