A mirror image to the philosophies Mike Macdonald has instilled in his Seahawks in many ways, the Lions present a major challenge on the road in prime time.
, coach Mike Macdonald wasn't on the sideline for either of the team's recent victories over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in the past two seasons.
"They're a really good football team. Hard playing, well coached, a lot of scheme diversity, but also hang their hat on their calling cards, so to speak, on special teams," Macdonald said of Campbell's Lions on Wednesday. "A hard-playing group. Again, it's a theme throughout all three phases. Obviously, they're really aggressive in certain situations and willing to take calculated risks, so we'll need to be ready for those.
On the defensive side of the ball, Detroit has demonstrated marked improvement with a retooled secondary and star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson terrorizing opponents off the edge to a tune of 6.5 sacks through three games. The Lions haven't allowed more than 20 points in any of their games so far and rank in the top 10 in both points per game and total yards allowed per game, which has caught the defensive-minded Macdonald's eye in film review.
After residing closer to a 50/50 split between zone and gap schemes in 2023, Johnson has dialed up zone concepts on 52 out of 85 run plays so far in 2024, or north of 60 percent of the time. With the ground game being highly effective, the Lions have been able to continue maximizing their usage of the play action passing game, as Goff ranks third in play action drop backs , first in play action yardage , and seventh in yards per attempt .
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