Notes: Why having former players as coaches works for the Lions

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images ESPN’s Eric Woodyard provides a fantastic look and how having so many ex-players has helped the Lions reach new heights. Usually, the saying goes: those who can’t do, teach, but it’s not quite applicable when it comes to the Detroit Lions. The men carrying the whistles, yelling instructions on the sidelines have been in the same cleats as the young men they’re mentoring.
In just a fantastic in-depth piece for ESPN, Eric Woodyard spoke