Similar to other editions of this series, the Detroit Lions’ plan for their linebackers in 2021 did not work out the way they had hoped.
This was always going to be a position group that had a steep learning curve, as general manager Brad Holmes was tasked with flipping the room, since the Lions were transitioning away from the base defense employed by the previous regime. In order to get through the 2021 season, Holmes had to slap a couple of band aids on this unit and hope for the best.
As the season began, those aforementioned band aids did not hold up really long.