2026 Detroit Lions Offseason Thread

[MichiganCardinal]

From Justin Rogers: “Point of clarify for what it matters, conversations between the Lions and Matt Campbell never progressed to an offer in 2021.”

Matt Campbell is full of ****. No one at Iowa State declines an NFL job offer after progressing to the offer stage in order to stay at freaking Iowa State. Is it possible Matt Campbell saw the writing on the wall that he wasn’t going to get hired by the Lions, so he quietly withdrew from consideration? Maybe. But he was never offered and it’s insulting to Dan Campbell for him to just come and claim Dan was the Lions second choice.

[Motown Bombers]

I had seen it reported it was between Dan Campbell and Arthur Smith. The Lions were sold on Campbell because they believed he could attract the top coaches.