goldlion054
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Finally got around to watching the preseason game for the Lions and Pats. Just a few thoughts:
- Not a whole lot to be excited about in terms of the turnovers by the D. The interception by Houston was him being in the right spot after he lost track of his man on a pick route. The fumbles were more of inexperienced players not holding on. Although I will say Deandre Levy's FF was a heads up play by him. Kudos
- If Brady had any sort if threat offensively as help, the Pats would have torched the Lions pass D. A lot if dropped passes and suspect communication really helped the Lions stat line. Fortunately Detroit plays Cutler and Ponder twice. But Rodgers will decimate them. Though, it was a pretty vanilla scheme with exclusively man coverage from the corners and an occasional 2 deep (which Brady split and crucified), so the full Playbook could yield better results. I'm optimistic about the position the DB's are in, but it could be rough.
- The D-line rotation has me really excited. Jason Jones was a great addition and Ziggy (please be ok) seems to learn quickly. Suh and Fairley have looked great (especially in the run game). Idonije, Young, and Mosley are great depth too.
- The right side of the O-line is a mess. Gosder was much more valuable at RT than people gave him credit for. And whoever is put at RG (probably Warford) will be an improvement over Peterman, but has a lot to learn.
- If Calvin Johnson goes down during the season, Detroit is fucked. It will help when Broyles is 100%, but Burleson and Edwards have done nothing to prove they can take the pressure off deep. Not to mention Dropsigrew and Scheffler are unreliable. Reggie Bush will help tremendously, but I'm afraid it won't be enough to form and sort of consistency.
- Joique Bell is a baller, just like anyone who watched him last year could have told you. He continually confirms it
- Sam Martin is going to help the field position game tremendously. Detroit shot themselves in the foot far too often with terrible field position and great field position for the opposition because of poor special teams play. Martin is a long term solution at punter
Overall, I'm excited for Detroit to put it all together. But there are a lot of holes on the team and the coaching staff is still terrible. Not have the Lions ever really proved they can be consistent. Only 13 days to find out!
- Not a whole lot to be excited about in terms of the turnovers by the D. The interception by Houston was him being in the right spot after he lost track of his man on a pick route. The fumbles were more of inexperienced players not holding on. Although I will say Deandre Levy's FF was a heads up play by him. Kudos
- If Brady had any sort if threat offensively as help, the Pats would have torched the Lions pass D. A lot if dropped passes and suspect communication really helped the Lions stat line. Fortunately Detroit plays Cutler and Ponder twice. But Rodgers will decimate them. Though, it was a pretty vanilla scheme with exclusively man coverage from the corners and an occasional 2 deep (which Brady split and crucified), so the full Playbook could yield better results. I'm optimistic about the position the DB's are in, but it could be rough.
- The D-line rotation has me really excited. Jason Jones was a great addition and Ziggy (please be ok) seems to learn quickly. Suh and Fairley have looked great (especially in the run game). Idonije, Young, and Mosley are great depth too.
- The right side of the O-line is a mess. Gosder was much more valuable at RT than people gave him credit for. And whoever is put at RG (probably Warford) will be an improvement over Peterman, but has a lot to learn.
- If Calvin Johnson goes down during the season, Detroit is fucked. It will help when Broyles is 100%, but Burleson and Edwards have done nothing to prove they can take the pressure off deep. Not to mention Dropsigrew and Scheffler are unreliable. Reggie Bush will help tremendously, but I'm afraid it won't be enough to form and sort of consistency.
- Joique Bell is a baller, just like anyone who watched him last year could have told you. He continually confirms it
- Sam Martin is going to help the field position game tremendously. Detroit shot themselves in the foot far too often with terrible field position and great field position for the opposition because of poor special teams play. Martin is a long term solution at punter
Overall, I'm excited for Detroit to put it all together. But there are a lot of holes on the team and the coaching staff is still terrible. Not have the Lions ever really proved they can be consistent. Only 13 days to find out!
