In 2021, the Detroit Lions' offense was one of the slowest teams from huddle to snap. According to Football Outsiders, in situation-neutral moments—when the game was still close and tempo wasn’t dictated by the game clock—the Lions averaged a play just every 32.64 seconds, fourth-slowest in the league.
However, it appears Lions head coach Dan Campbell is on a mission to fix that.
When asked what about the Lions' offense will look different this year now that Ben Johnson is the offensive coordinator, tempo was the first thing he noted.
“We’re going to be much more efficient just with how we get things in and out of the huddle,” Campbell said.