KEY QUESTIONS: How will Lions fill Anzalone’s role moving forward?Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell spoke to the media Monday following Detroit’s impressive 52-6 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday that pushed their record to 9-1 on the season after their eighth straight victory.
When a team plays as well as the Lions did Sunday, was there that much to clean up from Monday’s tape session?
Any football coach will say there’s always things to clean up no matter how big the win or how impressive the performance.
“Yeah, there’s stuff to clean up,” Campbell said. “We had one where if the split is a yard wider it’s a touchdown. Or if I block the right guy, it’s a touchdown as opposed to a 6-yard gain. Those came up.
“Defensively, we were out of position on some things, but it didn’t bite us. We were fortunate.”
Campbell said it’s important to clean up because they might not be as fortunate against the likes of Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes, who Campbell said will expose those issues defensively.
Campbell was really impressed with the way both lines played, but particularly the offensive line.
“When our o-line plays that way, it doesn’t matter what we call and what we do,” he said. “We can do anything. They played at a really high level, and man, they finished. They started it and they finished.”
He loved the way the defensive line showed up and shut down Jacksonville’s run game to the tune of just 41 yards on 17 carries for a 2.4-yard average per rush.
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