Post by Vic on Oct 23, 2023 18:32:42 GMT -6
www.prideofdetroit.com/2023/10/23/23929449/detroit-lions-dan-campbell-takes-blame-loss-ravens-stands-behind-game-plan
Campbell and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn have come under a bit of fire for what appeared to be a passive defensive game plan, allowing Jackson to sit in the pocket for long periods of time to pick apart Detroit’s secondary. However, Campbell defended the scheme, suggesting that the execution was to blame.
“The plan, honestly, was simple. I thought it allowed them to play fast. We needed to challenge these receivers. Make him throw in tight windows and we called those, we just didn’t execute, we didn’t execute,” Campbell said.
What the heck is this double talk
Challenge receivers? How can you do that 10 yards off the ball? You need to man up under and zone behind it, the Lions are not doing that and the middle of the field is wide open with the soft zone shit. The safeties are not making plays because they cannot play center field and the OCs are dragging WRs behind the line backers virtually every play.
touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/lamar-jackson-zay-flowers-todd-monken/
Here’s another different wrinkle Glenn tried to throw at the Ravens — instead of playing Cover-4 behind those base personnel looks, the Lions went more with Cover-3. No team had played more opponent dropbacks in zone coverage this season, but the Lions have been a more Quarters-heavy team both overall and in those three-linebacker situations. Switching to single-high looks gave Detroit another defender in the box, which tells you once again what the focus was.
And here’s the problem with that philosophy — when a quarterback can maintain his composure against those defensive looks, that defense is asking for trouble with explosive plays. That’s what happened to the Lions — repeatedly. Jackson had three completions of 10 or more air yards in this game, and all three came against Cover-3 with three linebackers on the field. Two came against five-man fronts.
So, Glenn’s plan once again was better in theory than in practice.
“I hope the guys that are in coverage stay in coverage, so the ball shouldn’t go over their head,” Glenn concluded last week, when asked about Jackson’s obvious dual threat as a passer and as a runner. “And the guys that are actually tracking him, are playing leverage football because he is a dynamic runner, I mean we all know that. And it’s kind of hard for one person to really tackle him. And when you do that, I mean that’s a pretty damn good job to be able to do that. But the reality is, you need more people around that player. And every team tries to do that. And even when you have that many players, he can escape every now and then. So, when you’re deep, you stay deep and you protect deep. When you’re around that player, man, you play leverage football knowing that you have your buddy inside of you, or outside of you to help you as far as containing that player, and we expect to do that.”
Sadly for the Lions, this was a clear case of expectation versus reality.
Looks like they were too concerned with Jackson's legs, but that doesn't explain getting gashed in the run game either. Baltimore had an excellent game plan and Glenn didn't have any answers
Campbell and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn have come under a bit of fire for what appeared to be a passive defensive game plan, allowing Jackson to sit in the pocket for long periods of time to pick apart Detroit’s secondary. However, Campbell defended the scheme, suggesting that the execution was to blame.
“The plan, honestly, was simple. I thought it allowed them to play fast. We needed to challenge these receivers. Make him throw in tight windows and we called those, we just didn’t execute, we didn’t execute,” Campbell said.
What the heck is this double talk
Challenge receivers? How can you do that 10 yards off the ball? You need to man up under and zone behind it, the Lions are not doing that and the middle of the field is wide open with the soft zone shit. The safeties are not making plays because they cannot play center field and the OCs are dragging WRs behind the line backers virtually every play.
touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/lamar-jackson-zay-flowers-todd-monken/
Here’s another different wrinkle Glenn tried to throw at the Ravens — instead of playing Cover-4 behind those base personnel looks, the Lions went more with Cover-3. No team had played more opponent dropbacks in zone coverage this season, but the Lions have been a more Quarters-heavy team both overall and in those three-linebacker situations. Switching to single-high looks gave Detroit another defender in the box, which tells you once again what the focus was.
And here’s the problem with that philosophy — when a quarterback can maintain his composure against those defensive looks, that defense is asking for trouble with explosive plays. That’s what happened to the Lions — repeatedly. Jackson had three completions of 10 or more air yards in this game, and all three came against Cover-3 with three linebackers on the field. Two came against five-man fronts.
So, Glenn’s plan once again was better in theory than in practice.
“I hope the guys that are in coverage stay in coverage, so the ball shouldn’t go over their head,” Glenn concluded last week, when asked about Jackson’s obvious dual threat as a passer and as a runner. “And the guys that are actually tracking him, are playing leverage football because he is a dynamic runner, I mean we all know that. And it’s kind of hard for one person to really tackle him. And when you do that, I mean that’s a pretty damn good job to be able to do that. But the reality is, you need more people around that player. And every team tries to do that. And even when you have that many players, he can escape every now and then. So, when you’re deep, you stay deep and you protect deep. When you’re around that player, man, you play leverage football knowing that you have your buddy inside of you, or outside of you to help you as far as containing that player, and we expect to do that.”
Sadly for the Lions, this was a clear case of expectation versus reality.
Looks like they were too concerned with Jackson's legs, but that doesn't explain getting gashed in the run game either. Baltimore had an excellent game plan and Glenn didn't have any answers