(Photo: Daniel Mears, Detroit News)
Allen Park — They won’t say it. Nope, not a word.
“Last year doesn’t mean anything,” said defensive end Romeo Okwara, who led the Lions in sacks. “Going into a new year. Starting off fresh.”
Ask a Lions player about the defense’s intriguing potential, about the heightened expectations, about the big-name additions, and you’re likely to get a smirk and a stare.
“It’s an irrelevant thought,” said end Da’Shawn Hand, who made an impact as a rookie. “When you have irrelevant thoughts, you have irrelevant results.”
True enough, when you go 6-10, statistical results are mostly irrelevant.