A running game script is implied by the Lions being a 3-point favorite this week.With a 41.4% rate of rushing the ball (adjusted for context) this year, the 7th-most run-heavy team in football has been the Detroit Lions.The model projects this game to see the 2nd-most plays run among all games this week at 133.1 plays, based on the play styles of each team and game dynamics.The 5th-most plays in the league have been run by the Detroit Lions this year (a monstrous 60.4 per game on average).In regards to executing run-blocking assignments (and the importance it has on all run game metrics), the offensive line of the Detroit Lions profiles as the 5th-best in the NFL last year.
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