Glad you had a chance to say that now before micah gets 5 sacks on sunday. Looks like Goff is the sacrificial lamb. How is the lions O-line, anyway? They didn't have to face micah last year.
Last year, their line was easily top 3 in the league. This year, a lot of questions.
Tackles are unchanged. Decker is probably a B+ at LT. I'd say he was 2nd weakest on the line last year - only because 3/4 of the others were that damn good. He still made a Pro Bowl last year. Sewell at RT you could argue is the best player on the team. He's easily their best lineman and was All Pro the last two years.
The interior is completely changed and has huge question marks. Kevin Zeitler, who had a great year at RG, they let go to free agency. They drafted Ratledge to fill that role and potentially be an understudy at center. Then, Frank Ragnow, the long time center retired somewhat unexpectedly after the draft. This shifted Graham Glasgow, the weakest lineman last year, over to center from LG. He's played some center before, so, it's not a completely unnatural position. At LG, they're starting Christian Mahogany, a late round project they've been bringing up slowly in the organization. He was decent last year when filling in, but I think they were planning to have him as more of a depth guy jockeying with Glasgow than starter.
So, you've got a shaky guy at center who is up there in years, a depth guy at LG, a pretty promising rookie at RG, and two great tackles. Oh, and zero depth. If one of these guys goes down, you've got 3/6 backups available - they just put two guys on the IR and the third is out.
It's easily the biggest question going into this year now, especially because Goff is an absolute statue at QB and folds under the slightest pressure. I think the Lions will mostly keep things on the ground, especially with Kenny Clark being given up in the Parsons trade. If Green Bay gets up early and forces a lot of obvious passing, it might be a long day. If the Lions get up and they can really force the Packers to respect the play action, I think Parsons will practically be invisible.
Side note: grab Isaac TeSlaa if he's available in your fantasy league - he's not going to be a WR1 there, but I think he'll be a good depth piece and will get a lot of balls thrown to him this year, especially in the end zone.
