On Friday, Jason McIntyre of FOX Sports picked the Detroit Lions as one of five new teams to make the playoffs this season.
McIntyre even provided a fake headline when speaking on The Herd with Colin Cowherd: “Well, isn’t Matt Special” – an amusing pun on the Dana Carvey church lady character from Saturday Night Live.
McIntyre believes that the Detroit Lions turnaround hinges on head coach Matt Patricia’s defense. On The Herd, he spoke of what would be different in the 2019 campaign (08-16-19, “Growing Pains in Arizona”):
“[Matt Patricia] likes to pressure three or four and let his secondary do the work.