Dan Campbell, Scottie Montgomery, Jim O’Neil, Jared Goff, Brian Branch and Aidan Hutchinson met with the media on Tuesday. Here are the highlights from those conversations.
Refreshing to see the players being cognizant and open about the business aspect of football. EVERYONE knows Muhammad is getting a good pay raise next year. Unfortunately, it's probably no from the Lions with the 5 next big extensions coming up. Wow, what a time to be a Lions fan!
1. I heart Brian Branch. Have since they drafted him. Thanks for printing that Q&A.
2. Correct me if I'm wrong on this, Justin, but during training camp, didn't you write about a killer comeback route Williams had added to his route tree and how it was unstoppable? And yet, I can't recall seeing that type of play call this year (or at least not one with the ball going to Williams).
3. I think Morton is too caught up in Williams being the deep threat, especially against better defensive teams; maybe it's time to get back to those underneath/short throws (over the line, not behind the line). Get Williams the ball in space and let him do this thing.
4. We can say the offense is averaging 30 ppg; but this offense is 1-2 vs top ten defenses (in yds/g and scoring (CLE / KC, GB) and against those teams the offense (minus special teams) is averaging 20 ppg. Morton needs to get this team back to what it really does best (hint: play action).
Then again, I'm just a fan. What do I know :) Beat Minnesota.
“Ankle concern”… well done 😂
Refreshing to see the players being cognizant and open about the business aspect of football. EVERYONE knows Muhammad is getting a good pay raise next year. Unfortunately, it's probably no from the Lions with the 5 next big extensions coming up. Wow, what a time to be a Lions fan!
1. I heart Brian Branch. Have since they drafted him. Thanks for printing that Q&A.
2. Correct me if I'm wrong on this, Justin, but during training camp, didn't you write about a killer comeback route Williams had added to his route tree and how it was unstoppable? And yet, I can't recall seeing that type of play call this year (or at least not one with the ball going to Williams).
3. I think Morton is too caught up in Williams being the deep threat, especially against better defensive teams; maybe it's time to get back to those underneath/short throws (over the line, not behind the line). Get Williams the ball in space and let him do this thing.
4. We can say the offense is averaging 30 ppg; but this offense is 1-2 vs top ten defenses (in yds/g and scoring (CLE / KC, GB) and against those teams the offense (minus special teams) is averaging 20 ppg. Morton needs to get this team back to what it really does best (hint: play action).
Then again, I'm just a fan. What do I know :) Beat Minnesota.
Loved Branch's comment about how well the secondary played last week. There is always somebody ready to take your job in the NFL.