This was supposed to be the year the Detroit Lions finally got their running game on track. But so was last year, the year before that and the year before that. And just like those failed efforts, the team is once again trending toward falling well short of its goal of having offensive balance.
"Well, I feel like we're not where we need to be at all," Lions offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said Tuesday. "There's a lot of issues that are going on up there right now."
Since general manager Bob Quinn arrived in Detroit, he's touted the importance of winning in the trenches, but has yet to find the right recipe to do so.