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Detroit Lions need more from pedestrian offense to sustain success

Related Topics: Jim Bob Cooter, Total offense

Maybe Heath Evans was right.

Evans, the former fullback and current NFL Network analyst, caught plenty of flack two years ago when he said at the Super Bowl that he didn't believe Jim Bob Cooter's offense was capable of long-term success.

"It'll get figured out," Evans said at the time.

And, "The point-and-shoot offense of just ball in, ball out, you’re going to beat the bad teams. ... When you play the good ones, the playoff-caliber teams, you’re going to go home in tears."

Evans, of course, was defending his friend, Joe Lombardi, who had been fired a few months earlier as offensive coordinator.