Allen Park — Grit isn't enough.
As coach of the Detroit Lions, Dan Campbell has made that concept the driving motto of the franchise. It's on hats and shirts, it's painted on the walls at the practice facility, and it's the central theme with many of his speeches to the team. But it's simply not enough.
The hard hats are cracked and the lunch pails are rusted shut. The optimism that was in full bloom through training camp has all but withered and died, as the Lions stumble into the team's bye week with a 1-4 record, coming off the most embarrassing of losses, a 29-0 thumping at the hands of the New England Patriots, with former coach Matt Patricia on the opposing sideline.