ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Padded practices have not even began but, however with OTAs starting this week and obligatory minicamp set for June 4, Lions head coach Dan Campbell has his sights set on bringing a Tremendous Bowl to Detroit.
“I do not see bust. I see Tremendous Bowl,” Campbell stated Thursday. “I do not know what bust is.”
Detroit presently has the fourth-best odds (+1100) to win a championship, in line with ESPN BET, after having fun with a storybook run in 2023 that ended within the NFC Championship Recreation towards the San Francisco 49ers.
This offseason, the crew has revamped its protection by signing former Cincinnati Bengals defensive sort out DJ Reader together with drafting rookie cornerbacks Terrion Arnold (first spherical) and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (second spherical) along with a plethora of different strikes.
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“You have to set your self up no totally different than final yr, sure stuff you gotta do to essentially make that legitimate and to make {that a} actuality,” Campbell stated in regards to the crew’s championship ambitions. “Finally, that is what we need to do. Now to do this you higher win the division.
“You have to give your self one of the best odds you may. You’ll want to win the division; you want greatest seeding you may probably do,” he stated. “OK, effectively how do you try this? You have to begin with the place we’re at now. You have to return to work. You have to do all of the little issues, which so far, our guys have executed.”
The Lions have additionally secured their foundational items by agreeing to offseason extensions for Campbell and common supervisor Brad Holmes, in addition to large four-year offers with veteran quarterback Jared Goff, All-Professional huge receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and All-Professional offensive sort out Penei Sewell that’ll align them collectively for the longer term.
Regardless of interviewing for quite a few head-coaching vacancies, the Lions had been additionally in a position to preserve offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn collectively for an additional season, which might be an underrated side to their success.
Detroit is coming off a season the place they clinched their first division crown since 1993.
“I feel it is actually helpful for the gamers since you hear that very same voice, and consistency has at all times been greatest on this league in my view, which you do not see loads,” Glenn stated. “That might be different coaches leaving for different jobs, or it may simply be generally persons are there for a yr or two and so they fireplace everyone and so they’re on to the subsequent, however I feel it actually advantages the gamers.”
