When the Detroit Lions hired Darrell Bevell as the team's new offensive coordinator a little more than a year ago, the move was met with understandable skepticism.
It was an unquestionable positive coach Matt Patricia went outside his sphere of influence for the addition, and Bevell was coming off a largely successful stint in Seattle, but with a scheme built on a run-heavy version of the West Coast offense, it didn't appear to mesh with Detroit's offensive weapons at initial glance.