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The Lions need to continue striving for better results on early downs, but against the Cardinals, they can dominate possession of the football and keep their defense off the field by finding more success moving the chains on third down and generating chunk plays through Jared Goff's bevy of weapons
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Goff faces Cardinals' 26th-ranked third-down defense; Lions should exploit with chunk plays.

Goff and the Lions offense face a Cardinals defense with a glaring weakness on third down, allowing a 47.7% conversion rate (26th) and +0.698 EPA/play (32nd). The Cardinals also allow a league-worst 12.7% explosive pass rate. The Lions are expected to exploit this by dominating possession, keeping the Cardinals defense off the field, and generating chunk plays through Goff's bevy of weapons in the passing game. Dan Campbell challenged the offense to raise the floor and put together a complete game plan, with Campbell noting, "We've got too much offensively right now. Our quarterback's too good. Our playmakers are too good."

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