Coach Says Detroit Lions ‘Have No Comfort Zone’

By Cory Buck | Nov 26, 2014

Nov 23, 2014; Foxborough, MA, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) is sacked by New England Patriots defensive end Rob Ninkovich (50) during the second quarter at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /

Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell said the team has no comfort zone on offense amid its worst stretch of play in five years.

The Detroit Lions have grown accustomed to being a high-flying offense with a defense that can’t quite keep up. The 2014 NFL season has turned all of that on its head though. This year, the Lions sport one of the league’s best defenses and an offense that hasn’t been able to muster more than 24 points in one game since Week 1. With the script flipped, players and coaches alike admit something must be done to change the season’s trend.

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“We have no comfort zone,” coach Jim Caldwell said, per ESPN. “We have no area that we are comfortable with at this point in time with our offense.”

The Lions haven’t scored a touchdown in their last two games, combining for just 15 points in losses to the Arizona Cardinals and New England Patriots. Once the leading contender for the NFC North crown, the Lions must now win on Thanksgiving just to keep pace a game back of the Green Bay Packers.

“There’s still a little bit of a period of trying to figure out what we’re really, really good at,” Stafford said. “When you look at the offenses that are really successful, they have some things that they can go to, that they know they’re good at, that they know they can do against pretty much anybody in any look.”

If only the Lions had some hulking receiver with the height of a giraffe and the speed of a gazelle. Someone you could nickname after a Transformer. Someone around whom you could build an identity.

Ah, well, maybe next year.

For now, the Lions have an easier matchup waiting for them on Thanksgiving when they host the Chicago Bears. A win puts them right back in the NFC playoff race, which should help put those struggles in their rear view.

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