ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Padded practices haven’t even started yet, but with OTAs starting this week and mandatory minicamp scheduled for June 4, Lions head coach Dan Campbell has his sights set on bringing a Super Bowl to Detroit.
“I don’t see failure. I watch the Super Bowl,” Campbell said Thursday. “I don’t know what the bust is.”
Detroit currently has the fourth-best odds (+1100) to win a championship, according to Keynote USA BET, after enjoying a storybook run in 2023 that ended in the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers.
This offseason, the team has revamped its defense by signing former Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle DJ Reader, along with drafting rookie cornerbacks Terrion Arnold (first round) and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (second round), as well as a host of other movements.
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“You have to set yourself up like last year, certain things you have to do to make that really valid and a reality,” Campbell said of the team’s championship ambitions. “Ultimately, that’s what we want to do. Now, to do that, you better win the division.
“You have to give yourself the best odds you can. You need to win the division; you need the best ranking you can make,” he said. “Okay, how do you do that? You have to start from where we are now. You have to get back to work. You have to do all the little things, which up to this point, our guys have done.”
The Lions also secured their core pieces by agreeing to offseason extensions for Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes, as well as massive four-year deals with veteran quarterback Jared Goff, All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and the All-Pro. offensive tackle Penei Sewell who will align them together for the future.
Despite interviewing for numerous head coaching vacancies, the Lions were also able to keep offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn together for another season, which might be an underrated aspect of their success.
Detroit is coming off a season in which they won their first division crown since 1993.
“I think it’s really beneficial for the players because you hear the same voice and, in my opinion, the consistency has always been the best in this league, which is something you don’t see a lot,” Glenn said. “That could be other coaches leaving for other jobs, or it could just be that sometimes people are there for a year or two and they fire everyone and move on to the next one, but I think it really benefits the players.”
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