lancerman
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Let's look at Matt Patricia on the Lions. He beats Brady (a well known QB with tons of tape), he beat Rodgers (a well known QB with tons of tape). I'm not going to hold road losses to divisional rivals against them. And the Seahawks and Cowboys have the talent that made them up and down enough that I can sort of understand those
The 3 big losses that were massive head scratchers for the Lions were
Week 1: Jets
Week 2. 49'ers
Week 12: Bears (minus Trubisky)
What do these have in common? The Jets were starting their brand new QB who had very little tape on him, the 49'ers were starting Garoppolo who they just got last year and finally had a real off season to tailor his play to the system, and Daniels who hadn't played a significant snap in years.
Patricia's a smart guy and he does his homework. A lot of his defenses for us were tailored to playing against the strength's of the QB we played. When there is uncertainty (rookies QB, relatively new QB who just learned the system, and a vet who hadn't played in a while).... he lost games that people believed he should have won.
Why do I say this... Because Foles was a mid season replacement for Wentz who significantly upped his game in the playoffs and was a lot harder to prepare for. You couldn't use the tape of him sucking when he first came out in 2017 because he wasn't playing at that level anymore. All we had to go off of was two games in the playoffs. Hence our defense had no answers for Foles and he looked comfortable all game.
The 3 big losses that were massive head scratchers for the Lions were
Week 1: Jets
Week 2. 49'ers
Week 12: Bears (minus Trubisky)
What do these have in common? The Jets were starting their brand new QB who had very little tape on him, the 49'ers were starting Garoppolo who they just got last year and finally had a real off season to tailor his play to the system, and Daniels who hadn't played a significant snap in years.
Patricia's a smart guy and he does his homework. A lot of his defenses for us were tailored to playing against the strength's of the QB we played. When there is uncertainty (rookies QB, relatively new QB who just learned the system, and a vet who hadn't played in a while).... he lost games that people believed he should have won.
Why do I say this... Because Foles was a mid season replacement for Wentz who significantly upped his game in the playoffs and was a lot harder to prepare for. You couldn't use the tape of him sucking when he first came out in 2017 because he wasn't playing at that level anymore. All we had to go off of was two games in the playoffs. Hence our defense had no answers for Foles and he looked comfortable all game.