Free Press sports writers share their predictions with the Detroit Lions' latest game against the New England Patriots on Sunday (1 p.m., Fox) in Foxborough, Mass.:
Dave Birkett
Bill Belichick is too good a coach to let the Lions run wild on offense like they have the first four weeks of the season. Expect the Patriots to try and control the clock with their running game and force Jared Goff to beat them through the air, something he could not do in the Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams four years ago. But the NFL is a quarterback league and the Lions have a decided advantage at the position with Bailey Zappe likely making his first career start on the opposing sideline.