Detroit Lions' Defense Fueling Team Drive with Personal Drives

Second-worst scoring defense of all time. The 2008 Lions earned that distinction last year, and presumably will keep it until a Mike Martz-led expansion team in San Antonio rears its head. The Lions allowed 517 points (16 points off the all-time record) and 16 wins to be tallied against them last year, and in the half-year since, the defensive side has been almost completely rebuilt. Last week, I highlighted the Lions' offense, specifically which members were playing with a chip on their shoulder, something to prove. One could argue that the entire Lions defense has a chip on its collective shoulder, given its last-place standing the last two years, but that would be a cop-out. So here we go.   Gunther Cunningham Perhaps this is a cop-out as well, but Cunningham has a lot to prove after his less-than-successful tenure with Kansas City. On paper, the Lions replaced the coordinator of the worst defense in the league with the coordinator of the second-worst defense in the leag...