Kelvin Sheppard

And in two games versus the blitz, Geno is 14 of 19.

Um, so if we get, like, high completion rate Geno Smith, especially if they can protect with four and it forces Kelvin Sheppard to blitz to try to create pressure, then that's to me where, like, a real pathway for the Jets to be frisky here.

Yeah.

Makes a lot of sense.

Wait, sorry.

Is Jeff calling for Chef's Head?

That's a fair question.

Where are you at with Chef, Jeff? So I was never...

I was never necessarily a fan of the hire, and it has nothing to do with what Shep could be as a D.C.

It was more just learning on the job in a Super Bowl window I wasn't a fan of.

Oh, right.

Uh, Joshua asks, uh, one of our Pride of Detroit Direct subscribers says, "One of the knocks on Kelvin Sheppard when he was hired was his res- relative inexperience.

Do you think this is factoring into the defensive struggles? And if so, should the Lions bring in an, in an experienced defensive coach as a senior assistant or consultant to be a sounding board for Sheppard without replacing him as defensive coordinator? If so, are there any available coaches, someone like Sean McDermott, for example, who you think could realistically fill that role?"

So that was a role we had talked about them potentially bringing in, uh, it was one that we had-

Yeah

... increasingly, uh, confident that it's not going to happen based on what Dan Campbell continues to say.

I mean, he continues to throw his support behind Kelvin Sheppard, which of course he's gonna do, but he also continues to say, "I like the entire defensive staff." And I think part of that is what you were saying.

Like, they, they certainly really like Jim O'Neil.

Mm.

Dan Campbell had to come out already and defend DC Kelvin Sheppard, saying that he believes in him.

He's an outstanding coach, this is just a bump in the road.

Lions fans thought they were gonna have a bounce-back season and be contending again for Super Bowls, and through two weeks we're defending the DC? Unfortunately, I don't think we can trust this unit moving forward.

The Lions, I don't know, I can't trust their DBs.

Um, Kelvin Sheppard's the most-

They're supposed to get everybody back.

When they get Branch and, and Kirby back, I would imagine, what, post week five?

... with injuries, but also dominated by other teams on a regular basis, and Foxy will probably tell you a little bit more.

We love Kelvin Sheppard.

We really like Kelvin Sheppard.

Love him.

We like...

I, I genuinely love Kelvin Sheppard, but I mean, there's gotta be a lot of eyes on that D.

What, what are we thinking from the Detroit perspective? Because is Josh Allen maybe gonna go on and have the greatest season of all time? Maybe.

Maybe.

A lot of turnovers, though, so maybe they, uh, were aggressive in getting the ball out, but there was a lot of points scored, almost at a historic rate.

Yeah, uh, hopefully, and I know Jimmy Leonard up there and, and Kelvin Sheppard, the two defensive coordinators that are defen- uh, calling the defensive plays for these two teams tonight.

Yeah, it was, it was outrageous, and usually defenses are ahead, [clears throat] excuse me, defenses are ahead of, of offenses.

But I just think, and Herbie would attest to this probably, and everybody else on this panel, like, with no tackling, no live coverage, joint practice, nobody's playing in the pre-season anymore.