Last year, the Detroit Lions loved themselves some man-to-man coverage on defense. According to NFL.com, the Lions played man coverage at the second-highest rate in the league last year, putting a lot of pressure on their young cornerbacks.
This year, the Lions secondary went through a ton of changes. They added veterans Cameron Sutton, C.J. Gardner-Johnson, and Emmanuel Moseley in free agency, while spending a second-round pick on nickel corner Brian Branch. But on Thursday, the Lions revealed that they didn’t just go through a personnel change in the defensive backfield, there may be some serious schematic changes from last year, too.