The Detroit Lions made a lot of changes this offseason to the coaching staff after a disappointing 3-12-1 season. Among the changes head coach Matt Patricia made include the inside linebackers coach position, which was most recently filled by Al Golden. With Golden leading them the Lions’ linebackers were among the worst group in the league despite having quite a bit of talent at their disposal.
The Lions’ linebackers were constantly below-average to plain awful in coverage and did not provide much hope in general with their play. Possibly the best thing you could say about them is that they were decent at rushing the coverage on delayed blitz play-calls.