Lions DC Aaron Glenn: 'Elephant in Room' Injuries & Need to Address: "Violent Style Key Over Scheme

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Aaron Glenn said the “elephant in the room” is all of the injuries to the Lions defense and the challege to get their new players up to speed this late into a season with the Green Bay Packers ahead on Thursday
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NFC North: With the Detroit Lions (11-1), Minnesota Vikings (10-2) and Green Bay Packers (9-3) all having at least nine wins, the 2024 NFC North is the first division in 39 years with three teams each with nine-or-more wins entering Week 14 (1985 AFC East).
Green Bay (9-3) at Detroit (11-1) (Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video): The Lions have won 10 consecutive games, the longest active winning streak in the NFL and tied for the longest winning streak in franchise history (1934). Detroit enters Week 14 with the top-ranked offense in the NFC (395.2 yards per game) while Green Bay ranks second (382.8 yards per game). It will mark the first matchup in Week 14 or later of a season between two teams each averaging 380-or-more yards of offense per game since Week 15 of the 2021 season [Kansas City (389.6) at the Los Angeles Chargers (385.2)].
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has 65 regular-season wins since being hired by Green Bay in 2019 and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Cowher, Mike Holmgren and Andy Reid (64 wins each) for the second-most wins by a head coach in his first six seasons in NFL history, trailing only George Seifert (75).
Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs has at least 100 scrimmage yards and a rushing touchdown in each of his five career games on Thursday and can become the first player in NFL history to reach those marks in six consecutive Thursday games.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff has 100 regular-season touchdown passes since being acquired by Detroit in 2021 and along with his 107 touchdown passes during his time with the Los Angeles Rams (2016-20), is one of six quarterbacks all-time with 100 touchdown passes with multiple franchises, along with Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (Indianapolis and Denver), Fran Tarkenton (Minnesota and the New York Giants) and Kurt Warner (St. Louis Rams and Arizona) as well as Tom Brady (New England and Tampa Bay) and Carson Palmer (Cincinnati and Arizona).
Detroit wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown ranks fourth in the NFL with 76 receptions this season and has 391 receptions since entering the NFL in 2021. On Thursday, he can join Michael Thomas (470 receptions) and Jarvis Landry (400) as the only players in NFL history with at least 400 receptions in their first four career seasons.
QB JARED GOFF had 2 TD passes vs. 0 INTs & 100.2 rating last week. Needs 18 pass
yards for his 8th-straight 3,000-yard season. Has 13 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 99.3 rating in 8
career starts vs. GB. Aims for his 5th in row at home vs. GB with 2+ TD passes. Has
21 TDs (20 pass, 1 rush) vs. 3 INTs for 105.1 rating in 11 career Thursday starts.
• RB JAHMYR GIBBS had 104 scrimmage yards (87 rush, 17 rec.) last week.
Ranks 5th with 1,255 scrimmage yards in 2024 & needs 7 scrimmage yards
for new career high. Had rush TD in Week 9 meeting.
• RB DAVID MONTGOMERY had season-high 124 scrimmage yards (88 rush,
36 rec.) in Week 13. Needs 3 scrimmge yards for his 6th-straight 1,000-yard
season. Has 5 rush TDs in his past 4 vs. GB. Has 24 rush TDs in 26 games with
Det. since 2023.
• WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN has 391 career catches & can become 3rd player
ever (Jarvis Landry & Michael Thomas) with 400 receptions in his 1st 4
seasons. Has 50+ rec. yards in 5 of his past 6 vs. GB.
• WR JAMESON WILLIAMS aims for his 3rd in row with 5+ catches.
• TE SAM LAPORTA had 2 rec. TDs last week, his 3rd-career game with 2+ TD
catches. Had TD catch in last home meeting.
• DB KERBY JOSEPH had 10th PD of season last week. Ranks tied-1st (Xavier
McKinney) with 7 INTs in 2024. Had INT-TD in Week 9 meeting & has 6 PD & 4
INTs in 4 career games vs. GB.
• DB BRIAN BRANCH is 1 of 2 (Alontae Taylor) with 25+ PD (26) & 10+ TFL (10)
since 2023. Has PD in 2 of his 3 career games vs. GB.
• DL ZA’DARIUS SMITH had 1.5 sacks last week. Had 30 sacks & 32 TFL in 38
games (2019-21) with GB, incl. postseason.
• DL DJ READER had 2nd-career game with 2 sacks last week.
QB JORDAN LOVE passed for 274 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 129.2 rating in
Week 13, his highest single game rating as starting QB. Aims for his 4th in row
with 100+ rating. Has 18 games with 2+ TD passes since 2023, most in NFL.
Passed for 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 125.5 rating in last road meeting. Aims for his
3rd in row on Thursday with 2+ TD passes & 125+ rating
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[@marianogrillo8667]

Maybe AG should just hire this comment section, obviously they’re all experts

[@adraboranlovesIronman]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jodster23]

Injuries may catch up to us this game. GB is a very similar team, and probably super hungry to win

[@IlluminovaNibiru]

AG is HC material

[@sonshinegamers]

Jets should hire him as HC.

