Sean Payton Is Calling the Shots (and Plays) and More Main Characters for Week 5

KapadiaI think everybody's feeling the problem. That's kind of the theme of this podcast, isn't it? That all these teams and coaches are... This is when you start feeling the pressure. You get two weeks in, oh, it's early. Three weeks in, listen, we won a game. There's a long way to go. oh, we're getting guys back healthy.

KapadiaNow it feels like this four, five, six. Once you get to this portion of the season, people are starting to feel the heat. And they've got the worst defense in the NFL statistically. I could give you 400 more statistics. It doesn't matter. They're 31st or 32nd, like Billy said, in pretty much every single category.

KapadiaAnd I watched this Lions team and think, are they some version of last year's Bengals or last year's Cowboys, where they're going to be great for fantasy. The offense is going to be really good. But guess what? The defense is just so bad.

Kapadiathat we don't need to take them seriously. And they're not going to win 11, 12 games, which I thought was in play at the start of the season. So I think Shepard's feeling the heat. It's not just the coaching. You know, it's, I always go back and forth with this because it's like, all right, they're not the most talented defense.

KapadiaThey have injuries. At the same time with all these guys, the coach's job is to figure it out when the situation is less than ideal. That's what the money is for as the, you know, the old Don Draper quote. It's like, that's why you're getting paid because you're not going to have the best players every single week.

Kapadiaand you're not seeing that with the Lions right now. So Campbell's made changes before. He's definitely on my radar. You're right. He can't take over play calling duties. But last year, he makes the change at offensive coordinator. If this thing starts to get even worse, if they were to lose a game against the Cardinals and get lit up for 400 yards and over 30 points, I don't know that they're just going to stay the course and stick with it.

KapadiaSo this is another one of those situations, Tom, that I think we at least keep an eye on when it comes to the coordinator stuff.