ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell said Monday that there will be no changes to his staff or to who calls plays this week as the team heads to London to face the Kansas City Chiefs.
This comes after the Lions fell to 1-6 and once again struggled on offense, allowing quarterback Matthew Stafford to be sacked seven times and hit 13 times.
“You know what, we’re looking at this particular game, focusing on this game,” Caldwell said. “We evaluate everything all the time.”
Caldwell said he’s sticking with his staff because they’ve “won before” and they believe they can do it again. He pointed to the 2014 season, when Detroit went 11-5 and made the playoffs in his first season with the Lions. Whether he would make staffing changes later in the season, Caldwell said he can’t predict the future.
When asked why he pointed to the offensive success when the offense still struggled in 2014, Caldwell said “the most important thing to me is winning, plain and simple.”
Right now, at 1-6, the Lions are not winning.
“It’s always been a day-to-day business,” Caldwell said. “And it’s not different today.”
He said he has not spoken to the Ford family since Sunday’s 29-18 loss to Minnesota, but he understands they would not be happy with the performance of the team thus far. Detroit has lost double-digit leads in two games this season. Of the Lions’ six losses, four have come by more than one score and three have been double-digit losses.
“It doesn’t take a direct conversation to understand everybody’s displeased,” Caldwell said. “In particular, ownership. So we do know that. Obviously our players are, our fans are, the whole gamut.”
