This is preseason week two, so don't expect starters to play long, but the Commanders roll into Ford Field with a 1-0 mark against the Lions at 0-1. Detroit's favored by 1.5 with the over/under sitting at 36.5, which tells you the books expect a lot of backup-quarterback garbage-time stats once the first units get pulled.

Watch the trenches early — whichever offensive line controls the line of scrimmage in that first quarter usually tells you who wins the roster battles that matter more than the score. Bold prediction: Detroit's third-string running back turns a couple of broken tackles into a highlight run and covers the spread almost by accident.