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Lions vs. Bucs preview: Jared Goff’s success vs. Todd Bowles could be key Pride of Detroit

One of the most renowned defensive coordinators in football is Todd Bowles.

He is an aggressive play-caller with the ability to devise extremely successful team-specific game plans.

Last week, just ask the Philadelphia Eagles.

However, quarterback Jared Goff was extremely successful in

the Detroit Lions’ previous meeting with Bowles’ Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Goff completed 30-of-44 throws for 353 yards and two touchdowns,

marking one of his most productive days despite the Bucs shutting down his run game.

“Goff has faced Todd Bowles numerous times in his career and has always been successful.

In our podcast previewing the Lions vs. Buccaneers,

NFL expert Jon Ledyard said, “I don’t know if Lions fans necessarily recognise that.

” “He performed admirably against Bowles while he was a member of the Rams.”

The fact that Goff has performed well this season against blitzes is one of the things

that makes him especially difficult for Bowles to handle.

Goff completed 10-of-19 throws against the blitz for 171 yards and two scores in their Week 6 encounter.

Being one of the NFL’s most aggressive blitzing teams is in Bowles’ DNA,

but it might not work this week.

The Los Angeles Rams, of course, discovered the hard way that not applying enough pressure to Goff is not an option either

Jared Goff completed all 21 of his passes when he was not pressured for 266 yards & a TD,

the 2nd-most non-pressured passes without an incompletion in a game since 2018.

Goff had just a 0.3% chance of completing all 21 passes (1 in 372). Powered by @awscloud

Of course, it’s easy to credit the Lions offensive line for being a big help to Goff in that area—and they certainly have earned some of that credit. However, Ledyard believes Goff is one of the most misunderstood quarterbacks in the league because his pocket presence and ability to get rid of the ball in a timely manner have played a huge part in why he is year-to-year one of the least pressured and least sacked quarterbacks in football.

“His pocket movement—little, subtle steps. He can crawl up in the pocket a little bit, and keep guys from getting pressure around the edge,” Ledyard said. “He knows where he is in the pocket, he’s very consistent about where he is in the pocket, and because of that it makes him easier to protect for. So while I think the offensive line is good, I think Jared Goff actually creates a lot of the situations that he’s in.”

Ledyard breaks over the entire game for us, covering everything from Baker Mayfield’s opportunities to exploit this Lions secondary to the reasons why Jahmyr Gibbs might breathe new life into the Lions running attack this time around against a formidable Buccaneers run defence.

The full episode can be heard below. If you agree with Ledyard’s analysis,

you might want to check out Pride of Detroit Direct,

where he has been offering weekly All-22 analyses of the prior Lions games.

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Lions vs. Bucs preview: Jared Goff’s success vs. Todd Bowles could be key Pride of Detroit

Lions vs. Bucs preview: Jared Goff’s success vs. Todd Bowles could be key Pride of Detroit

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