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Tim Twentyman
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Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and special teams coordinator Dave Fipp spoke to the media on Wednesday this week due to the short work week ahead of Saturday's game. Here are my 10 biggest takeaways from those media sessions:
1. The Lions had the lowest number of explosive plays on offense they've had all year against Minnesota last week. The good thing to come out of that, per Johnson, is the versatility the offense showed by putting together four scoring drives of 13-plus plays. Explosive plays or dink and dunk, Johnson and the Lions' offense can beat teams in different ways.
2. Dallas is 7-0 and is averaging a league-high 39.9 points per game at home this season. What has made them so explosive at AT&T Stadium?
Glenn said Dallas gets to play with a certain tempo at home and their comfort and level of execution is admittedly different there. How Detroit starts the game is going to be crucial. Dallas has gotten off to great starts at home and that plays to their advantage on both sides of the ball.
3. It can't be easy going from being a defensive starter to almost exclusively a special teams player like what we've seen from Tracy Walker, but Fipp said Walker has made the transition with a smile on his face and he admires and respects that about Walker.
4. Detroit's offense scored 30 points vs. the Vikings and put up nearly 400 yards of total offense. Johnson said he had a sneaky feeling before the game his players were ready to have a big day.
"It's happened a few times where you just kind of tell in pregame the demeanor the mindset the intensity. You kind of knew they were going to come out and play really well," Johnson said. "It's hard to do every week. Some weeks are different than others. But kind of just had this feeling just watching them warmup that they were going to come out and play really hard."
More: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/10-takeaways-from-glenn-johnson-fipp-melifonwu-gardner-johnson
Senior Writer
Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and special teams coordinator Dave Fipp spoke to the media on Wednesday this week due to the short work week ahead of Saturday's game. Here are my 10 biggest takeaways from those media sessions:
1. The Lions had the lowest number of explosive plays on offense they've had all year against Minnesota last week. The good thing to come out of that, per Johnson, is the versatility the offense showed by putting together four scoring drives of 13-plus plays. Explosive plays or dink and dunk, Johnson and the Lions' offense can beat teams in different ways.
2. Dallas is 7-0 and is averaging a league-high 39.9 points per game at home this season. What has made them so explosive at AT&T Stadium?
Glenn said Dallas gets to play with a certain tempo at home and their comfort and level of execution is admittedly different there. How Detroit starts the game is going to be crucial. Dallas has gotten off to great starts at home and that plays to their advantage on both sides of the ball.
3. It can't be easy going from being a defensive starter to almost exclusively a special teams player like what we've seen from Tracy Walker, but Fipp said Walker has made the transition with a smile on his face and he admires and respects that about Walker.
4. Detroit's offense scored 30 points vs. the Vikings and put up nearly 400 yards of total offense. Johnson said he had a sneaky feeling before the game his players were ready to have a big day.
"It's happened a few times where you just kind of tell in pregame the demeanor the mindset the intensity. You kind of knew they were going to come out and play really well," Johnson said. "It's hard to do every week. Some weeks are different than others. But kind of just had this feeling just watching them warmup that they were going to come out and play really hard."
More: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/10-takeaways-from-glenn-johnson-fipp-melifonwu-gardner-johnson
