Definitely could be part of it. But I am sure as hell not ready to start firing coordinators when you are 8-3. That is a nuclear option and is not something teams with this kind of record do. He’s been here since the start of a successful rebuild and the pieces they invested in to improve the defensive side of the ball are injured. It is a terrible look for the team, especially when no one can seem to offer any variants of this scheme that would work with this roster.

There are a lot of new potential DCs in this thread… I wonder if any of them are also rocket scientists? 🚀✏️

We don’t know any of the behind the scenes details. It’s not like the Lions were entitled to the exact same deal they made with SF. Maybe evaluators felt his injury risk was too high or that he isn’t a culture fit. Everyone is acting like this is a no brainer signing, but 31 other teams didn’t produce a better offer

I wanted Young, but BH has to think far beyond this year and doesn’t have the luxury of treating a multi-billion dollar franchise like it’s Madden. This regime has taken us from the gutter to one of the top teams in the NFL. I’m not even going to pretend I know more than them