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The Lions have a new offensive coordinator this year and Darrel Bevell is still figuring out how he’ll put the unit’s pieces together in 2019.He knows that quarterback Matthew Stafford and running back Kerryon Johnson will be in leading roles Luke Willson Jersey White , but is otherwise asking position coaches to put together tape on players that shows “how we can push them to get better and the best way to use these guys in our offense.” When that’s done, Bevell said he’ll have a better idea of how everything will come together.“I hope it’s one that scores points,” Bevell said, via the . “That’s the first thing we need to do. But right now, it’s still something we’re trying to build. It’s easy to say what we want to do in the run game, what we want to do in the pass game http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-kenny-golladay-jersey , but we need to build around our players. We’re going to do what Kerryon does well, we’re going to do what our wide receivers do well, what Matthew does well. At this point, to make big, bold statements, it’s a little bit early because we need to discover a little bit more about our personnel.”Stafford is coming off a down year and Bevell said that he’s talked with the quarterback about “stretching him a little bit” in hopes of better results this season. Whatever other pieces fall into place Womens Calvin Johnson Jersey , the chances of a serious improvement on offense won’t look so good if Stafford’s not in better form this time around. A few free agency signings wasn’t enough to convince NFC North fans that the Lions are contenders."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Detroit Lions NewsDetroit Lions NotesDetroit Lions AnalysisDetroit Lions TransactionsDetroit Lions Game RecapsBreaking NewsIntroducing the 2019 Detroit Lions Draft Class! 脳Detroit Lions NewsNFC NorthDetroit Lions PollsOnly 7 percent of NFC North fans expect Detroit Lions to win the divisionNew,39commentsA few free agency signings wasn’t enough to convince NFC North fans that the Lions are contenders. EDTShareTweetShareShareOnly 7 percent of NFC North fans expect Detroit Lions to win the divisionMark Konezny-USA TODAY SportsEarlier in the week, we saw that Vegas set the Detroit Lions’ win total for 2019 at just seven, a couple games behind every other team in their division. It’s a good measure of what the public perception of the team may be at this point in the offseason.But what is the perception of fans that know the Lions the most? This week, SB Nation polled readers from all of the NFC North sites—Windy City Gridiron (Bears), Acme Packing Company (Packers) Zach Zenner Jersey White , The Daily Norseman (Vikings), and, obviously, the Lions community here at Pride of Detroit. The question is simple: Who should be the favorite to win the NFC North in 2019? The poll results will not surprise you:For a team that hasn’t won their division since 1991, you’d expect the rest of the NFC North foes to not give them much attention, even after a splashy free agency period. The additions of Trey Flowers Womens Matt Prater Jersey , Jesse James and Justin Coleman among others have impressed Lions fans, but they’ve done literally nothing to convince Packers, Vikings and Bears that Detroit should contend for the division title. According to our FanPulse polls, 37 percent of Lions fans thought Detroit is now the favorite to win the division. However, the Lions didn’t receive a single vote from the surveys of the three other NFC North sites. And even when comparing homerism to the other NFC North teams, Lions fans are chugging the least amount of Kool-Aide. Take a look at the percentage of each team’s fanbase that voted for their own team as the division favorites:Windy City Gridiron (Bears): 98%Acme Packing Company (Packers): 51%Daily Norseman (Vikings): 49%Pride of Detroit (Lions): 37%None of this is particularly surprising given not only that the Lions haven’t won the division in over two decades Womens Kerry Hyder Jersey , but because they finished last in the NFC North last year with a disappointing 6-10 record. That all being said, there weren’t that many believers in the Bears last year, and look what happened.