The Detroit Lions surprised a lot of people on Tuesday when they made a small, but important change at quarterbacks coach. Out goes George Godsey, in goes Sean Ryan. As Justin Rogers of The Detroit News pointed out, this will be Stafford’s fourth quarterbacks coach in five years, leaving Ryan with a big responsibility to get Stafford’s career turned around after an extremely disappointing 2018 season.
To many, Ryan is an unknown commodity—seeing as quarterbacks coaches don’t get much media play. So here are three thoughts I have on the Lions newest coach:
Perhaps the most positive thing about this hire was the perception that Sean Ryan is an up-and-comer.