This is it. Do or die time. The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. One advances to the next round, and the other goes home to agonizing defeat. There are a lot of tangible and emotional stakes in this game, but because we bill ourselves as the “objective” preview, there will be no talk of narratives here. This is just football team A vs. football team B.
In case you’re not familiar with how On Paper works or the meaning of all these charts, go read the opening few paragraphs of our Week 1 preview.