It’s now been over 24 hours since the Detroit Lions named former Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell as their next play-caller on offense. In the mad scramble for information, we asked our friends at Seahawks blog Field Gulls what they think, we’ve investigated Bevell based on his quotes from the past 10 years, and we’ve looked at his statistics and made our own analysis.
Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press took things one step further by talking to some former NFL players that played under Bevell. Speaking to quarterbacks Sage Rosenfels (worked under Bevell in 2009 with the Vikings) and Tarvaris Jackson (2006-10 with the Vikings; 2011, 2013-15 with the Seahawks), Birkett got a unique look at the Lions’ new offensive coordinator by some of the players that know him most.