We all know the Detroit Lions have high expectations for the 2023 season. In fact, it’s not something the team is even hiding from anymore. They’re embracing the idea that they’re a good football team now, and using that as motivation to not rest on their laurels. There has been optimism in Detroit before, but the Lions are using that “pressure” to make sure they prove people right this time around.
“We’re not scared of the expectations,” Lions general manager Brad Holmes said last week. “The expectations are earned through, I think, (with) what we’ve built and what we’ve done up to this point, in terms of how we finished the end of the season and through our player acquisition process.