Episode #95: Everything Offense
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This is Super Bowl week and since the Lions are not participating Erik and Joe will begin breaking down position groups for next season. This week the focus is on the offense, mainly the skill positions.
- The opening of the offensive discussion has to do with the changes in the coaching staff, first the removal of offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooterand replacing with Darrell Bevell
- The Lions offensive needs are changing with the hiring of Bevell, his usage of a fullback, and free agent targets with ties to Bevell
- Lions RB coach David Walker walksawayfromcoachingand now the Lions have another offensive coaching position to fill
- QB coach George Godsey is seemingly no longer employed by the Lions and is reportedly going to resume coaching with the Miami Dolphins
- Former Houston Texans QB coach Sean Ryan has been hired by the Lions as their new quarterbacks coach,how will he help Matthew Stafford
- What does it take to fully implement a new playbook on offense?
- How long does Erik think the Lions will need to adapt to the new scheme/playbook?
- Could there be more coaching changes on the way?
- Will the Lions target a backup QB in free agency, the draft or both?
- Will Theo Riddick have a role in the new offense?
- Which running backs will the Lions be targeting in free agency and the draft?
- Could Marvin Jones really end up being be cut/traded?
- What might we see from Michael Roberts in 2019?
- Dispelling rookie tight end myths on whether they can be completely effective in their rookie seasons
- Are there any skill positions the Lions could target at #8 in the NFL Draft?
- Could Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson work in the new system and would they consider picking him at #8?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. I'm |
| 0:05.3 | Joe Kenya. With me, as always, is Eric Schlitt from USA Today Lions Wire. And this is the official |
| 0:11.7 | podcast of USA Today. Lions Wire, Eric, today we begin our series of offseason, our offseason series. We're going to start with the offense today. |
| 0:24.0 | First, we're going to talk about who's departing from the Lions. Surprise, surprise, |
| 0:28.9 | Jim Bob Cooter's gone. But also is George Godsey, quarterback coach has been let go. He's joined |
| 0:34.6 | the Miami Dolphins. And back coach David Walker has moved on |
| 0:38.8 | from football. Yeah, so, you know, we've kind of dropped hints on on Godsey being closer to |
| 0:48.2 | out the door than to be a real candidate for the offensive coordinator job. We've said that kind of from the beginning. |
| 0:57.3 | We never really, at LionsWire, |
| 1:00.1 | we never really expected God to be to be a serious candidate. |
| 1:03.1 | So it's not overly surprising that he is gone at this point. |
| 1:07.7 | Walker, on the other hand, he is a bit of a surprise because he's somebody that they |
| 1:13.5 | liked and that they kept around, and he's stepping away for personal reasons. He, I've been |
| 1:21.9 | coaching a while and he indicated in his press release that he wanted to spend some more time |
| 1:27.1 | with his family, |
| 1:27.9 | and so he's stepping away for other reasons. |
| 1:31.0 | So they need to replace a few different spots on offense, and, you know, as we've talked about before, |
| 1:39.3 | they may not even be done because, you know, with a new, when Patricia took over, he retained quite a few |
| 1:46.7 | coaches, and so all those carryover guys could be vulnerable and could see themselves replaced. |
| 1:53.6 | Another person that would be instrumental in those decisions would be the latest edition, |
| 1:58.5 | Darrell Bevel, the offensive coordinator. Yeah, so if you haven't listened to any of the other podcasts that we've talked about, |
| 2:04.8 | the story on Bevel basically is he is a power run offensive coordinator, and he likes to |
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