well and again the Detroit Leaf uh defense is is banged up man uh you see there's three members of the defense out tonight Taylor Decker also out with a knee injury the Packers have some injuries as well no Romeo dos no Jer Alexander but for me and and look I I'm not trying to be a jerk here but this is something we haven't talked about yet when I saw on Sunday and I wonder if they deliberately did this on Sunday so it wouldn't create much news and attract much attention they added Jamal Adams to the
practice squad yeah yeah like you know Jamal Adams has been a headache for the Jets he's been a headache for the Seahawks he didn't last very long with the Tennessee Titans this year it just seems to me like they're really rolling the dice that they can speak to the better angels of Jamal Adams and and and I know from talking to people over the years it's not that he's a bad guy he's just just Mal content at times yeah and just hard to get through to and you know wasn't happy with the Jets and Seattle
gave him gave him a fresh start and gave him a big contract and remember last year there was stuff where he was like getting into it with a reporter and he like made fun of the reporter wife's appearance on and was defant about it like it was just it was just it it was just it doesn't seem to fit with what the lions are trying to do that's my point I hear you it seems like they're taking a risk here and maybe they're so so desperate for competent Warm Bodies that they're looking the other way
on what it is they're they're trying to build and they're willing to run the risk of somebody who maybe doesn't fit what they're trying to do M that was alarming to me that the Lions did that they're going to trust their culture seem he doesn't seem to mesh they're going to trust their culture to fix him rather than they think he's going to come in and mess up their culture that's what they're betting on and I I would bet that bet is right I hear what you're saying it is a it's a little risky but
I think your your Warm Bodies comment is really I think the fact of the matter right where there's not only so many players out there on the street let alone the ones that are out there can you really if they had a play can you trust them and feel like they could play and do something and function at a level that you expect to that's where it gets tough this time of the year there's limited options so you might go hey this guy he's a better guy he fits us but but this guy not a
great guy but like okay wait he's a better player and if we got to play we can trust him so that that's what they went with and yeah I hear the risk there but they got they got issues and that's what's going to be big about tonight there's going to be pressure on the Green Bay off I mean the Detroit offense I think right that to an extent that that that they haven't felt maybe because man those D linman they're missing and you know of course they're already missing Aiden Hutchinson and other guys as well
where you're talking about the Green Bay offense the Green Bay Run game you've heard me talk about it a lot on football night in America I'd put it up there with anybody in football when it's purely give the ball to the running back Run game you take quarterback design run out of it these are two of the best teams in football in my opinion and bringing that to the table I know Lamar and the Ravens and Philadelphia are really good running teams too but the quarterback run has a lot to do with that and scrambling
these guys are we will impose our will and go downhill on you the old traditional oldfashioned way and that's how you got to worried about with Detroit tonight with all those bodies you just talked about Mike and now you got Josh Jacobs coming down who's shown he is you know missed a few games but offensive player of the year type quality play that's scary for the Detroit D tonight one last thing on Jamal Adams he is a great player he has a great pedigree he was a a two-time second team allpro a first team all
proo in 2019 three-time pro bowler things kind of fell off because of injury he plays with a level of Reckless abandon that's a compliment he plays with a level of Reckless abandon that gets him injured he's out there with no regard for his health or wellbe I mean if he's healthy he can really be a great player but but the issues the problem that he can be from a standpoint of just and I don't even I don't who knows if it's intentional who knows if it's malicious he just you know he's high intensity high energy
you said it right he got he got he got upset with the Jets because they weren't very good but I also know from folks who with were with the Jets at the time they tried everything they could and they just got exasperated there was just nothing they could do to to get him on board with what they were trying to do and I think he exasperated Pete Carroll yeah eventually yeah and uh and it it didn't last very long with the Tennessee Titans and it might might have been he he showed up and he realized
this team isn't very good and he wasn't afraid to say so yeah but uh but who knows that's just a wild gu think about the Lions the thing about the L running game yeah like they're the only team that's got two guys who if you would separate them could be still number ones yeah bow or elsewhere and they don't and they don't fall victim to skewing one way or the other it feels like both guys get their full compliment on a regular basis yeah I remember when it was war dun and Mike alot and Tampa
