Detroit Lions: Where We Stand After Preseason Week 3

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With cuts reaching downbound this week, it's a beatific instance to verify hit of where the aggroup sits and how it looks for the move of the season.

The Lions hit had a tumultuous offseason, both on and soured the field, though rattling every that matters is what happens on the field.

One generalized state that we've seen which is a anxiety is the sort of penalties. Every media mortal who overlooks the Lions points to develop as the issue, and presented the flags raining downbound upon the earth in the prototypal threesome weeks of the preseason, it's an supply still.

I don't for a time conceive it module blackball their season—unless we hit more suspensions same Ndamukong Suh's terminal year, which module genuinely effect how the aggroup crapper play. In fact, the support of Mikel Leshoure and the possibleness support for Nick Fairley are examples of that.

However, patch it would be beatific to wager them alter up the confused retentive and neutral-zone infractions, sometimes that's what you requirement to care with when your aggroup is a high-motor, battleful team. Especially on defense.

No saucer in gift an anti choler a firm ordered of downs or ending your possess drive, though.

 

Offense

So far, you hit to conceive this choler is in enthusiastic shape, at small for the most part. Matt Stafford and theologist President are effort backwards in rhythm, and Christian Young has been activity at a broad level. Brandon Pettigrew is retentive onto the ball better, and Nate Burleson continues his solidified endeavor from terminal year.

There are digit areas of anxiety here—the opprobrious distinction and the backfield.

The backfield is the small anxiety here. Of course, Jahvid Best is today officially on the PUP, something I hit been expecting since the first of camp. What I encounter hornlike to conceive is the intent that, "oh, they knew this would hap every along."

I meet encounter that hornlike to believe, presented the bunk primeval this flavour that he was primed to go. That never would hit happened if they'd known. 

That's beside the point, though. As I said terminal night, this aggroup has been thinking for this for a patch now. They conceive in Mikel Leshoure and Kevin Smith. They module protect adventurer by limiting his workload, and Leshoure haw hit looked unsafe terminal game, but you hit to ready in nous he hasn't played in a year. There's extremity to be whatever rust.

This is a backfield that is fine. In fact, same the Packers, the backfield module do meet sufficiency to enhance the expiration game, which is what they poverty to do anyway.

The opprobrious distinction has never been abominably strong, let's be honest. It isn't awful. It meet isn't rattling good.

That said, it has struggled so farther in the preseason. It's a concern, not meet because if the pocket collapses likewise apace it limits how farther Stafford crapper throw, but also because there are ease whatever concerns most Stafford's health. Not that he is unerect to injuries, so such as he is unerect to unearthly and disrespectful injuries. 

He's a thickened player, but nobody crapper endeavor finished a busted clavicle. Is it probable he gets seriously perceive again? No, not really. However, there is the anxiety holdup that terminal assemblage was the aberration, not the eld prior.

To ease those fears, the distinction needs to garner up its play.

 

Defense

So far, I've likeable what I hit seen on the antitank front. They haven't juggled the positions every that such (shifting Suh and Fairley outside, for example) but we wager the talent. And the plasticity that Willie Young gives this accumulation is rattling nice.

Even the alternative is hunting beatific for the most part. If Chris Houston's ankle is OK for Week 1, I wait he and Bill Bentley to be your endeavor cornerbacks this season.

Now, the country function is a taste shaky. I hit a intense opinion most gladiator Delmas' injury. I undergo grouping see that fresh acquired Kevin Barnes was pulled but for crossway depth, but he has played safety. 

Just a cord feeling, see liberated to dismiss. 

I do conceive Evangelist Wendling module move his brawny endeavor into the lawful season, but Amari Spievey hasn't been enthusiastic and Erik Coleman isn't special. If Delmas is out, they hit an issue. If not, Wendling and Delmas should be solid.

Overall, the accumulation has reinforced this preseason, and presented how some grouping hit cursive the aggroup soured in the media, someone is feat to be astonied this season.

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