Allen Park — The Detroit Lions have no defensive identity, unless under-performing across the board can be considered an identity.
In the past, Matt Patricia has coached his fair share of bend-don't-break units, but this isn't that. The Lions are giving up yardage in droves, 424.1 per game to be exact, but they're also giving up plenty of points, 27.1 through eight games. Both rank in the bottom seven of the league. They're bending, then breaking.
Last year, the team was pretty good stopping the run, elite even after the acquisition of man-mountain nose tackle Damon Harrison at the trade deadline.