When Dan Campbell was asked by 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday morning what the one thing the Detroit Lions needed to improve upon after their lackluster performance in Week 1 against the Green Bay Packers, the fifth-year coach didn’t hesitate.
“Communication. Communication. Communication. It’s that simple,” Campbell said.
It’s a solid answer, because watching the tape from Sunday’s game, you could see there were several breakdowns in communication. Nowhere was that more evident along the offensive line, where several players had very visible missed assignments.
That has led some to question whether the Lions took the right approach in the preseason with starting guards Christian Mahogany and Tate Ratledge. Mahogany, in his second year after starting just two games in his rookie season, did