The Lions have had good seasons before, just not often in succession.
But after going 11-5 last year, team president Tom Lewand thinks this is the team that can not just equal last year’s mark, but better it.
“It’s not sustaining it; it’s building on it,” Lewand said, via Josh Katzenstein of the Detroit News. “That’s the important thing. Sustaining it gives sort of an impression that we’re comfortable with what happened last year. I think as coach (Jim Caldwell) has acknowledged several times, it was a very good season for us, but not a great one.