The Detroit Lions under new head coach Matt Patricia have had one outstanding game and three poor efforts. So who are these guys really?
Let’s be completely honest; the Detroit Lions have had a brutal season already.
They lost their opener to a poor New York Jets team they should have beaten. They allowed a San Francisco 49ers team that was practically begging to lose, defeat them and then just couldn’t muster up any kind of defense against the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday.
The upset win over the Patriots in week three balances out one of those bad losses, but clearly does not make up for all three collapses.
I was having lunch with my good friend and he proceeded to roll through all the possible options of how good or bad this team will be by the time the season is over. He then mentioned that maybe if they ran the ball more to control the clock, maybe it would help the defense.
After listening to much pontificating on his part I decided it was time for me to throw in my two cents worth.
I took a few minutes to re-cap what we have seen in the first few games and was more than willing to give credit where credit is due. I was also very willing to point out where I believe this franchise seems to be misguided in their philosophy.
After I had completed my mostly scalding evaluation of this Lions team, he looked at me with glazed eyes and then once again asked if running the ball more was indeed the answer.
Now I realize I had both complimented the ground game and said that it needed to be used even more, especially Kerryon Johnson, but my main point that he seemed to fail to grasp was; the defensive front seven are almost entirely to blame for the Lions record.