COVID-19 has struck the Detroit Lions organization and that means that means that when they take the field against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, they ll be doing so with a hodge-podge coaching staff.
Interim head coach Darrell Bevell, defensive coordinator Cory Undlin, defensive line coach Bo Davis, defensive backs coach Steve Gregory and linebackers coach Ty McKenzie will not be able to coach Saturday due to COVID-19 protocols.
Instead, the Lions head coach for Saturday will be wide receivers coach Robert Prince. Quarterbacks coach Sean Ryan will serve as the offensive play caller, and head coach assistant/research & analysis guru Even Rothstein will be the defensive play caller.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. There is a proverb about patience, that it attracts happiness.
Then there is football patience as longtime NFL coach Ron Erhardt once described it: I ll have patience when they hurry up and play better.
And then there s the Buffalo Bills Josh Allen the living, breathing, 6-foot-5, 237-pound example of quarterback patience in the NFL. Allen, who is having by far the best season in his three-year career, goes to work against the Denver Broncos on Saturday at Empower Field at Mile High (4:30 p.m. ET, NFL Network). His example should give Broncos fans plenty of football food for thought.
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