ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Asked about the Detroit Lions' long-term vision at the quarterback position, coach Dan Campbell walked a tightrope between the present and the future, between practicality and ambitious aspirations.
Campbell isn't in denial about the ongoing arms race going on around the league, and that there exists another caliber of talent at the position. But while every team, including the Lions, would love to have a Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen type leading their franchises for the foreseeable future, Campbell believes the Lions are capable of achieving sustainable success with current starter Jared Goff.
"I think, boy, you’d love to have that, that type of player, because they can improvise," Campbell said when asked if the Lions needed to eventually procure a superstar quarterback. "There’s things that they can do and they can improvise with their eyes downfield, so they can run your offense, they’re going to do what they need to do, they understand it well, they know their reads. But if something just kind of isn’t right, they’ve got pocket mobility and then they can break it but their eyes are always downfield. Those are guys that hurt you.
