One of the biggest complaints about the Detroit Lions’ strategy through the first two games of the season was their wild overreliance on man-coverage. With a beat-up secondary filled with first and second-year cornerbacks, it was a tough spot to put the Lions players in. And the results spoke for themselves.
Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire highlighted Detroit’s issues in a series of tweets. Through two games, the Lions had played more man coverage than any other NFL team and they had also allowed the most man-coverage passing touchdowns in the NFL with five.