{"id":42474,"date":"2026-01-27T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42474"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:23:00","slug":"lions-face-criticism-for-decision-about-teams-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42474","title":{"rendered":"Lions Face Criticism for Decision About Team&#8217;s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2235636219-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2235636219-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2235636219-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2235636219-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lions Face Criticism for Decision About Team's Future\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Detroit Lions are in rebuild mode, as they come out of a difficult season that saw the team with a 9-8 record and at the bottom spot in the NFC North. But, the Lions are known for rebounding, and on Monday, January 26, the team made a decision about the franchise\u2019s future to shape it for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the upcoming season, the No. 1 priority for the Detroit Lions is to shape up their offense. The team parted ways with their offensive coordinator John Morton on January 6, following his first year with the franchise, and they\u2019ve already replaced Morton with former Arizona Cardinals offensive Drew Petzing as their offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>That move was controversial itself, but now, the Detroit Lions have made yet another move that\u2019s drawing raised eyebrows. This move has to do with their offense.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Lions head coach pointed to the franchise\u2019s need to strengthen their offense after the team\u2019s loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas day. \u201cThe story of that game was six turnovers. Can\u2019t turn the ball over six times and win in this league,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, defense did some really good things, getting stop after stop. Offensively, I thought we played hard. We just did not, you turn the ball over that many times, it\u2019s going to hurt. So that\u2019s what got us.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Detroit Lions Move Gets Pushback<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, January 26, football reporter Tom Pelissero shared the news that the Detroit Lions are hiring former New York Giants interim coach Mike Kafka for a role on their offensive staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer Giants interim coach Mike Kafka is joining the Lions in a high-ranking offensive staff role, per sources,\u201d Pelissero stated on X. \u201cKafka, 38, has been a finalist for multiple head coaching jobs in recent years. Now, an opportunity to learn from one of the best with Dan Campbell in Detroit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, what\u2019s wrong with this picture? There\u2019s the little point that the New York Giants were 4-13 for the 2025-26 season. Almost as bad as the Cardinals at 3-14.<\/p>\n<p>So, the Lions are hiring people coming from franchises with worse records than Detroit. Is that really going to help?<\/p>\n<p>Followers were quick to push back on the hire. \u201cThey\u2019re tanking for someone alright,\u201d one follower said on X. Another noted that the Lions \u201chired two people from two terrible systems.\u201d One more added, \u201c2023 really was the Detroit Lions best shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Select Followers Support Detroit Lions\u2019 Decision<\/h2>\n<p>Not all of the comments were negative, though. One follower wrote, \u201cI like this move. He was cooking us when we played this season.\u201d Another said, \u201cKafka finally lands in a spot where he can really grow under Campbell. Detroit just keeps building a murderer\u2019s row of offensive minds. Smart move by both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Campbell wants to win, as he explained during the season, stating, \u201cLosing is very disappointing. Losing. I hate losing. We do. But look, I mean some of these things that come up, the efforts there. It\u2019s just boy, we are not, we\u2019re just a little off here. And it\u2019s costing us significantly. Just there again, too many turnovers. That\u2019s what really got us, man. Just couldn\u2019t overcome it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, with these two new hires in place, things will be different for the Detroit Lions in the 2026-27 season. But, we\u2019ll have to see if it\u2019s a good different.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions are getting pushback for yet another decision they&#8217;re making for the 2026-27 season as the offseason ramps up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lions Face Criticism for Decision About Team&#039;s Future - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42474\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lions Face Criticism for Decision About Team&#039;s Future - 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