OT--Detroit Lions Hire Darrell Bevell as OC
Not sure how to feel about this. On one hand he's had a lot of success, but on the other he's had Favre, Lynch, and Wilson at his disposal for that success. He also called a pass on the goal line for the last play of the Super Bowl against the Patriots. Let's hope this turns out well.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
"pass on the goal line"
Round here that should make him the "greatest play caller eva".
#nobodyblow
January 17th, 2019 at 12:28 AM ^
funny thing is Wilson audibled to a throwing play.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:31 PM ^
Can’t be worse than the cooter
January 16th, 2019 at 7:36 PM ^
Wow. Took a job with the Lions. Must be desperate. Probably been eating nervous food covered with canned gravy. Not a bright career move, Darrell. He sure is going to be pissed when he sobers up tomorrow morning and realizes what he's done.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
It's an upgrade, however, it's still Stafford. Stafford has hit his ceiling and a new coordinator is going to have to obviously out scheme the D. Trying to get excited about the Lions is like climbing an escalator that's rolling down....meh
January 17th, 2019 at 6:12 AM ^
Yeah the organization really fucked up by extending his contract and paying him so much money.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:40 PM ^
Why not Pep?
January 16th, 2019 at 8:05 PM ^
Because even the lions are too smart to hire him as OC.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:47 AM ^
A guy who can manage to get fired because he made ANDREW LUCK bad... you don't want to see what he can do to Matt Stafford.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
HEY JIM, NO ONE IS STUPID ENOUGH TO HIRE PEP. FIRE HIM!
January 17th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Maybe he can pick up somewhere in the Legends Football league.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
No OC hire will fix a shitty OL.
January 17th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
well, it is part of his job to fix it.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:12 PM ^
He also had Adrian Peterson on the roster. I think that was the year AP had his best year. Sorry don't really want to give OC credit for AP performance that year.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:23 PM ^
I think he is a good OC. His squads have put up some decent DVOAs. I just think it is a weird marriage. He wants to run the ball and control the clock and the Lions just gave a lot of their cap space to a QB who is best suited throwing the ball downfield (imo).
If the Lions wanted to be Seattle they should have let Stafford walk, tanked, built up the D and then drafted a QB when it was ready. This puts a lot of pressure on them building a D.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:38 PM ^
It's not as easy to tank in the NFL as it is is basketball. Lions might have accidentally only reached 5-11 and got the 6th pick.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:14 AM ^
This is accurate. Doubling down on Stafford was a very Detroit-Lions thing to do. Not even best suited throwing down field. Simply best suited being shopped around a few years ago
January 17th, 2019 at 8:45 AM ^
If Stafford has another year like this they probably trade him
January 17th, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
exactly who would want him or his salary?
their only recourse would be an outright release and eat the remaining contract.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Not a good hire for a defensive head coach.
January 17th, 2019 at 4:56 AM ^
He runs the kind of offense defensive minded coaches love. Run the ball, control the clock, win the field position battle, and take the occasional shot. The issue is, everyone else in the NFL is running wide open offenses and taking shots all game.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:15 AM ^
Sounds eerily familiar
January 16th, 2019 at 9:36 PM ^
The important tidbit to take from this is that Pep is staying at Michigan, and we should all be pised.
January 17th, 2019 at 4:58 AM ^
That has not been determined yet, and why do you care what Pep is doing, as long as it's not running the offense.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:43 AM ^
Because he sucks at recruiting and the jury is still out as a QB coach, so why would it make sense to waste a coaching position?
January 16th, 2019 at 11:07 PM ^
It won't.
January 17th, 2019 at 12:52 AM ^
An upgrade over Billy Bob!
January 17th, 2019 at 2:31 AM ^
There is literally nothing less exciting than Lions news. But I understand why other people would still follow them and the NFL in general. Based on the comments above this seems like it isn’t a great hire... not surprised considering that’s par for the course for the 25 or so years I consumed professional football.
January 17th, 2019 at 5:41 AM ^
It's the Detroit Lions. How do you think its gonna work??? lmao
January 17th, 2019 at 7:08 AM ^
Not a home run hire, but still an upgrade. It's easy to knock him on the goal line call in the Super Bowl, but the reason they didn't score was a superb defensive play, not the call itself. Wilson executed the play, threw a dime, and Butler's reaction and jump on the ball were insane.
For all of Stafford's knocks, having Bevell should help bring some balance to the offense, but the defense has to improve, Kerryon needs to stay healthy, and they need another playmaker outside of Jones and Golliday. Once Jones and Johnson were out, and Tate dealt, they were listless.
January 17th, 2019 at 7:23 AM ^
Matty P is rewarding the guy who gave him his greatest coaching moment. Complete the process and trade for Malcolm Butler.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:50 AM ^
Stafford may have hit the cieling , but I have watched the Lions for 55 years , and he is the best passer the lions have ever had , they just need to put good players around him, keep drafting linemen , get backs through free agency
January 17th, 2019 at 7:41 PM ^
But pep is available
January 17th, 2019 at 8:31 PM ^