Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson explained potential solutions for third quarter struggles in 2023.
offensive coordinator Ben Johnson understood the results for the team's offense in the third quarter were not where they needed to be.
But Detroit's talented play-caller indicated, when asked about the second half woes, the team steadily made progress once the“I love the football questions," Johnson said. "This is great, this is good. I did this a couple of months ago, so I’m spit balling a little bit here -- I don’t have the numbers exactly in my head, but I got it, I know what the third quarter says. Overall, third quarter was not good enough for us. I didn’t watch every single snap from that particular quarter.
It appeared the team struggled mightily with efficiency and execution coming out of halftime compared to the rest of the game. This was on display particularly late in the year, as theAfter sprinting to the big advantage over the 49ers, the Lions failed to score until late in the fourth quarter. Their advantage dwindled as the 49ers scored 27 unanswered points to clinch their place in the Super Bowl.
"We we’re significantly better in the second half of the season, the last 10 games. I want to say, those 10 games, those possessions, we scored five touchdowns, which is – 50 percent of your drives are going for touchdowns? You’re doing something right," Johnson explained. "So, I understand what’s going on out there. I do think it was something we talked about, we addressed during the season, and we started to see some results as the season went on.
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