[@am_one312]

With AG and Ben both leaving next year to HC positions we’re cooked! Highly doubt we’re going to win it all this year with all the injuries 😟

[@DanCampbellGlazer]

But your forgetting about the guy who hired them and believed in them in the first place will still be here after this year

[@Skywalker-h8c]

Get lost hate non believers! Go lions! One Pride

[@emiliowiggins4700]

The dumbest comment I’ve seen you probably sit ur lazy ass at home an think you know it all you just another bandwagon fan go back to liking ur original team

[@BeachFanatic-w7s]

Appreciate your positive outlook. No guarantee that AG or Johnson will leave after this year, they have been discerning in the past. Also, most of the injured players will be back by 12/15 to take on Buffalo. Watch and see, Lions will be full strength by playoff time and they will be very very hard to beat.

[@am_one312]

@@BeachFanatic-w7s I was just a little worried after seeing the Bears rookie QB drop 300yds and 3tds on us. They looked good against the packers tho so I’m hopeful we can finally win it all. Also there’s strong talks about AG going to the Saints and Ben going to the Bears for those HC positions… let’s hope not

[@nedkent5239]

The price you pay playing on 90% artificial turf! It’s proven fact!

[@korysmith6836]

They can play on the moon, I think it's the Lions year, what about you? Conference Championship last year, I don't think they liked that feeling, gave the game away

[@korysmith6836]

Proped this year💥

[@IlluminovaNibiru]

@@korysmith6836refs were vs the Lions last game…

[@joegalloway9011]

Buffalo only plays 1 team in their division that doesn't play on turf and they haven't had the same issue. It just happens sometimes.

[@SHUTUPANDRECORD]

That’s why the entire league, the player’s union, and the players themselves are making such a huge issue about it, right??!!!! Oh yeah, that’s not even close to happening. Find a single professional working in the NFL that blames the Lion injuries on the turf, (besides the geniuses in the comment section.)

[@BruceLinderDPT]

Question: Do you have your players so aggressive that they are pushing beyond their physical abilities?

[@jsoft_og7065]

As an Eagles fan I want the Packers to win, but I don’t want them to get the confidence of beating the Lions. 🤔

[@chadd587]

You're not afraid of it coming down to the wire vs the Lions are you eagle fan?

[@Jayman21890]

@@chadd587he knows lions will feast on them

[@robbarbulescu5078]

As a lions fan y'all should've lost to Baltimore but Tucker decided to keep screwing over my team even indirectly lol

[@DannyG_.]

Yall shouldn’t b worried about greenbay. They don’t stop the run well. We do and that’s the key to stopping your offense. Put hurts in obvious passing situations and he looks like shit

[@jasondeslatte7611]

You jerks already won,it's our turn now

[@chadd587]

Hurting players during practice, even minor injuries, are having key players unavailable in the next game. Need to chill it out. Crazy hearing that a player is now questionable ir will have to skip the following game that werent injured in the game but during the days that followed a game is nuts. Most injured team in NFL folks. Real impressive limping in the post.

[@adraboranlovesIronman]

What is your teams dude?

[@davecinco847]

Dude, you can't prevent injuries it's football buckle up.the chin strap and whoop ass

[@Skywalker-h8c]

Go lions

[@chadd587]

"Violent nature in which we play" Yeah, but we're taking the injuries, not the other team dog. Hutch broke his leg on a fellow Lion. Every game has a lion or two go down. Play less violent because the other team isnt taking the hits we are. Other teams are on our heals that dont destroy themselves and Green Bay only has a handful of injuries and are lightyears healthier than us.

[@leoprzybylowicz8602]

broken bones heal stronger our beating forge toughness

[@chadd587]

​@@leoprzybylowicz8602I guess. Toughness don't matter this year though.

[@Nate_rare]

But don’t have a better record, shit happens it’s football

[@johncanthearyou]

Can’t wait to see you on the gridiron coach!

[@DetroitLionsStuff]

Violent got us to 11-1. If you practice violent even your backups will be polished and come in and make plays. It's why even though we have been banged up for weeks we continue to win.