The Detroit Lions’ 2025 season opener was a day to overlook. The offense practically went and not using a landing for the primary time since 2022. The protection gave up 17 factors on the primary three possessions. And particular groups have been a multitude for practically your entire recreation.
Coach Dan Campbell insisted all the points have been fixable and that Sunday’s efficiency was not an correct portrayal of who they’re.
“Every little thing that confirmed up is so correctable, and we are going to. We’ll hit it head-on, our gamers are accountable, man, they’re prepared,” Campbell stated. “And no person takes it worse than they do, in order that’s the excellent news, we bought the fitting dudes.”
However, after all, that’s what a head coach goes to say. I don’t doubt for a second that Campbell believes that, but it surely stays to be seen if that’s truly true.
So on this week’s PODcast, our crew recaps the Lions vs. Packers recreation and measures our stage of concern for every facet of the sport. Will offensive coordinator John Morton discover extra inventive methods to get gamers open downfield in order that Jared Goff doesn’t turn out to be a checkdown machine? How regarding is the offensive line efficiency, and can the Lions’ run recreation take an enormous step again this season? On protection, have been issues actually that dangerous? How will they generate stress with extra struggles of their blitz packages? And what can we make of the early struggles from the surface cornerbacks?
We talk about that and a complete lot extra on this week’s episode of the PODcast. You’ll be able to test it out within the Spotify embed under or on no matter podcasting platform you favor. Merely search “Delight of Detroit.”
For a bit extra discuss in regards to the recreation and another non-Lions-related points, it’s also possible to catch the present over on YouTube. Not solely does which have video of the present, but in addition additional in-between segments discussions.
