Detroit — The Lions finished 2014 with an 11-5 record, their best finish since 1991, so finding a way to sustain that success seems like a logical goal for 2015.
However, team president Tom Lewand said Wednesday matching last year's performance, which ended with a first-round playoff loss to the Dallas Cowboys, will not be enough for 2015.
"It's not sustaining it; it's building on it," Lewand said during the annual kickoff luncheon at Ford Field. "That's the important thing. Sustaining it gives sort of an impression that we're comfortable with what happened last year. I think as coach (Jim Caldwell) has acknowledged several times, it was a very good season for us, but not a great one.