Free Press sports writers Shawn Windsor, Dave Birkett discuss the Lions' offseason, 2019 outlook and Matthew Stafford, after loss to Bills, Dec. 16. Dave Birkett and Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
The way Jim Bob Cooter sees it, “in the NFL, throwing the football is a little bit of a sort of a race.”
Offenses are rushing to get the ball in the hands of their playmakers, defenses are high-tailing it to stop them, and you better not hold the ball too long or your quarterback will get creamed.
“Really, you look around the league, every week there’s a pretty good pass-rush threat in some form or fashion on every team, every time you step out there,” Cooter said in a conference call with Detroit reporters this week.