Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are moving on. In this league, the only way out is forward.
Detroit's defense left Carolina on Christmas Eve depleted, dinged up and downright devastated. A few days later, they are not discouraged about where the true identity of this defense lies.
"You remind them of who we are and what we've been doing. And you know what? It happened. And this is the NFL, and things like this happen. Do you want it to happen? No," defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn said. "But, we have a bunch of young guys, that they have to understand that they gotta keep their confidence exactly where it was, as far as playing really good defense.