it never felt like both guys got a full bite right at the Apple unless one of them was injured but they do a nice job of making sure Dave Montgomery and Jamir Gibbs both get their chances in that Detroit offense yeah definitely they do I mean they they let them go extended periods of time to where they can get in a Groove running the ball I think that's the thing that you're talking about in Tampa where it was like Hey Works in a few plays now it's all St and nobody seems to really get in
the flow or Rhythm of the football game and kind of impose their will and oh okay that's what the contact feels like today and you get used to the movement of the Defenders to you know break them down and make them miss you and all that and then of course their ability to stay on the field and score points and do all that allows them to just really open the vault with the plays that they have but you're you're right about that Mike and and I will say I you know Montgomery is a hell of
a player I do sit there in some games and go damn they should give the ball to Jamir Gibbs more they're trying to save him I get that but jir Gibbs is he's one of the most explosive players in the NF right now in the open field as a running back and there's like space and only limited Defenders I mean jir gibbes us hit the hit the tier or the classification of like special guys like a saquan Barkley where you go oh he's out there in space see you later I don't care who's there to
tackle him one-on-one they ain't going to tackle him he has gotten to that that you know Stratosphere as far as a player and then of course they got other guys off that and their play action pass game off that is of course extremely effective that's where I'm excited for the game tonight these two teams neither one of them is looking to Dink and dunk or we just want two yards up the middle or three yard throw here both of them go when we run the ball we're expecting to get a 50 yard gain we're trying
to gash you and then when we pass the ball we are going to fake the run and we're going to try to get a 50 yard gain we are going to try to gash you we are not looking for the four yard underneath check down Aaron Rogers New York Jets offense and that's what's going to be fun about tonight too you're going to see the ball travel through the air to some Playmakers down the field that could do some stuff with the ball as well this is an amazing stat as it relates to the David
Montgomery jir G sharing of Duties last week yeah Montgomery had 21 carries for 88 yards Gibbs had nine carries for 87 that's what I mean see that there's a few carries every game with Montgomery where I go oh like if that was jir Gibbs that's another 40 yard another 40 yard game but again Sonic and Knuckles they work well together there's a physical element then the speed element there is an adjustment for that as far as defense and getting ready to tackle that guy and all that but man yeah to your point man I mean
jir Gibbs is is really special player doesn't it seem like if it was just the jir Gibbs show he really would be if he stays healthy yes he'd be up there in that conversation with best running back in the NFL 100% I I I mean I I just had their stats up because he he's got 900 yards 973 and three less carries Montgomery's got 720 right so I mean you know what is that that that's that's 1740 rushing there I you got to think yes if jir Gibbs got got a bulk of Montgomery's carry is
that he would be up there in the conversation for best running back in football offensive player maybe even MVP he's that and that's the struggle for the the running back it is do I want to blow it out and be the man and just absolutely be an All-Star all proo for a few years or do I want to share it with somebody else to extend my career and make some more money and that's the balance the player and the team has to figure out what they want to do and obviously Detroit's taking the ladder in
that situation but the reality is at some point in his career he will be the guy yeah right and and it could be awesome and you know he's got oh he's not going to make it before the season alond ra St Brown said that he'll buy anything jir Gibbs wants if he has a th000 yards rushing and a th000 yards receiving right he's got 973 so that's a no-brainer but he's got he's only got 245 receiving yards so may maybe uh 282 actually yeah so maybe maybe Yen ra when he when he saw that Gibbs
was off to a good start maybe he went to Goff and said don't throw him the ball that's save me some money cuz cuz Gibb said I'm going to break his bank I might get a house uh and only three guys have ever done that Roger Craig Marshall faul and Christian mcaffrey a thousand yards rushing and a thousand yards receiving is very rare but you feel like in the right offense Gibbs could do it yeah he he's he's that kind of guy he he certainly is he's a weapon in the pass game uh in the
Run game yeah I'd put him up there with I think only saquon Barkley is as far as like explosive runners in football I think they're in a class of their own as far as guys that can score from anywhere and anytime that's what they are they're anywhere anytime guys hi it's Mike Florio thanks for watching PFT on YouTube hit subscribe for the latest news and Analysis from pro football talk
