Lions overall Defensive Situation (2022 season)

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Dan Campbell on switching to a 4-man defensive front: 'It fits our personnel better
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Lions overall Defensive situation ( 2021 season )

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It remains to be seen if Trey Flowers is retained by the Lions for the 2022 season. I don't expect Flowers to be retained under his current contract.

Thankfully, Lions under Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn do a much of letting the Lions talent/ players determine the Defense Defensive Scheme than Matt Patricia did during his time as Lions HC.

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Lions bring attack-first mentality to defensive scheme

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One positive in particular is a more aggressive approach than a 3 man rush in 4th and 19 type of situation (Ravens game last season) seems like more often than not for the Lions, in the 2022 season.

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Awful red zone defense equates to the Lions' league-worst scoring defense

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Vikings 28, Lions 24: Game # 3 ( 2022)

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The Lions Defense certainly needs to get much better in the Red Zone and there's plenty of room & then-some for overall improvement.

Having said this, the Lions Defense stopped the Vikings on 3 out of 4 drives (including the Dalvin Cook fumble that the DeShon Eliott recovered.) after the Lions took a 24-14 lead. On the previous drive, Vikings K Greg Joseph missed a 56 yard FG. The Lions Defense gave the Lions Offense the opportunities to put the game away for all intents and purposes. But the Lions Offense failed to do so. That opened the door for the Vikings eventual game winning TD pass. It shouldn't have come to that.

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3 potential solutions to help fix the Detroit Lions defense

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Seahawks 48, Lions 45: Game # 4 ( 2022)

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Demetrius Taylor will very likely have growing pains, but he could make the type of plays that helps get the Defense off the field without giving up points or holding the opposing team to a FG.

While Michael Brockers hasn't made his presence felt enough on the field this season, that's even more the case with Benito Jones.

One thing for sure, the Lions needed to self-scout to see if the Defensive Calls were too predictable.

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Lions notes: Turnovers becoming contagious as defense turns around

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Lions 34, Vikings 23: Game # 13 (2022)

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In all 5 of the Lions wins during this 6 game period, the Lions have had more takeaways than turnovers. Other than actual points, this is the most important stat in an NFL game.

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'We've done a good job': Lions defense improves as missed tackles fade

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Lions 20, Jets 17: Game # 14 (2022)

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The vast improvement of the Lions tackling on Defense, especially as this season has moved along, has been noticeable. Great job by Dan Campbell, Aaron Glenn and all of the Lions Defensive Coaches as well as the Lions Defensive players.

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Lions notes: Next on Detroit defense's to-do list: Limit big plays in passing game

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While the Panthers and Bears (the Lions next 2 opponents) are more run oriented than pass oriented, both teams have QBs with strong arms and at least one WR with big play ability, vertically. The Lions might not have any margin of error in the standings, in order to reach the playoffs. Making major improvements against the pass beginning this Saturday in Charlotte, especially in limiting chunk type plays, seems necessary.

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Lions have allowed the fewest completions to opposing RBs of any team in 2022

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Knowing that Aaron Jones is one of the top receivers from the RB position, the Lions will probably be covering RBs more than in most games this season. Jones was injured during the Lions 15-9 win over the Packers, which is probably the main reason why his receiving stats were modest in that game.