Frank Reich, Nathaniel Hackett, and Urban Meyer were all recent white coaches who were one and done. The black coaches who were one and done were Lovie Smith and David Culley and it was by the same organization that hired a black replacement.
I mean, the defense couldn't be worse than it was against the 49ers, and they still won. The 49ers have a solid defense. Their pass defense is pretty good.
Holmes has been good at knowing which free agents to let walk. Fun fact: the Lions drafted Kerby Joseph with the comp pick they got for letting Golladay walk.
I wouldn't call him a bust. He had injuries in San Francisco. That's why he was signed to a 1 year contract. he was brought back on another 1 year near league minimum deal. Holmes likes to take those kind of flyers on players. Anzalone fell into that bucket as well. He had an injury history with the Saints and the Lions brought him in originally on a cheap 1 year deal and he has for the most part stayed healthy.
Anzalone and Raymond are questionable. Neither is ruled out, so I think they both play. Moseley is ruled out with an illness. It's one thing after another with this guy.
I meant more the fans who want him as their head coach so bad. I'm sure he was known in league circles. I've read that Zac Taylor tried to poach him to the Bengals before the Lions promoted him.
There have been teams added after the 90's like Houston with multiple 4,000 yard passers. I had thought for sure Cutler did it at least once. He had a big arm and was a gunslinger and I was sure he racked up yards. Cutler did do it once but with Denver. Their all time leading receiver is Johnny Morris who played in the 60's. St Brown is less than 300 yards away from passing him. The woeful QBing of the Bears is legendary.
Nobody had ever heard of Ben Johnson like prior to 2022. He's never ran an offense without Goff. The Lions will likely stay in house at coordinator and run the same offense. I don't think people realize how much input Goff has on the offense. I also don't think people realize that Campbell is a good X's and O's coach and is smarter than given credit for. Remember, he called the plays at the end of 2021 when Goff started to play better.