If you hearken to the words of new Detroit Lions president Rod Wood, then you’re feeling extremely positive about the team’s future.
Despite Detroit’s 2-7 start, and despite the fact the franchise is in the midst of its third losing season in the last four, Wood is convinced the team he inherited isn’t far from contending. In fact, he believes the general manager he hires won’t have much to fix.
“We’re not as far away as I think people might fear,” Wood said after his first news conference as team president today (h/t Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press).