Detroit Lions Defense Was SNEAKY GOOD

saying everybody all right jump into that Woodward Sports Chat thread uh Brandon cats every single number one receiver torches Detroit Glenn plays too much man coverage every year and it's it's funny like because I told you guys that the longer the further we've gotten away from that the more I look at it and every single day I become more pleased with the way their defense played I know that's not the narrative that's going around from you know shows on the flagship station The Cat spots of the world world and stuff like that I I don't know man like for me if it takes Cooper Cup 14 catches to get to 110 yards and Matt Stafford 50 throws to get to 300 we will win that game 100 times out of 100 yeah see what I what I saw out it I don't it wasn't the same the what Cooper cup did week one versus what we saw Mike Evans CD lamb and puka AA do against this defense last year are completely different last year was down the field deep shots wide open stuff like that Cooper cup it was three yard catches four yard five yard all that was allowed that's all that was open and like I said he ran 400 plus yards of pre- snap motion they were fighting to get him open the entire game and we made tackles that's what looked different the eyeball test look and we're going to get better in that aspect so we did enough to win yes there was some things to improve on but it looked different Neil didn't it it looked different and that's a that's a defense you can win with you can win a championship with they're only going to get better it'll be interesting to see you know not only how healthy DJ reader is this week but you know the impact he's going to have uh Jake says number one wide receivers torch every team that's why they are number one wide receivers and and and that's true also that that is certainly true also and again every game is in a vacuum man and every game has its flow the the further I get from it the more I like it that's the more of the story but we are we on to Tampa Bay uh spny asked a question this is interesting does Jack Campbell losing snaps to Rodrigo and Barnes concern you and I I did notice it and that's bad on me and I meant to bring this up during the watch party when I was on we saw a lot more Rodrigo than I thought that we were even prepared for yep shout out my boy can't keep him off the field you can't but hey when you're when you're with Woodward Sports man you're a legend forever that's for sure and Shout Out Malcolm he made some good tackles Absolut 100% he did like guys like I I think it speaks more to this dmac guys like Malcolm Rodriguez are the guys you win with in the NFL amen if you're a good team you have a few Malcolm Rodriguez you a couple on offense couple on defense I'll go deeper than that guys like Malcolm Rodriguez are what you win championships within any sport yes Sam flannel hates them absolutely because he's a grind liner that's why and the Lions do have a couple on every or on both sides they have Malcolm Rodriguez they got jayen Reeves Maan and on offense they've got a khif Raymond they got a guy in cion vaki who I could see becoming a piece like that further throughout the season you got a couple snaps you got one at fullback I could see him getting a couple handoffs CLE Raymond obviously had that big end around to start overtime like they've got guys that are reliable that are damn good football players that don't need the spotlight that that get their snaps here and there and make plays when they're given the opportunity like Malcolm like germ and like khif Raymond on the offense and we get into this in uh Cat spot Sam also you know flannel you know said Rodrigo uh aren't worth the rosters well Sam also said that Jameson Williams is a bus so take it for what it is I mean more do you not that guys like flannel and cats or whatever you you want to be opposite of what their opinion is to know that you're right yeah more times than not if that's my thinking it's to use him as a gauge broer makes a good point uh in this in the Woodward Sports Chat he said could Skipper be putting that character for sure he's I said yeah I said you get you get one on one or two on each side of the ball like that's it Cat spot NE with a pathetic take Rodrigo was a six round pick this is a pathetic take all right catspot see here's deal with round pick three years ago I know see like and here's the thing too that people forget like catspot ties that to him for the rest of his career you know when that's over catspot second the second after they say your name in the draft the second after they say your name in the draft that's over like it's 100% over now you're a Detroit Lion you're in the you're an NFL player yeah after your name gets called You're an NFL player then it's up to you and it's up to your talent from there on out and Rodrigo has proven throughout this and he's had the ups and the Downs he's he's he came out on the scene and look the Lions roster necessitated at the year he was drafted that he had to be a starting linebacker as a six round pick the roster necessitated it that's where that's where they were as a franchise as they accumulated Talent they put up 87 tackles as a six round pick and now as they as they acquired talent that things kind of worked out to the way that they were supposed to be as they as they got more pieces put in here his role diminished and then how does he bounce back from that that's he a special teams demon and he get and he plays fullback and that's that's his angle yes that's his angle right now you got to have guys like that you absolutely have to have guys like look at the New England Patriots one of the biggest dynasties of our entire lives yes you talk obviously Brady and grank and all you know who was also a part of every single one of those teams and was one of the the most touted players on their roster Matthew Slater Matthew Slater pro bowler all proo every single year those guys get that lore because the team wins dmac you familiar with that at all yeah no idea what you're talking about if you if you go play for the Phoenix Coyotes in your career yeah does it end the same no but different role absolutely play more more minutes play more of a scoring role probably have better stats but not not championships and that's it and that's all I've known you 10 years man it doesn't matter if you're playing in the NHL Stanley Cup finals if we're playing in a golf outing at Chandler Park I want to win you you I you are obsessed with it dial it in obsessed with it why would I be you know but no matter what it is it's just the way I'm wired yeah and like that's that's it like me like I'm a momentum guy once we once we get the Vibes going and stuff like that then we feed off each other and we're good but you want to win it doesn't it doesn't matter what it is that's that's the way that you are have a uh and certain things you have a ability to will right there's a will too to put you in the the energy in the vortex that like there's no question right like it's it's going to get done and when you s when you have those guys and then you surround that with talent and the work ethic and stuff like this that's that's how you build that culture so it's that's part of their culture having those dogs having those guys that do all the little works fny you mentioned one that gets recognition uh Reeves maen yep right how valuable it is well they the Lions told you how valuable he is by making sure that they resign him as one of the highest paid special teams guys right he's a leader in that locker room Captain again this year AB ABS 100% right like so those those are the the the glue guys as they say and when he's thrown into the defense he makes plays I forget what game it was if he could if he couldn't make the plays and they didn't have the confidence he wouldn't be out there exactly and that's just Prov is the difference between this and regime's past you got guys like that that you drafted that you signed no you brought back the the quintric regime didn't see the importance of Cameron Cameron Reeves or Jaylen Reeves mayen excuse me and let him walk Holmes and Campbell they bring him back because they could see what type of player he is that is wild um catspot said you can't judge success in a vacuum that there has to be a bar and he said the uh the bar is where he was picked no not the way it that's the most ludicrous and and you know what catspot I'll okay you know what then let's do it show me the six round picks in the NFL right now show them to me show them to me show me their contributions show me all all the six tell me where they are right now all of them y you know pav datsuk was taking the 171st overall so his his bar is real low you know Henrik zberg was taken in the what like 10th round or something but here here's the thing now spanny the difference between 2024 I don't care where you play on this planet You Can't Hide somebody's going to see you video right back in the day that's that's what when you The Scouting staff outworked and you know you've heard of the name Hawkin Anderson the Swedish Scout but you can get the ledoms later or the datuks or the the zetterberg's the holstroms all these guys because nobody's seen them play burn brings up a good point I usually show me show me the six round picks that are linebackers that have interceptions in the NFC championship game yeah Michael says Dion branch and play wide out defensive back and special teams like [Music]