With the whole country watching the Detroit Lions again, this time in primetime on “Sunday Night Football” against the Houston Texans, Detroit’s weakest unit must step up. The Lions’ defensive line came into the 2024 season with their best players under coach Dan Campbell. A few weeks into the season, suddenly, what was their strongest unit was their weakest. Injuries have piled up all over the defensive line, impacting this team a lot. It started with defensive end Marcus Davenport and linebacker Derrick Barnes before superstar defensive end Aidan Hutchinson also went down.
Detroit had one of the better run defenses in the NFL before the injuries, and now the Lions are tied for the fourth-worst yards per carry allowed with 4.