At the start of the 2018 season, the Detroit Lions’ run defense was one of the worst in the league. Huge games by Isaiah Crowell (102 yards), Matt Breida (138 yards), and Ezekiel Elliott (152 yards), and Chris Carson (105 yards) in the first half of the season led most observers (including our staffers at Pride of Detroit) to conclude the run defense was awful and needed help. In spite of a recent uptick in run stopping as a unit, the Lions entered Thanksgiving Day with the 11th worst opposing yards per carry average in the NFL (4.
Film breakdown: Lions need more consistent run support reads from Jarrad Davis
