The Detroit Lions no longer have to play football until this autumn. After 17 long games, the Lions have shown flashes of promise at times, frustration in others, but it all seems to be growing well under first year head coach Dan Campbell.
Of course, the criteria for “successful season” is fluid in the NFL, and with just three wins, can the Lions claim success? Was it all just about development of players, sweating out the bad cap conditions and building for the future? Or was there something more immediate: the continued fight of the team with the coaching staff, the emergence of a bonafide star in Amon-Ra St.