The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams face off in yet another critical NFC matchup. The Rams are fighting for the No. 1 seed in the conference, while Detroit is scrambling to just get into the postseason.

While the Lions need this game more, the Rams have been playing better football recently. But is the matchup as lopsided as it may seem? Let’s take a statistical look at the matchup in our Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams “On Paper” preview and prediction.

Lions pass offense (8th in DVOA) vs. Rams pass defense (3rd)

The Detroit Lions passing attack remains one of the best in the league, and they’re trending in the right direction, too. Jared Goff has put together back-to-back strong performances against a good Packers’ defense and a Cowboys team that was showing improvement on that

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