Lions Rebuild Progress – The Ringer

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1. Glenn says his goal is to have the team in the top half of defenses this year, statistically, and to be in the top half in all situations: red zone, two-minute and on third down. Glenn and Campbell have been scripting practice with those scenarios in mind. “There are some teams that are bend-don’t-break, but that’s not my personality and never has been,” Glenn said. “I’m an attacking-style play-caller. My personality is that way, and I think our defense is starting to feed off of that. I don’t care if we’re in a four-man rush, we still want to attack somehow, some way. If there’s a total vision, it’s we want to be disruptive, match routes and attack up front.”

2. I fucking love this so much. I got so disgusted by this “bend-don’t-break” crap philosophy that wound up doing both. I still remember when our defense was, “hit the other guy in the mouth as hard as you can and take the football away,” and man do I ever miss that. Was it 16 or 17 that they had all those takeaways? Our secondary was one of the best in the league and it was because they were physical and scrappy. They flew to the ball and fought tooth and nail with both receivers and running backs. Slay, Quin, Diggs… Those guys were all drafted and developed right here. I feel like had we stuck with that philosophy, we’d never have lost a step. But we had to go and hire a rocket scientist… **pukes**

3. >I know everyone wants the shiny new furniture and the Spanish tile on the roof, but no—we needed HVAC. We needed the house to be cooled. That means you have to get a Penei Sewell, you have to get an Alim McNeill,
   you gotta get a [Amon-Ra] St. Brown.

   Love the quote. It’s spot on.

4. Man, if only 10% of the SOL fans on this sub could read this.

5. I’ve been checking the ringer for a Lions post since last Tuesday. They are closely tied to hbo, so I expected some chatter.

   Can’t wait to read this, love Kevin Clark’s writing and style

6. “I’ve spoken with literally dozens of rebuilding coaches and general managers—and those were just the ones in Cleveland.”

   HAHA burn

7. Am I mis-remembering or did the Lions announce before the draft that John Dorsey was leaving? Sounds like he is still there.