Detroit Lions Are Only Going to Get BETTER

all right keeping a pushing Big D energy Woodward Sports Network Neil rule Darren mccardy here in the house we got silent Mike we got Spencer raxer we have all of you in the Woodward Sports Chat thre except for crazy clown who said he can't take me anymore and he's leaving so rest in peace crazy clown we'll uh we'll check back with you later uh and then there's this angle sue you I'm not a golf hater just he should average 275 to 350 passing yards per game in this offense so suu wants Jared gof to throw for 5,950 yards per year right did I miss anything that's what he said I think he's going to hit 5,000 but 6,000 is aggressive it's a little aggressive a little bit seen as it's never been done in history I like the confidence you got an extra game maybe be able to give you extra thousand yards yeah uh so yeah it uh it definitely is out there um we have some Dan Campbell sound this was from the presser yesterday yes it was correct yes we do uh one of the one of the hot topics the defense and dmac I want to get your take on it because you got a fresh opinion and you weren't here yesterday I had an epiphany about the defense yesterday and I want to hear Dan Campbell break it down specifically can we do the edges first okay I want to hear him talk about the edges because all I heard all day yesterday was two sacks isn't good enough it can't work like that but I want to hear what Dan Campbell had to say this was the vision the whole time this is what we we knew we were going to get when we got Davenport and uh we felt really good about uh the production Hutch is bringing and brought last year and what he was going to be able to bring this year and then just the thought of somebody who can crunch the can over there man crush the can and and send him his way a little bit uh or vice versa and that's what Davenport can do he's long he's physical he's strong he's a big man um and so that showed up today you know it showed up we were able to hem him up few times in there and um and so those it it's it's good for them it's going to be good for Hutch and it's going to be good for Davenport and check right what was your what was your take on it yeah no I to me what it seemed right and I saw that different I mentioned it earlier about secondary and just as a unit I think this this this team gets better defensively as they have more time together I like what I saw from Davenport right where he talk where coaches talk about crushing the can or or making it it a couple you know the veteran that staff you you were playing one of the one of the most tenured veterans in the NFL that's seen everything in Matthew Stafford that can elude you know he eluded uh a couple times where it looked like Hutch was there and stuff like that I think they're going to get better right the more time that they spend together I liked what I saw um it was a lot more Ben don't break I mean how can you can to what they held and I know they gave up 300 what 300 in the teens yardage but F he threw it 49 times to get 300 yard no no I mean like to me in the past last year 49 times attempted and we saw it against the same team in the playoffs how pukan nakua ran wild they tried to you know do it early he got injured stuff like this but we adjusted but I don't care what it is last year we would have gave up 600 I I just feel that it just felt different it looked different spny broke it down Spenny broke it down perfectly you know why that was the tackles were made except for one time the tackle was always made and how good how good is that from the if if the opening play and zalone stepping up and and you know solid tackle is hopefully that's the Telltale sign of what this year is going to be right so so the fact is Right spny nailed that if we're making tackles like NFL teams are going to make NFL plays they're supposed to right you're going Aaron Glenn's going against sha McVey one of the best offensive minds and so at the end of the day what coach said this is what the league is this is what this division is whatever else at the end of the day it's about winning games and I saw and you always want to get better but I saw so much improvement from that even that last game last year and it was it's more of a Ben but don't don't break and put yourself in a position like other great teams do to to take the ball and not only go down and and tie the game but when it and not give the other team an opportunity I said yesterday best play of the game was a coin toss in overtime it was I mean like that like and Stafford was a bum just saying standing on the sidelines just saying so and he controlled it so it's exciting it's exciting because what you saw in that opening game is exactly what what we've been told right as far as what is your number one unit that's your offensive line who proved that in what they did throughout the game set them I asked Lis Brown this yesterday I was at Ted Lindsay golf pH I said lus has a former offensive lineman did the overtime David Montgomery just running dominance was that set up late in the game early in the game whatever and he said from Play One exacting the will and then when you as an offensive line knows it's just it's it's like going out and playing against elementary school kids as a high school kid or something like that you just know that you can push your will on it and that as we've talked about as the game goes on what makes that's your asset your offensive line your dominance so yeah I mean it wasn't a perfect game they got things to improve on but but if we're sitting here that's that's a team out of anything that I saw week one is a team that can win the Super Bowl and and for me dmac like the further I get away from this game the more I really like it for real and then you start digesting the stats and I get to I get to what I call the Spencer raxer effect spending Carlton Davis terion Arnold 18 tackles yep combined 14 of them solo that's you were right cuz I was a little bit tougher on tyon Arnold than most people were but he he is everything that you said on that draft show that day he is everything that you said and and