Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett shares his immediate thoughts after the Detroit Lions hired offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
Kerryon Johnson doesn’t know much about Darrell Bevell, but the little bit he knows —that Bevell worked with Pro Bowl running backs Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch in Minnesota and Seattle, respectively — is enough to make him excited about the new Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.
“Hopefully he can see a shade of me in those guys and hopefully that (means he’s) giving me the ball,” Johnson said Thursday. “That’s what every running back wants.