The Detroit Lions continue to make headlines….and it’s not spun in a positive light, either. The moment between Defensive Backs Coach Aubrey Pleasant and Cornerback Jeff Okudah continues to make the national rounds, and former Wide Receiver Steve Smith decided to offer his two cents on the tense moment:
“We need to stop upping our standards for players and lowering our standards for coaches. We need to have them on the same playing field. We need to start revoking some of these dumb-a** coaches’ opportunities because that s**t show they got in Detroit, it’s a train wreck waiting to happen and I’m sitting there, got my popcorn waiting for it.”
“I think it kind of goes to something that we need to address. The DB coach or the pass coordinator for the Detroit Lions, how he was dog cussing that third overall pick with the Detroit Lions. I thought that’s interesting. We can say we want to take and handle Justin Fields with delicate hands, but we’re going to dog cuss the DB?”
However, it didn’t long for Lions players to stand up to Coach Pleasant and his relationship with the defensive backs:
Amani Oruwariye on Aubrey Pleasant (and the thing with Okudah): “He came here and challenged everyone. … He has different ways, different relationships with everyone. That’s two guys wanting to be great. We have a great relationship with coach Pleasant.”
— Chris Burke (@ChrisBurkeNFL) September 15, 2021
Does anyone side with Steve Smith here? Is he just blowing smoke out of his ears, or is his reasoning justified?
To read more about what he had to say about the Lions organization, just click here.
