ALLEN PARK -- Days before the Detroit Lions will head into Seattle's CenturyLink Field to face the Seahawks and their 12th Man crowd, they chose to settle a little bit of the noise that had been building around their own facility.
The Lions will bring back coach Jim Caldwell for 2017, regardless of the result of this weekend's wildcard game, regardless of whether or not he ends the season with four straight losses. A 9-7 season and a second playoff berth in three seasons was enough for first-year general manager Bob Quinn to want to settle any distraction this week over whether the Lions' coach's job is in jeopardy.