The NFL opened its 2018 season on Thursday night to an ugly game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons. Both teams looked... well
www.detroitlionsteamonline.com , they looked like they weren’t quite in tip-top shape for the regular season and may still have some growing pains to go through.If there’s a team that may be able to relate, it’s the Detroit Lions. Like the Eagles and Falcons, they struggled through the preseason, looking rusty at best, completely befuddled at worst.But the Lions were given a small present from the schedule-makers in 2018. Their first test of the season will be against the New York Jets—a team that is not only a consensus bottom-five team, but one that will be starting a rookie quarterback on Monday night, in front of a national audience. So today’s Question of the Day is:Which Lions player will be key to victory for Week 1?My answer: Ezekiel Ansah. The Jets have a horrible offensive line. The Lions have a horrible defensive line. It’s weakness vs. weakness, and the Lions need to win that matchup to make Sam Darnold uncomfortable in his debut and force him into a mistake. It’s impossible to know if Darnold will become the franchise quarterback he was drafted to be, but he looked pretty darn good in the preseason when given time. The last thing this Lions defense needs is a butt-whooping by a rookie quarterback to start the year.And that brings us to Ansah. He’s been dead-quiet all preseason and training camp... literally. The man appears dead-focused on playing, and, for him
Detroit Lions T-Shirt , that means saying very little to the media.As a result, there hasn’t been much coverage of the guy. He didn’t play a ton in the preseason, and his performance out there wasn’t good nor bad. However, it’ll need to be good right out of the gate for this defense to build some confidence that it can generate some pass rush in 2018. If Ziggy can’t get it going on Monday night, we could be in for a long season.Your turn.Tweets from
https://twitter.com/PrideOfDetroit/lists/lions-coverage Here are the snap counts for the Detroit Lions’ Week 10 loss to the Chicago Bears.Offense:QuarterbacksMatthew Stafford: 78 (100%)Running backsKerryon Johnson: 55 (71%)Theo Riddick: 45 (58%)LeGarrette Blount: 10 (13%)Zach Zenner: 2 (3%) — 19 special teams snaps (70%)FullbacksNick Bellore: 8 (10%) — 19 (70%)Tight endsLevine Toilolo: 38 (49%) — 8 (30%)Michael Roberts: 33 (42%) — 2 (7%)Wide receiversKenny Golladay: 74 (95%)TJ Jones: 50 (64%) — 12 (44%)Marvin Jones Jr.: 48 (62%) Brandon Powell: 25 (32%)Offensive tacklesRick Wagner: 78 (100%) — 2 (7%)Taylor Decker: 78 (100%) — 2 (7%)Tyrell Crosby: 2 (3%) — 2 (7%)Guards/centersGraham Glasgow: 78 (100%) — 2 (7%)Frank Ragnow: 78 (100%) — 2 (7%)Kenny Wiggins: 78 (100%) — 2 (7%)Joe Dahl: 0 (0%) — 2 (7%)Observations:For offensive line continuity sake, this game was a success. All five offensive linemen didn’t miss a single snaps, so I guess that’s cool.With no Luke Willson and Michael Roberts missing some time with a shoulder injury, Levine Toilolo saw the most playing time this week. He had just one catch for 16 yards. Brandon Powell finally got a good chunk of playing time, but was mostly a non-factor until very late in the game. However, he did record his first NFL catch in the fourth quarter.Kerryon Johnson’s 70 percent participation rate was the highest he’s had all year with an entirely healthy set of backs. Only once did he have more, and that was when Theo Riddick was out. It’s clear he’s becoming the Lions’ bell-cow back
Detroit Lions Hats , and it’s fully deserved considering how poorly LeGarrette Blount is playing. Defense:Defensive endRomeo Okwara: 40 (70%)Da’Shawn Hand: 31 (54%)Ezekiel Ansah: 15 (26%) — 1 (4%)Kerry Hyder: 5 (9%)Eric Lee: 3 (5%) — 3 (11%)Defensive tackleDamon Harrison: 34 (60%) — 6 (22%)A’Shawn Robinson: 33 (58%) — 6 (22%)Ricky Jean Francois: 13 (23%) — 6 (22%)LinebackersJarrad Davis: 57 (100%) — 6 (22%)Devon Kennard: 57 (100%) — 7 (26%)Christian Jones: 46 (81%) — 12 (44%)Trevor Bates: 0 (0%) — 19 (70%)Kelvin Sheppard: 0 (0%) — 13 (48%)CornerbacksNevin Lawson: 56 (98%) — 7 (26%)DeShawn Shead: 47 (82%) — 11 (41%)Teez Tabor: 20 (35%) — 21 (78%)Lenzy Pipkins: 0 (0%) — 12 (44%)SafetyGlover Quin: 57 (100%) — 6 (22%)Quandre Diggs: 57 (100%) — 2 (7%)Tavon Wilson: 45 (79%) — 6 (22%)Tracy Walker: 11 (19%) — 12 (44%)Miles Killebrew: 0 (0%) — 24 (89%)Charles Washington: 0 (0%) — 19 (70%)Observations:I was hoping to see more Ezekiel Ansah this week, but we did not get it. Ansah was again limited to simply a pass-rushing role, and while he played a key part in Detroit’s only sack of the game, he was largely a non-factor against the Bears, though through no fault of his own. PFF credited him with three pressures on 15 snaps. The Lions finally got Romeo Okwara below 80 percent of snaps, choosing to go in more three linebacker sets than normal—81 percent snaps for Christian Jones is his second highest of the season.With Darius Slay out, it was mostly Lawson and Shead on the outside, with Tavon Wilson acting as the Lions’ nickel corner. Sunday was Wilson’s highest percentage of playing time all year. Tracy Walker saw a slight bump in participation this week—a trend we can probably expect to continue as the season gets further out of hand. Special teamsSam Martin: 12 (44%)Don Muhlbach: 6 (22%)Matt Prater: 2 (7%)
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