Aaron Glenn's future is set after the Lions beat the Packers on Thursday night
This was supposed to be the one where things changed for the Detroit Lions. With a "depleted" defense and 13 guys on the IR and every reporter and their mother putting up pictures of the Lions injury report on Twitter, this team was supposed to lose to the Packers on Thursday night and the NFC […]
This was supposed to be the one where things changed for the Detroit Lions. With a "depleted" defense and 13 guys on the IR and every reporter and their mother putting up pictures of the Lions injury report on Twitter, this team was supposed to lose to the Packers on Thursday night and the NFC was going to be wildly changed.
None of that happened. In fact for the most part, the Lions defense did not skip a beat. They trucked right along with a rag tag group of misfits that featured a some guys that just got here, practice squad players and whoever was left. The Lions held the Packers offense at bay with essentially the defense from The Replacements movie.
Yeah, you can say the Packers scored 31 points, but if you take away the short field touchdowns they got from Goff's pick and the turnover on downs in their own territory, you're left with a Packers team that converted one third down all night, didn't run the ball super well and completed just 60% of their passes.
It's Aaron Glenn ladies and gentlemen. Thursday night was the night that he signaled to the NFL that he is the guy when it comes to the head coaching search this year. His future is set and he can do whatever he wants.
Glenn was already expected to be a sought after coach for turning the Lions defense around this year, but now he has to be the top dog that everyone wants. The guy that can write his own ticket after piecing together this defense and going out to beat a good Packers team in a very important game.
Glenn's plan was to get pressure right away and force Love off his spot and make him erratic. It's something other teams have done to beat the Packers and it worked here. The Lions also tried to make the Packers one dimensional by forcing them to just try to use their run game.
This is not a fluke. The Lions aren't just winning games by miracles. They're flat out a very good team that is very well coached and Aaron Glenn is making all the difference in the world. That's why his future seems set at this point.
He's very likely to get tasked to take over a new team next year and whoever gets him is getting a great coach that their team will love. As long as that team's owner has patience and understanding, they're going to turn into a winning program because of Glenn.
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