Report: Jim Schwartz accepts Lions HC Job

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Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I'm thinking, if Miami can go from 1-15 to a winning season and the playoffs, then the Lions can turn it around. They have a ton of draft picks (1st overall, another 1st rounder, etc., etc.), they are in a somewhat weak conference, and a good QB short of having a good offense. Plus....NO MATT MILLEN!

Well, Detroit has many fewer quality pieces than either Miami or Atlanta did this year. If they fill all the major holes as effectively as those other teams did, they are still only a 5-6 win team.

The Lions would have to find a way to add more great, talented players, particularly on the defensive side, to push past 8 wins next year. And that type of talent can be found in the free agent market, via trade, or through the draft, but it's still very hard to get no matter what.

Miami got Pennington, and Atlanta got Ryan, but for the most part the critical pieces (R. Brown, White, Norwood, Camarillo, Fasano, Porter, Martin) were already part of those losing teams. The Lions have Calvin Johnson, and not much else.