As the Detroit Lions prepare for their huge matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, the team’s coordinators met with the media for their typical Thursday press conferences.
Topics this week range from Kerby Joseph’s Pro Bowl snub, the Ben Johnson/Brian Flores chess match, and how quarterbacks like Sam Darnold can have a career renaissance.
Here are the top seven quotes from Lions coordinators this week.
Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson
On his duels with Vikings DC Brian Flores:
“Each week you try to find a weakness in the armor and look to attack it, and this defense, it just doesn’t have much.