The Detroit Lions are coming off a tough Week 1 loss to the Green Bay Packers, and it has some national analysts questioning the team’s future.
In this week’s power rankings, a handful of national analysts believe the Lions’ rough start was an anomaly and something they can rebound from, while other writers can’t get off the bandwagon quick enough, citing—and stop me if you heard this one before—the change of coordinators being a primary problem.
Following the game, Lions coach Dan Campbell said there was plenty of blame to be shared among players, coaches, and himself, included. Then, on Monday morning, after rewatching the game, Campbell doubled down on his post-game assessment, citing miscommunication and mental mistakes, but also reaffirming that these issues are correctable.
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