In three weeks, the Detroit Lions have won three football games, their first such streak since the 2017 season when they finished 9-7—which was also the last time this franchise had a winning record. And while things are a bit different between this team and the one led by Jim Caldwell in 2017, the optimism surrounding the direction of the Lions under Dan Campbell hasn’t been this tangible.
Sure, the Lions became an interesting case study for the public who tuned into HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this offseason, and they earned the attention from national media outlets looking for the next “worst to first” story in the NFL.