The Lions Dichotomy
The Lions offense has been a surprising explosion this season. Jared Goff, hilarious punchline, has been launching bombs and playing like the first overall pick he was supposed to be and didn’t get any credit for even during his good Rams years. Amon-Ra St Brown has emerged as an out-of-nowhere top WR with a wacky name to boot. D’Andre Swift has been electric. Even with injuries piled up against the Seahawks, they dropped 45 points. They are the top-scoring offense in the league. The Lions are capable of getting in a shootout with anyone.
So why are they 1-3? Because their defense is about as effective as my grandma trying to block a bullet train. Being able to drop 30+ points every game should win you most games in the NFL. The Lions are not winning. They are trying, but they aren’t winning. Hard to win when you can’t stop a cool breeze.
But the team still feels like it’s on the right track. The offense will probably slow down a bit as things settle in, and the defense might toughen up a slight bit, but the team has quite possibly found a way out of the hole. Invest in defense. Defense. Lots of defense. Of course, this offseason will have the question of what to do at QB. If Goff stays on this track it might actually behoove the team to keep him. Whatever the case is, the Lions are a fun team to watch and I hope Campbell keeps it up.
I really hope that the Lions can pull their defense together, because seeing Dan Campbell and Co finally begin to reach their full knee-destroying potential has been very entertaining. I want to see this giant of a man in the playoffs.
The Lions function like 90% of my Retro Bowl teams: banger offense full of 5 stars while I can’t even name a single defensive player on the roster. Fun.
You should of made the defense arm a uncooked spaghetti noodle
Good and classic Draw Play comic
The Lions are a fun team to watch… unless you are a Lions fan
I wish Miami kept Campbell:(
He wasn’t ready at the time. Still not sure he’s ready, being honest. But he’s fun, I’ll give him that. He’s the most fun coach we’ve had since… ever, I guess
I doubt the offense will slow down. Last Sunday we were missing our starting RB and WR1, and our 1st round WR draft pick seems likely to make it to the field this season. That said, I’m not sure how many of our defensive issues are solvable during the season. At least we still have two 1st round draft picks next year.
You also faced the second-worst defense in the NFL, bested (worsted?) only by your own
Woooooooo! I picked a good one to switch to! Go Lions! Yeah! Please don’t draft/trade for a sex offender!
I gotta be honest Dave I don’t know how you haven’t touched on the butt punt in comic form yet.
Especially since I’m sure it’s not the only one in NFL history. You’ve surely got something to work with there