The Detroit Lions matchup with the Buffalo Bills last night pitted two of the hottest teams in the NFL against in each in must-watch NFL action.
The Lions entered the game on a franchise-record 11-game win streak, able to overcome some key injuries to keep that streak intact while also holding the honor of the highest scoring offense in the NFL.
Meanwhile, the Bills entered the game an impressive 10-3, but due to the weather they found themselves handcuffed a bit heading into the game on just one day of practice last week.
The Buffalo area got a whopping 38 inches of snowfall, beginning Wednesday night lasting through Friday morning. Due to that overwhelming volume, the Bills were forced to cancel what would have been a padded practice on Thursday afternoon.
Instead, they held meetings as a team via everyone's favorite pandemic platform - Zoom.
The Bills were able to get into the building Friday to hold practice before heading to Detroit on Saturday for their game, and that practice was heavier on reps than normal to makeup for the cancelled practice.
Most would think that limited practice time would have handcuffed the Bills, but the results of the game proved that to not be the case.
Buffalo's offense found a way to fire on all cylinders, putting up 48 points while holding off a 21-point fourth quarter rally from the Lions to hold on for a 48-42 win.
After the game, a fired up Sean McDermott seemed to mistakenly credit the one-practice approach as part of the team's success before
While complimenting his team's resiliency and noting how hard it is to win games in the NFL, McDermott caught himself quieting the roars of players after he noted they were able to find a way to win on just one day of practice.
"No. No. No," McDermott insisted before threatening to go to two-a-day practices this week.
There's a group of coaches out there that believe in a little something called "minimum effective dose" when it comes to practices during the season, and this win will certainly seem like a feather in the cap for that approach.