Detroit — If you watched HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” you probably enjoyed the Lions’ colorful coaches and rambunctious young players. At times, it looked and sounded like a revival meeting, with Aidan Hutchinson dancing and Jamaal Williams crying and Dan Campbell exhorting with animated spiels of profanity and hilarity.
The Lions have stirred up something, although we’re not exactly sure what. The home opener against the Eagles Sunday is sold out for the first time in nearly a decade, standing room only, which is how most revivals are conducted.