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Lions film breakdown: How Detroit dominated Rams in overtime

Like a pitcher in baseball, you aren’t always going to have your best stuff. Sometimes your fastball just doesn’t have the same bite as other nights, or maybe you can’t seem to get in a rhythm. You can apply this same analogy to basketball, cooking—you name it. Some days you just don’t have your best stuff.

This was the case for the Detroit Lions’ offense in their Week 1 matchup with the Los Angeles Rams. Under the bright lights of “Sunday Night Football” in front of a raucous Ford Field crowd, one of the best offenses in all of football in 2023 couldn’t seem to put it all together.