I have a hard time blaming the "Legion of Whom" for that one and was it the Secondary that gave up 230 yards rushing to Pittsburgh. In the Lions way of thinking, trying to compare AQM to Wonnum is never going to favor the guy that can't stop the run. But something overlooked by those 3 FA DBs they signed, 2 of them, McCreary and Clark, had better run defense PFF scores than Anzalone and the 3rd guy, Izium had far better run defense than all of them in 23 and 24. All 3 of them are an upgrade to the run defense over Anzalone recently. While the media concentrates on is the pass rush the Lions have been working on what cost them the playoffs, fixing the run defense.

Source: New York Times April 05, 2026 14:06 UTC