Offensive coordinator John Morton, defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard and special teams coordinator Dave Fipp spoke to the media Thursday ahead of Detroit's matchup with the Los Angeles Rams Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
Here are my 10 biggest takeaways from those media sessions:
1. One of the key points of emphasis this week for Sheppard is limiting the number of explosive plays in the passing game. Detroit gave up eight explosives in the pass game to Dallas last week and that's too many in Sheppard's book. This week the Lions play a Rams' offense that leads the NFL in 20-plus-yard completions with 50, so Sheppard knows the Rams are going to attack downfield. He's challenged his back seven to make more plays on the football at the point of attack.
2. One thing Morton talked about Thursd

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