Take heart, Detroit Lions fans. If your defense plays against Scott Tolzien or Christian Hackenberg, they’ll be fine this year. When they face Aaron Rodgers, well, the jury is still out.
For the second straight week, the Lions’ first-team defense made red meat out of a mediocre backup.
In four possessions against Christian Hackenberg and the New York Jets on Saturday, the Lions’ No. 1 defense held the Jets to no points and two first downs.
The Lions teed off for two sacks and two near takeaways on their first three defensive possessions, all three-and-outs, and Hackenberg, whose overthrows were sometimes high comedy at Jets camp, didn’t complete a pass until early in the second quarter.