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KEY QUESTIONS: How do Lions prep for Eagles on short week?

As head coach, Jim Caldwell likes a short week. It forces everyone to turn their clock quickly to the next opponent.

Jim Caldwell the assistant coach didn’t like a short week one bit.

“As an assistant coach, you never feel like you have enough time even on a regular week,” Caldwell said. “So it feels like you have to teach guys, if you want to add something new, it’s very difficult to add, all those kinds of things.

“As a head coach, you like it because guys can’t come up with any really out of this world schemes that takes up a lot more time.