Overview
- Multiple outlets, including ESPN and NFL Network, report Detroit has reached agreement to hire former Cardinals coordinator Drew Petzing, with the deal being finalized and no team announcement yet.
- Petzing called plays in Arizona from 2023 to 2025, delivering a top-12 scoring offense in 2024 before a 2025 slide tied in coverage to injuries and offensive line inconsistency.
- The expectation, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, is that Petzing will handle play-calling in Detroit after Campbell assumed those duties midseason in 2025 and the team parted with John Morton.
- He inherits a roster headlined by Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta, with the run game and offensive line identified as offseason priorities.
- Coverage notes Petzing’s close ties to former Lions OC Ben Johnson and reports the team did not view Mike McDaniel as the right fit during its search.