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Six gun, double right, spider all cross, Z escape: Trimming wordy play calls can aid Lions

The Detroit Lions have scored 17 or fewer points in four straight games. They've been shut out in three different halves this season. And just six teams have committed more turnovers.

In order to jumpstart the offense, first-year coach Dan Campbell said the Lions might need to cut down the wordiness of their play calls.

"What I do think we need to do is really curtail the verbiage of our offense and how do we really crop it down to where these guys get a visual picture of what the play is within two or three words," Campbell said.