We hear from the Lions coordinators.

0:00the car. Scott Anderson, it's a football Friday, getting you set for the lion season opener. And as we like to do with news conferences when a guy speak, instead of like replaying the whole thing, we pull the most interesting quotes. And so yesterday it was the coordinators turn. And of course, Drew Petsing now taking over the offense, Calvin Shepard, year two, Petsing lot riding on this, right? Offense with a lot of weapons. Last year, it wasn't exactly a well oiled machine to start. Dan Campbell took over the play calling. He specifically went out and identified this guy to come in and take over as their primary offensive mind, their play collar. Here's what he had to say about him and Jared Goff. Drew Petsing and Jared Goff. How do they complement one another? All right.

1:15Our quarterback is cerebral A off, right? I mean, he is a high level thinker and executor. He's wicked smart. He is wicked smart. And in his ability to quickly digest what he sees and make the appropriate play, make your appropriate throw is high level. Petsing has been open to this. It's all part of the build up to the season. What happens in those? Because remember, we all see play calls. We see the evidence 40 seconds after the next, the previous play somewhere around that. He's got to make a play call in the first five, six seconds. They got to get the right person out on the field. He's got to be ready to go. What's he going to be like under fire? I really like anybody's chances of succeeding here with the lines coming in because of the offense is already set because they already have a quarterback that knows what the hell he's doing. Even if he didn't like the results last year from John Morton, they still had a pretty good offensive season with 28 points of

2:15game. And you know, Goff did what he did with 4500 yards at 30 something touchdown passes. And Gibbs was running the ball well. They had over 2000 yards in the ground. But it was a step back from the previous year. So when Petsing has all this to say with about Jared Goff, I wonder if if Goff is more involved this year than what he was last year? I guess that would be a question I would ask. It would be someone going to ask Jared next week. Right. Is do you feel more involved with the decision making? Maybe not in decision making, but just about the playbook and about the offense in general. Is your input valued more do you feel this year than what it was last year? Okay, here's more from true Petsing on what he's looking forward to learning about his offense.

3:20Okay. And that's probably one of the most important parts of the offense of the unknown. And when he mentions the physicality, so guys up front, I think we have done something a bit of a disservice to the Lions in our analysis of the season. Okay. Lions may have the best left tackle in the NFL. And but how much better does the offensive line get just because Penaisou will has moved to the most important position on the line. And we knew that he we know he's a good player, but just that change alone can really make a huge difference. Now, there are other questions on that offensive line. I think it's pretty logical that Tate Ratledge is going to be better. I think it's pretty logical that the center

4:22position is going to be improvement over a year ago. And it really comes down to the other guard and Blake Miller. And the other guard, there's strong competition there. I, you know, they need somebody to emerge and the competition continues. Miller is the big question mark. He is a question mark. Yeah. Because I look at the left guard position and I'm encouraged by the fact that there's competition because I don't think that Mahogany would be any worse than he was last year. And not that he was bad. But you expect him to get better at least. And if there's competition, it means if he's means that somebody's been better than him and moved Ben Barge. But you're right about Miller at right tackle. That's the spot that you're hoping that everything that what people have said about him is right. When Aden Hutchinson said, well, he doesn't make the same mistake twice in practice. He picks up and he learns right away. And he's had, I think, Hain Freiley has said the same thing about him or similar things about him. Hopefully that's the thing is that the high floor that he's got is already realized and that he can just, you know, stack better game after better game after better

5:26game and be as competent as it can be at right tackle in his office. Okay. One more from Drew Petsing. What is this offense going to be good at? Here's what the offensive coordinator had to say. I think I just speak quicker because of the way he's talking. He's a mile a minute man. He really is. All right. Calvin Shepard, defense of coordinator. What have you learned about your defense through camp going into the opener?

7:05The continuity, right? You're your second year in this defense. Experimented with some things, some works, some didn't. It'd be interesting to see how they go about coverage. Are they going to be a high man covers team? They're going to play more zone this year. What, what are they going to do and how blitz happy will he be? Remember how blitz happy Aaron Glen was. I'm a big fan of Calvin Shepard. I don't know if he's going to be a great defensive coordinator or not, but him as a person, I love Calvin Shepard. I think he's a motivator. I think you can get guys to do some things here. But ultimately, it's going to come down to the players being able to implement the game plan. And, you know, it's I'm glad that he's back here for another year as defensive coordinator, but last year wasn't a great year for the defense. There were some things you can hang your hat on and build off of, but

8:06you know, if they were quick on the on the trigger finger with Anthony Lynn and with John Morton on the offensive side, you know, he got a little bit of grace last year. So this is a big year for Calvin Shepard and that defense to prove that he's on the right track and this team is going the right place. And I agree with you. I'm not going to fall into the trap that I've fallen and fell on it into in the past. And that is guys great at the podium fund to listen to. Doesn't necessarily mean he's a great coach, right? And so I like him. I like listening to talk. I think he sounds like a guy who can motivate players, but at the end of the day, got to get the job done. And that that is he has to be that stories. You have to be told. I think the key to this whole defense is right up the middle and how good is Alim McNeil going to be this year? Everything seems to point that he is 100% ready to go. He's happy. I saw an interview that he did with Dan Miller and he's almost to get you about the season being able to start it healthy. And Calvin Shepard almost got emotional about how happy he is for Alim McNeil because he just sees monster things from this year. Okay. He thinks this group will indeed be much better

9:07in his second year. Okay. Last year, the Lions defense not bad in yards allowed 15th in the NFL, but in points allowed, they were 22nd. And that's got to get better. The best defenses in the league were a

10:07full touchdown better than the Detroit Lions a year ago. They got to narrow that gap. They do. And you know, listening to the last clip, that's a guy I could have played for. I would have loved to play for a coach like coach Shep because it's not just here's what you have to do. It's here's why we want you to do what you have to do. There's an explanation about it. It takes it to a different level so everybody can be better. So you understand not only, oh, am I supposed to go between these two guys, but there's reasoning behind it because this is going to happen. This is going to happen. And we all have to be on the same page. Sounds great, coach. I'm ready to go. 248 539 97 97 there you have it from the coordinators. Your thoughts also want your predictions. It's our season prediction show 17 game schedule. What will the Detroit Lions record be? It's Carson Anderson 97 one.