Observations of Avonte Maddox's foot injury. Plus, the outlook of Christian Mahogany, and snap count analysis of Aidan Hutchinson, Sam LaPorta, & Jahmyr Gibbs.
The Lions hoping to base their attack on a running offense have thus announced their plans to the other 31 NFL teams. It looks to me going back to last year and starting this year that defenses are keying on Gibbs a bit. This is too obvious. While he is very good, he is no Barry Sanders.
So where is Jamo? All preseason we heard about the great strides he was making during camp. Maybe they need some imagination and start with the passing game to help open the running game. JMHO...just my humble observation.
Yes, Gibbs is great when he has space, but DMo was a bit better in congested areas. Losing a DMo I think is hurting Gibbs overall efficiency. I really miss that duo.
I agree with you that starting with the passing game makes sense. But only if the offensive line can protect, which is still a big question mark - in large part due to injuries.
My fears were confirmed and our secondary got shredded (again). It's too bad the game got off to such a rough start, but those are some awesome seats, dude! Definitely worth the trip regardless of the outcome.
As for Maddox, his PFF grade of 38.9 after a game and a quarter of play currently has him as the fifth-worst rated safety in the NFL (out of a total of 72 safeties). You never want to see a guy go down, but whomever we start until Branch (and hopefully Joseph) come back probably can't do a whole lot worse.
Yes, the seats were great! Maddox looks like he's been letting everybody catch passes in front of him all year. We may need to hope Branch can save our secondary, and he might be able to if his Achilles recovery goes well.
The Lions hoping to base their attack on a running offense have thus announced their plans to the other 31 NFL teams. It looks to me going back to last year and starting this year that defenses are keying on Gibbs a bit. This is too obvious. While he is very good, he is no Barry Sanders.
So where is Jamo? All preseason we heard about the great strides he was making during camp. Maybe they need some imagination and start with the passing game to help open the running game. JMHO...just my humble observation.
Yes, Gibbs is great when he has space, but DMo was a bit better in congested areas. Losing a DMo I think is hurting Gibbs overall efficiency. I really miss that duo.
I agree with you that starting with the passing game makes sense. But only if the offensive line can protect, which is still a big question mark - in large part due to injuries.
My fears were confirmed and our secondary got shredded (again). It's too bad the game got off to such a rough start, but those are some awesome seats, dude! Definitely worth the trip regardless of the outcome.
As for Maddox, his PFF grade of 38.9 after a game and a quarter of play currently has him as the fifth-worst rated safety in the NFL (out of a total of 72 safeties). You never want to see a guy go down, but whomever we start until Branch (and hopefully Joseph) come back probably can't do a whole lot worse.
Yes, the seats were great! Maddox looks like he's been letting everybody catch passes in front of him all year. We may need to hope Branch can save our secondary, and he might be able to if his Achilles recovery goes well.