Chalkboard: Detroit's Three-Headed Monster

By Tom Boogaart
LIONBACKER

The selection of Mike Williams all but guarantees that the Lions' offense will feature the three wide receiver set. Mariucci's notorious conservatism and public statements about remaining faithful to West Coast principles notwithstanding, the Lions figure to line up three wide receivers early and often. This is because historically offensive execution depends less upon fitting players into systems than grafting your system to fit the talent of your players. For better or worse, the talent of the Detroit Lions' squad is unusually concentrated at the wide receiver position. Whether this investment was wise remains an open question, but it would be foolish not to put your best players on the field.

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