Latest NFL offseason rankings prove just how rough the Lions' offseason really was

I'm sorry you have to go through this again. You already dealt with the Divisional round loss, and then the departure of Ben Johnson, and then the departure of Aaron Glenn. You've lived 1,000 lives since the Lions last played a snap of competitive football, and I wouldn't blame you for being exhausted to the point of no return.

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But reader, internet lists wait for no man. Especially now – as training camp quickly approaches – it's more important than ever to get those final offseason thoughts out of your mind, onto a CMS, and out into the world. Soon TRAINING CAMP BATTLES will be the only thing anyone cares about (not a bad thing) and you'll have to keep any leftover offseason thoughts in the draft folder. So when I point out that the Lions' rough offseason is once again being discussed on Al Gore's internet, please know that I do so reluctantly; it's not my fault that losing both highly-billed coordinators in the span of, like, a month ended up as one of the biggest moments of the year. In fact, according to CBS Sports, it was the *2nd* most impactful move of the entire offseason. Here's why:

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"The Detroit Lions were the No. 1 seed in the NFC last season and will now look to replicate that success and push closer towards a Super Bowl run without their coordinators. Both Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn left the organization this offseason after being hired as head coaches by the Chicago Bears and New York Jets, respectively. While Detroit still has Dan Campbell at the helm as head coach and the vast majority of its core roster intact, their departures are a big variable, as they were each sensational on their respective sides of the ball. The good news for the Lions is that in each of the previous four instances where a team retained its head coach but lost both coordinators to head coaching jobs in the same offseason, that club still made the playoffs the following season. While that's encouraging, it remains to be seen if Detroit will be better, the same or worse without Johnson and Glenn. If it's the latter, that'll have major ramifications in the NFC North race and the overall NFC playoff picture."

What a fun fact! That legitimately gives me hope that the Lions will rebound nicely; gotta love arbitrary sports trivia. Dan Campbell's certainly earned enough trust for us to believe that his picks to replace Johnson and Glenn are good enough to keep the Lions' train moving in the right direction, but it's not like they just lost two run-of-the-mill coordinators – both Johnson and Glenn came about as highly-billed as any coordinators have in recent memory, and losing them is going to be felt in some way or another.

Good thing we'll never have to worry about the ramifcations of letting Johnson or Glenn walk any time soo– [taps earpiece] Ah. Well, nevertheless.

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