Damn Bobby Layne… did we really piss you off this much…
What a dumbass and with all the reported evidence he deserves whatever happens.
As for football, they have to return to the playoffs or i will start to join some of you on the “window is closed” side of the aisle.
Is this from today, or is this from a month ago? I thought he did this back in April or May, but wondering if he came back again?
What a fool. Ego boy. Go, Rakestraw!
I’m constitutionally unable to give up on injured players. I’ve the posts on Levi Onwuzurike to prove it. C’mon, Ennis, prove the doubters wrong… And me right!!
What’s the matter for you? Are you measured and allergic to mob reaction? What’s humanity coming to?
He had zero off the field red flags at draft time and in fact he was renowned as one of the highest character guys in the draft so I don’t know why Terrion’s turdness is being pinned on Brad and, lets be honest, the majority of us loved this pick at the time so hindsight and all that.
Rakestraw and his injury concerns going into the draft, the Manu and Vaki trade ups as well are certainly on Brad but not the Terrion pick. He was actually showing some real improvements before the injuries last year as well.
Anyway, what are you gonna do but to move on. Good thing they drafted Abney and brought back Rock. Keep Rake in bubble wrap until the regular season and let’s see what can do, he’ll probably get injured in pregame warmup but hope springs eternal since then, so the Lions have some depth at the position at least.
Joseph … Branch … Arnold … man, would could have/should have been.
My gosh, they’re so young. Gone, so fast. Unless Joseph is OK, and Branch has a miraculous recovery (I still have hope for him, but not this season) Arnold is a meathead.
Fair enough.. I reckon it is a bit unfair to pin Terrion’s level of turdness of Brad. I’m just sooo ■■■■■■■ frustrated with this team…
A starting backfield of Reed, Ya-Sin, Mcreary, Izien and Taylor might be the worst in the league. And very little depth behind them. Its sad that we have spent so many resources on DBs and aren’t really any better than when Brad took over.. some bad luck in that as well, but also some really bad roster decisions. We drafted 2 corners in a loaded class and missed on both. We also made the decision to bring in cam sutton, later replace him with carlton davis, but then let him go for reed.
Terrion my wayward son, we’ll be seeking to recoup cash when you are done.
I’m not reading alladat
@grok please summarize
I believe TA recently got baptized. Likely just a PR stunt.
Ya it is very disheartening and raises concerns on the season as well as this current form of the detroit lions.
Only thing i can say is that Brad has done well at finding talent at S but injuries seems to have derailed that here. CB i dont understand why he has struggled so much to find plus players there maybe we need to shift to a more zone based approach?
Either way, the secondary likely again is below average… thank god we rely on our offense so as long as the offensive line and running game are back we likely make the playoffs.
Im not really sure what we are looking for at corner. The one guy we brought in who had actually played well, Carlton Davis, we let go and paid DJ Reed a similar contract. We’ve failed miserably otherwise.. Cam Sutton was an awful decision.. So was Arnold and Rakestraw in a loaded draft with Wiggins,Dejean, Kool-aid, Lassiter, etc. We also had our eyes set on Witherspoon in the draft, but when he went, we immediately traded out, and didn’t even consider the best corner in the league right now in Christian Gonzalez. Now after trading back we took gibbs, so you know worked out alright, but I do wonder about how we are grading our corners. Its like we prefer undersized feisty guys rather than guys who are built to be in man coverage.
I remember toward the end of the season it was being said we started running more zone than man, and our coverage improved a bit. Is there a reason we are so dead set on running man coverage vs zone or what our players can do best?
Correct me if I’m wrong or if this is grossly simplified (which I’m sure it is). Just curious as I have thought we’ve been running primarily man coverage since AG, even when it hasn’t seemed to work out all that well for us.
Word on the street is that’s what’s happening in Allen Park. This debacle only further increases the urgency for a scheme change.
Honestly I like that we are an attacking front 7 with more man coverage behind it. It makes us a little more unique in the modern NFL, just like our under center, run game with play action that really did so well that the rest of the league also started moving back in that direction. You want to stay ahead of the game, not follow the rest of the league. I don’t think any of the issue is scheme itself, or the teaching / coaching.. I think its the marrying of personell decisions and scheme. Its worked great on offense, but on defense its been a mess this whole time under Brad / Campbell.
That makes sense, thank you!
What AI has to say on this:
The Detroit Lions have substantively shifted toward a zone-heavy defensive coverage scheme. Following the departure of former defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, current defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard systematically weaned the defense off its old, man-heavy system throughout the 2025 season. According to analytics from Sharp Football Analysis, the Lions played nearly twice as much zone coverage as man coverage by the conclusion of the 2025 campaign, heavily driven by injuries and performance variables in the secondary. [1]
The definitive evidence of this transition, along with the specific zone coverage shells and sub-packages they are utilizing, is broken down below.
Under Aaron Glenn, the Lions were defined by single-high safety looks (Cover 1 and Cover 3). Under Kelvin Sheppard, the Lions have actively transitioned to Split-Field coverage shells (primarily Cover 4/Quarters and Cover 2). [1, 2]
Lions head coach Dan Campbell and defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard confirmed during 2026 OTAs that the team is expanding its nickel personnel packages while steering clear of traditional heavy-package base defenses. [1]
The ultimate goal of this schematic overhaul is to mask coverages pre-snap and force opposing quarterbacks into post-snap hesitation. In Sheppard’s zone-heavy framework, the secondary uses complex spatial distributions to take away immediate throwing windows. This structure forces the quarterback to hold the football longer, giving Detroit’s defensive line and edge rushers more time to generate pressure. [1, 2]
The only solution to this problem is to replace one first round CB bust with another. Let’s go sign Jeff Okudah.
