Allen Park —The more they trust each other, the less they need to talk about it.
So if you’re looking for a sign things really are clicking for the Lions, see how they approach each play on offense. No huddle? No worries.
Or at least that’s the idea behind Jim Bob Cooter’s scheme in Detroit, where the Lions opened the season with an impressive Week 1 performance against Arizona in which nearly half their offensive plays — 34 of 69 snaps — came without a huddle. That was the highest total in the league, by far, and while the results were mixed — spotty early, but spot-on late — there’s no mistaking the methodology in play here.