The Detroit Lions finally have themselves a new special teams coordinator. As rumors suggested earlier in the week
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afternoon, the team made it official:This is Bonamego’s second run with the
Lions as their special teams coordinator. Back in 2013-14 he served that role,
which helped catapult him to the head coaching job at CMU. Unfortunately, he was
fired from that job in 2018 after a 1-11 season with the Chippewa. According to
reports earlier in the week, Bonamego was being pursued by a couple other NFC
North teams—the Vikings and Packers. However, considering Bonamego has spent the
last six years working within the state of Michigan, it’s obvious the Lions had
a leg up here. Bonamego takes over for Joe Marciano
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during special teams play. This will be Bonamego’s 17th season as a coach in the
NFL. You’d think after watching the NFL for decades now, you’d get used to
seeing a letdown performance. “Any Given Sunday” is a popular slogan of the
league for a reason. You constantly have to prove your worth every week of the
season, and one down day can ruin the progress you’ve made in past weeks.But as
the Lions entered Week 8 on a two-game winning streak, it’s hard not to feel at
least a little devastated from their performance against the Seattle Seahawks.
Seattle dominated Detroit in all three phases of the game, and just when it
seemed like the Lions may work their way back into the game, Bad Stafford showed
up and ruined everything. It’s just one week, and based on how this season has
gone so far
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better, worse or the same after the Lions’ loss to the Seahawks?My answer: A
little worse. If there’s anything I’ve learned from this season—and something we
really should’ve known anyway—it’s to not overreact to one week. Admittedly,
this game felt like a litmus test, and it was one the Lions thoroughly failed.
But it was one performance
Graham Glasgow Jersey , and the team’s identity is not defined by a single game.Are there some consistent issues to this team? Absolutely. The defense is
still very bad and has been in almost every game this season. Detroit’s pass
defense is statistically one of the worst in the league, and there doesn’t
appear to be any relief on the way... unless you’re hoping Ziggy walks through
that door and immediately returns to his 2015 self. There is still reason for
optimism the run defense improves, as “Snacks” already looks like the real deal.
As soon as he’s ready for full-time snaps, Detroit should see at least minor
improvement.And while the Lions schedule looks absolutely daunting, we’ve seen
them pull off some surprising upsets, and they’re just a game out of first place
in the division. Unfortunately, with some of the teams they’ve lost
to
Jake Rudock Jersey , I believe winning the NFC North is their only realistic path to the postseason, but I’m not counting that out yet.Your turn.
