6. An opponent always has to be on high alert for trick plays on special teams when playing the Lions because of the high frequency and success rate of those plays by Detroit last season. Fipp likes that Dan Campbell isn’t afraid to call them. Fipp wasn’t happy with the execution of the onside kick last week, however. He would have liked the ball kicked closer to 10 yards to give the cover team a better chance to recover it.
7. A point of emphasis this week for Glenn and his defenders is to not be fooled by all the eye candy of pre-snap movement from Washington’s offense. He said the Commanders really like to move defenders’ eyes with motion and movement to try and get them out of position.
“A lot of eye candy to just run simple plays,” Glenn said. “Motion here, turtle motion there and then they run outside zone.”
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