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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lions coach Jim Caldwell could keep his job after this season even if the team misses the playoffs, Detroit general manager Bob Quinn told&amp;nbsp;the &lt;i&gt;Detroit Free Press&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"There is no mandate of number of wins and there is no mandate of playoffs,\" Quinn said of Caldwell\u2019s future, according to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Free Press&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quinn, who the Lions hired this off-season, decided to keep Caldwell for a third season rather than hiring a new coach. After the team managed an 11-5 record and playoff berth in Caldwell\u2019s first season, the Lions slipped to 7-9 last year.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Detroit lost seven of its first eight games last year before going 6-2 the second half of the season.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quinn said that Caldwell\u2019s future with the franchise will be determined by a number of factors, not just a playoff berth.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt\u2019s a combination of wins-losses, decision making. How\u2019s he handle the team? How does he handle adversity? Got players go down, I\u2019m trying to shuffle guys in,\u201D Quinn told the &lt;em&gt;Free Press. \u201C&lt;/em&gt;Can we get those guys up to speed and get them ready to play? It all goes into it; it\u2019s not just one thing.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;BURKE: Cardinals top preseason power rankings&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lions, who lost star wide receiver Calvin Johnson to retirement this off-season, open preseason on Aug. 12 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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