Offensive coordinator John Morton, defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard and special teams coordinator Dave Fipp spoke to the media Thursday ahead of Detroit’s matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Here are my 10 biggest takeaways from those media sessions:
1. The Lions have put a lot on veteran cornerback Amik Robertson’s plate the last two years asking him to play inside, outside and be their No. 1 cornerback at times following the best receivers in the game. Robertson always finds a way to respond to the challenge. It’s for that reason Sheppard described Robertson as his pit bull on defense and one of his favorite players. Sheppard has so much respect for Robertson.
2. Morton said Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo kept him up very late Tuesday night coming up with a plan of attack for the Chiefs’ defense Sunday night. The Chiefs are creative defensively, per Morton, and the fact that they have veteran players who’ve been in their scheme for multiple seasons makes a huge difference. Morton said it’s one of those weeks where they won’t have a ton of new stuff put in so they can be on point with the details and play fast.