Dan Campbell breaks down Patriots' strengths ahead of Week 10 showdown

All right, back here in Munich, Germany. Lions getting set to take on the New England Patriots. We are getting you ready for this one. What better way to get ready than to get the thoughts of the head coach, Dan Campbell, in this week's Coach's Scouting Report brought to you by Carhartt. All right, Coach, ready to go. Obviously, this week presents some challenges with travel and time difference and things like that. But you guys have done everything within your power to keep it normal and have them ready to put their best effort out. Yeah, I think that's important. I mean, look, New England's going through the same. Thank you. The type of logistics that we are. So that has no bearing on us. You know, it's not an excuse. I mean, we're going out there. We're going to be prepared to play. And we're going to play our best game. That's the point. All right, let's talk about these Patriots. Drake May, this guy is special at his best. He can move. He can sling it. We're going to see him here throwing to Demario Douglas. Yeah, he's a good player. Really good athlete. And, you know, they do a number of these things where they buy time. Some of these are dashes. Now, this is off a boot. Pin the edge. Tight end doesn't. Do a great job here, but they'd get enough to where May can get out of it. And now, man, they get these deep routes, deep routes. A lot of times they'll do these where they're going all the way back across the field on these deep pylon, backside pylon throws. And then you see what Douglas can do with the run after catch. I mean, he's a dangerous little receiver here. Yeah, and if you're in the secondary, you've got to realize, he'll throw it anywhere on the field. Anywhere. And listen, you give this guy six seconds, seven seconds to throw, he's going to find one of these deep ones. I mean, they've got more of these deep, deep shots than anybody in the NFL right now. Let's talk about Hunter Henry because we've been discussing this guy for 11 years in the league, still productive, 37 targets, 32 catches. It's amazing. He's had a heck of a career. I remember him coming out of Arkansas. And so, and, uh, You know, really liked him, and he's just been steady, reliable, he's versatile, but here he is on the screen, you know, good timing, he's real crafty, savvy, man, he had really good awareness, and then he can turn this into a pretty big play here, you know, and he does a good job, he'll mix it up in the run game, so. He's somebody they trust a lot. He'll do a lot of these nudges, too, and they dump it to him, and he gets big yards. Yeah, defensively, look, you're going to probably face an angry crew based on what happened last week. But Elijah Ponder, I think, is one of the best stories in the league this year. UDFA in 25 out of Kyle Polley, seven and a half sacks. He's fourth in the league. Yeah, I tell you what, it's, you know, you really respect his game, you know, because he's another one of these. He's a self-made man. Here he is right here on the edge. Just imagine, just, just. You know, he's willed himself into becoming a good player. You can tell he does everything he's coached to do. He plays high effort. I'm sorry. He finishes, man, and then he makes plays like this. And he does a good job in the run game, too, now. He sets edges. He's a good player. Look, this front is good. Yeah. Okay, this is a disruptive front. So, these guys will be ready to go next week. I mean, after what happened at Green Bay. All right, let's go big picture here. This is not a division game. But if you're in the north right now, which you are, everything feels like a division game because you can't give an inch. No, you can't. I mean, and you really you got to play your best ball every week. But, yeah, we don't have that luxury of making a mistake here and slipping up because all of a sudden you find yourself down a game, two games. I mean, we're in the hunt and in the race now. And so it's pretty fun, really. I mean, we're almost getting into the backstretch. We're not quite there yet, but, you know, the race is on. So it's pretty fun. All right, so there's the head coach. Lomas, just give me the mindset of a team, talking about New England, that got rocked last week. I mean, that was one of the worst games they've played in a while. Green Bay put one on them. What's your mindset as you get ready to play it again? So, to me, they're in desperation mode. They have to because, again, we're at the point of the season where you show what type of team you are. Like you say, they had a bad performance last week. I know they want to wash that out their mouth. But, again, we shouldn't expect any and everything I came from a team that's desperate like the New England Patriots today, so I expect them to come out and give us a heck of a game. Yeah, Christian Gonzalez, one of their best players, one of the best corners in the league, and he had a rough game last week against those Packer receivers. You know he's aching to get back out. Without a doubt, and Mike Vrabel challenged him this week not to take any plays off. He felt that was part of the problem that Christian had last week, so expect him to maybe try to cover our best receiver. I don't know. Alvin Ross St. Brown might just be on display here in Germany. It's probably the kind of challenge a player would love. And it's the kind of challenge Saint would love too, I guarantee you that. All right, take a break. Come right back. Much more coming up from Munich. Stick around. We're getting you ready for football, international series, Lions, Patriots on the way.