Detroit Lions: Will the coaching carousel bring more offensive thrills?

As the Detroit Lions continue to tinker with their offensive coaching staff, it leaves fans wondering if all the changes will make a difference?

The Detroit Lions are anxiously waiting for the offseason to arrive after this Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII tilt between the Patriots and the Rams, but it hasn’t stopped them from making changes already.

While all true Honolulu Blue and Silver fans everywhere are getting excited about what moves the Lions will make in free agency and the draft, Matt Patricia hasn’t been shy about making changes in his coaching staff.

All of which have been on the offensive side of the ball.

As we all remember, the Lions were unable to formally hire Matt Patricia until the Patriots season had ended last year. Of course that meant waiting until after the Super Bowl, which also meant there were slim pickings available to fill out his coaching staff.

That could be considered one of the reasons that Matt Patricia retained Jim Bob Cooter as the Lions offensive coordinator. Another could be the hopes that the Lions high ranking passing game from 2017 would carry over to help compliment the embryonic stages of the ground game Patricia wanted to bring to Detroit as well.

Whatever the reason for the decision it failed miserably, as we all know.

So it was not a surprise when Patricia announced immediately after the season had ended that the Lions would not be bringing Jim Bob Cooter back. As a matter of fact, I’d say it was a relief.

The only question then was; who would replace Cooter and what direction would this lead the offense in?

That was a question that fans had been continually thinking about as the season progressed while the offense, and especially the play of Matthew Stafford, regressed. 

Darrell Bevell of course became the new offensive coordinator, which helped relieve anxious fans who worried about Patricia promoting quarterbacks coach George Godsey to the position. But it didn’t stop there…