Jim Caldwell expects Ameer Abdullah to have a big season for the Detroit Lions in 2016.

Abdullah received a lot of hype in the preseason but couldn't maintain a consistent level of production in the regular season.

"If there's anybody who is going to improve, he's going to improve," Caldwell said in Boca Raton this week at the NFL Annual Meeting, via MLive.com.

He added: "I think that he was able to (get a lot better) during the course of the year. He had some peaks and valleys, but obviously, I think he's going to be OK."

Abdullah was a second round pick by the Lions in 2015.