Yesterday was fun right? We went over the four reasons to be optimistic about the Lions in 2023 and it was great time. Today is not going to be as much fun. 

I know everyone is super high on the Lions right now and I am too, but sometimes it feels like that high might be so great that we ignore some of the things that could be worrisome. 

So here's four reasons to be pessimistic about the 2023 Detroit Lions.

Did the Lions do enough to stop the run? 

The Lions had a real problem stopping the run in 2022. Such a problem that they allowed the fourth most rushing yards in the league. While the Lions did a lot to improve upon their defense in different areas, di they do enough to fix this? I'm not sure. 

It was expected that the Lions would go out and grab help along the defensive line this offseason and they largely ignored the area outside of drafting Brodric Martin in the third round of the draft. 

If the Lions bring the same group in for the 2023 season and they can't stop the run, that's going to be a problem. Especially when the Lions have to deal with quarterbacks that are good on their feet. 

Offensive chemistry

This is a light concern. There's a lot that's new about this offense. The Lions are coming in with a completely different running back room, a rookie tight end and a receiving corps that has a lot of questions outside of Amon-Ra St. Brown. 

How long will it take the this group to get on the same page? In the past we've seen Jared Goff take some time to find a chemistry with his guys. If they can't find it camp, how much will that affect the Lions once the season gets going? Will this set them back at all? 

Potential slow start 

I don't think the Lions should have an issue hitting the ground running in 2023, but I have nothing to base that optimism on. In the last two years the Lions have started out incredibly slow before they got things going and found their groove. 

The Lions just can't afford to keep doing that if they hope to go on and do bigger and better things. While I don't think it happens this year, it's still locked in my mind. The fear is still there and it will be there until they prove otherwise. 

It doesn't make things any easier when you see that the Lions have a tough opening to their schedule that features the Super Bowl champions, a team that hung 48 points on them last year and divisional game. 

The possible Jared Goff regression

I hate this. I really do. It's brought up so many times when Goff comes up and it's everyone's greatest fear. The problem is that there's some grounds for it. Even if the grounds don't make the most sense in the world. 

While we haven't seen a regression in Detroit, he did, in fact, regress with the Rams. We saw Goff have a tremendous 2018 season and then watched him regress until the Rams decided to trade him. 

Goff just had arguably the best year of his career last season. Can he keep it up? Or will we see him fall again? This is a big year for him. 

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