I I should have trusted the Spencer I've I've broken film with you before I.E sat and watch YouTube we call it breaking film though because it sounds a lot cooler it does sound a lot better it does I really like what I saw from him tackling and that make you know what we overvalue this uh like the Stafford thing with the 300 yard we overvalue this passing game and coverage we overvalue lock down cover there are no the offense knows where they going you don't so at a baseline you're at a disadvantage you know what this is people say like it's a Passing League or stuff like that it's a tackling league if you tackle you win and the Lions tackled at an elite level the and dmac I'm I'm kind of tying this into what you said right now they they are 1 million per improved defensively because the Miss tackle is akin to a turnover in this game it is it's in that family if you miss tackles that's what flips games which just clicked on me what was the whole thing let's go to Alex anzelone right like has speed but we running by tackles all the time Miss whatever and he planted that first one of the of the year plus he went out and had 11 he had 11 solo look at the solo tackles right that tells everything right and the trust and and somebody said in the chat thread we're it was Brian bran that missed a few tackles and when he comes back in the dressing room the accountability each other you know and say and you know paraphrasing the quote is that you know I won't miss those anymore right which is improving I was built Scotty Bowman is you're allowed to make that mistake don't make it again so so that's something to watch out for is Brian Branch you know is tackling getting better because he's got to be accountable to the rest of those guys that's the beauty the beauty is is you got Davis and you got Arnold in there and then stat sheets telling that we're doing it bro and it's force him to be better they're going to force each other to be better yeah I I saw Brian Branch Miss at least three tackles he had the dropped interception he had a bad game yeah and that's what impressed me the most about the defense you have a guy who is arguably the second best player on your defense have the worst game of his career and you still go out there and you put up a good defensive performance and like you said the cornerbacks of the Detroit Lions had Shawn McVey scared because they are sticky in man coverage and off the line so if he tried to do what he wanted to do without putting Cooper Cup in so much motion Stafford would have been dead because the pass rush was getting to him he motioned more than he has in any game in his career except for one Cooper cup was running all during pre- snap so he could get off the line free and hit on those short one two yard routes all and all that for eight yards a catch yep and they work and Cooper Cup's going to get his he's one of the best route runners in the in the NFL he's got some of the best hands in the NFL but they're keeping him in front of him hitting him off the line so he had to be running pre- snap and getting to to Stafford so they couldn't set up these late breaking routes you know what is imparative to me Carlton Davis is that dude yes he's that right man give me the smoke and he wants it and he wanted all of it and he's a big dude like he's there you know how many times have we in the past we used to having a DB not just and it's not size but just a little bit oh man he was so close or his hand was so close and then what what is he got Carlton Davis he's in that lane he's there like there's something that I watched and went this is different than what I've seen in the past even from our lock down lockdown guy because Spenny brings it up it's the physicality Dante 151 I won my terion Arnold Jersey that I won in a drawing from the morning woo crew shout out shout out Dante 151 can I ask a quick question right your show yeah so so Spenny to that point right I think it's imperative we take a look does does Tampa Bay right we know Tampa's got Mike Evans and God one but do they have that Personnel to to use that motion B bigger Mayfield might die next week that that that my point being right is that Baker's not as elusive as Stafford's not like the most elusive guy but he's smart and I'm not saying Baker's not smart but Baker can think about where he wants to go but I don't know if he'll be able to do that I think the real test to what we're talking about Davenport DJ reer even being in there Al you know you look at a and you look at the way that you know the the line did that you're right this this this could be a feast it's uh Cooper cup literally ran over 400 yards of pre-nap motion against the Lions you're not doing that with Mike Evans Mike Evans is a deep break deep breaking route guy you could do it with Chris gowin a little bit but Chris gowin even isn't what Cooper cup is so having Cooper cup run 400 yards before the ball is snapped just so you can get him open so the pass rush doesn't get home the Bucks offensive line is better than what we saw against the Rams for sure but they're not going to have the freedom to be able to move him around like that no and and and that's really what it is too it and I do I like this matchup a lot for for the Lions this weekend you you guys hear me talk about this and we'll get into it too like as as the uh as the week goes on but this dmac is the oldfashioned spot play this is a spot Baker Mayfield coming off a a four touchdown performance where they dominated Washington and he's proven there's always a there's always a Yang to the Ying with uh with Baker Mayfield can I do my parlay real quick I just thought of yeah all right I'm doing Baker Mayfield interception Kirby Joseph to get or I'll do Kirby Joseph again to get an interception Jamon Williams over in yards Jameson Williams anytime touchdown Rashad white Under yards under under I don't care if his over under is set at 30 you take the under on that DJ reader's going to be back and that offense or that defensive line shut down Kiren Williams sha White's going to get nothing nice fat little p on that I'm sure right it'll be pretty nice [Music]