The future is on just before Thanksgiving, and the timelines are bleak.
The Detroit Lions have plenty of hard, correct choices to make before the post-Super Bowl reordering bonanza, and questions remain as to how this team will navigate such issues to arrive in playoff land.
The ask of a massive win delta with a coach who now has a record to rival Steve Mariucci is tall. One might argue that any good coach needs a third year to turn things around. Some would argue that the ticking clock on Matthew Stafford puts an urgency to finish this era of Lions football with the best possible staff, brought in as soon as possible.