An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Lions NFL Week 12 matchup in Detroit:

Marquee matchup

Lions RBs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery vs. Giants run defense

Anyone suspect this is a mismatch ?

The Giants are 30th in the league in run defense, allowing a bloated 149.9 yards per game.

The Lions are seventh in rushing offense, and their stats are not padded at all with production from a running quarterback — Jared Goff has 22 rushing yards all season.

Gibbs (140-732, eight TDs) averages 5.2 yards per attempt and has speed to burn.

Montgomery (110-493, five TDs) averages 4.5 yards per attempt.

The Giants have been gashed by runs to the outside and figure the Lions will do their best to get to the boundaries against this defense.

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