Detroit Lions’ coach Dan Campbell made headlines at the end of last season when he said that it was “going to be twice as hard to get back to this point next year.” And while some people seemed to misconstrue what he was saying, most of us picked up what he was putting down.
In his 2024 training camp preview, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press dove into just how difficult the path may be for the Lions. From strictly a numbers standpoint, Birkett pointed out that no NFC runner-up had gone on to win the Super Bowl in the following year since the Green Bay Packers did so way back in 1996.