It got pretty dark there for a minute, didn’t it? The Detroit Lions are in full rebuild mode and their goal in this rebuild seems to be to build a team that can show sustained success for a long time instead of building a team that can win now. That’s been pretty established.
That said, there was also an understanding that while this is a full rebuild, the Lions have to win some games at some point. At the very least, they needed to just restore some sort of good will, prove they’re capable of winning some close games, all while they creep slowly towards being true contenders.