2. Can dashing assault maintain rolling?
Detroit’s passing assault hasn’t fairly clicked on all cylinders but this season, regardless of rating seventh within the NFL in passing getting into tonight’s recreation. Detroit’s floor recreation, nevertheless, has been rolling to the tune of 163 dashing yards per recreation via the primary three weeks of the season and are coming off a 188-yard efficiency on the bottom within the win over Arizona final week. Detroit’s gained at the least 4.0 yards on 53 of their 101 dashing makes an attempt this season, the third greatest fee within the league.
Seattle ranks fifteenth within the NFL towards the run, permitting 116 yards on the bottom per recreation. The Lions are at their greatest offensively after they can dictate the tempo with their run recreation and use the passing assault as a complement. Search for them to ascertain the run early and infrequently tonight.
3. Changing defensive starters
Detroit misplaced defensive finish Marcus Davenport for the remainder of the season and SAM linebacker Derrick Barnes for the foreseeable future. Davenport has been a a productive participant for a Lions’ protection that’s second within the NFL in QB hits (15) and prime 10 in whole pressures (57) via the primary three weeks. Third-year defensive lineman Josh Paschal is predicted to get the majority of the snaps in Davenport’s absence, although the Lions have choices to rotate completely different gamers reverse Aidan Hutchinson. It is necessary the Lions get manufacturing from that spot or groups will use an increasing number of assets to attempt to decelerate Hutchinson on the opposite aspect.
As for changing Barnes, Glenn stated he has a ton of confidence within the depth at linebacker, most likely greater than every other place group on his protection.
“Now we have numerous guys in that linebacker room that may wish to play that function,” Glenn stated this week. “And I’ve stated this each week, that is a room that I extremely respect the way in which that they function. I extremely respect the friendship and the closeness that they’ve in that room, and I extremely respect the flexibility that we now have in that room.”