Detroit’s a little banged up along their offensive line with starting left guard Christian Mahogany going on injured reserve Wednesday. Taylor Decker (shoulder) and Sewell (shoulder) missed practice Wednesday, though both were back Thursday.
The players in the offensive line room are eager to correct the mistakes and get another shot Sunday in Washington at playing their brand of football.
“When things aren’t going your way, there’s always a level of frustration,” Sewell said. “We just have to stay clearheaded and know there’s a task at hand. There’s always that next play. If you’re close-minded and you start just overwhelming yourself with all those things that just happened, you’re going to miss the next one.
“It’s up to us to come in after the game and fix those things so when the opportunity presents itself, we’re going to be better.”
Lions offensive coordinator John Morton was asked Thursday what his biggest concern has been, and he talked about some of the protection issues that have popped up throughout the year.
“The protection and all of that,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing. I can draw up all of these plays we wanted. If you don’t protect and have sound protection so the quarterback can throw the ball, it doesn’t matter. So, that’s the biggest thing. And listen, this is fixable, that’s the beauty of it. This is all fixable and we’ve addressed it.”