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In light of the news reports that Detroit management only ever wanted Klim Kostin to be "an enforcer" and nothing else, I can't help but re-iterate how badly I think SY and Lalonde handled that situation. According to Kostin the Detroit brass made it very clear that they only wanted him to fight and not play actual hockey and that he wasn't interested in playing that kind of game. I'm not sure why we'd trade for a guy AND buy out another player's contract if we weren't sure he would actually fill the role we intended for him. I'm also not sure how/why we didn't have room for him to play actual physical hockey on the 3rd line considering all our bottom six wingers were either A) redundant, or B) milktoast af. Like, isn't Kostin the exact player that management hopes Sodorblom will be? It's not some organization altering failure or anything, but it's pretty hard to see what the plan was with that one.

The pass rush needs to be totally different. If you can't pressure the QB with 4 guys YOU NEED to blitz ur linebackers. We "supposedly" have a great defensive back core so we gotta trust them to cover and bring more guys to attack the line scrimmage. On offense ur studs are your tackles. WHY TF ARE THEY NOT UR LEAD BLOCKERS ON THE MAJORITY OF RUN PLAYS??? St Brown is the most reliable WR1 in the league. Jamo can run deep and take the top off a defense. Teslaa can bring down about any high ball. We utilized absolutely 0% of those strengths. TLDR: John Morton is bad and i dont like him.

Ya boys done did it. Honestly Packers looked good... but the Lions gave that game away. The play calling was unbelievably bad. The narrative about the Lions losing both coordinators = suck, may very well be true. Morton clearly had no idea how to use his weapons, and Sheps defense wasnt much better. Campbell defended them saying they need time to adjust and work out kinks... but holy fuq that was bad. And what we all feared was glaring: the interior O-line, our biggest strength the last few years, SUCKED BALLS. Glasgow is a poor mans #1 center. Mahogany got mauled. Rookie Ratledge made rookie mistakes. We cannot implement our 1/2 run game without a good O line. And Goff doesnt have the protected pocket to pass effectively. Of course... a smart coordinator could work around that. Implement outside run plays and use our blocking WRs. But unfortantely Morton is apparently regarded and only wants to run highschool bubble screens. WHY TF IS GIBBS RUNNING UP THE CENTER ON A 5 YARD RUN PLAY U FUQQING MORON. Packies deserved that win. We were nancies out there and Ben Johnson is gonna make us look like stupid next week unless Campbell does some serious shidt this week to his shidt coordinators.

> Gibbs/Montgomery are arguably the best runningback duo in the country. Nicknamed Sonic (Gibbs) and Knuckles (Monty), because Gibbs is the fast elusive back, and Monty is the strong power punching back. Theyre our one/two punch in the offensive game, and we play a run first offense. >QB Goff can barely run or scramble, so he stays in the pocket and uses a lot of play action (faking the hand off to the running back and then passing) >our WR's are really good >our defense is an old school throwback. A lot of blitzing, alot of focus on stopping the run, a lot of man to man press coverage in the backfield. >edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson will likely be up for defensive player of the year if he stays healthy, and should be flirting with breaking the single season sack record. >the exciting rookie is Isaac Teslaa. Big white kid who plays WR and is from Michigan. The general zeitgeist is the Lions window is wide open, but we gotta get it done. Lots of key injuries have cost in the past so were terrified of injuries and need the team to stay healthy. Our offense is arguably the most high powered in the league, but our defense is only average. But our D could be elite if guys stay healthy.