Damn Campbell
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2024
- AKA: "Congrats, Lions! (2024)"
I don't get how you inflict inexplicable pain in a franchise's greatest season in over thirty years, but the Detroit Lions somehow did it. When you live by overaggression, it will kill you as well. That's the Damn Campbell way. And honestly, there's no point in changing him. He's at least consistent with it.
Why the hell did the Lions abandon the running game in the second half, anyway? 
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Once I saw the Lions go up 24-7 at halftime, I had a sinking feeling the scriptwriters had activated the 1957 script with swapped roles, and look what happened
I had no idea about the lead until it was over. Was stuck at work until a few minutes left in the 3rd quarter and saw the Lions were up by 7. I was legit shocked they were winning but also thought there was plenty of time and the game was tied by the time I got home and my gut told me it was over.
I even went “uh oh” when I saw San Francisco scored 17. My mom was like, “what?” I told her they’re coming back. She didn’t believe me at first. 😂
When they showed Goodell giving that Niners fan and his kid SB tickets at halftime I knew it was completely over
@@gregariouseggyup lol anytime he’s there the games look like Hollywood
Yup usually the team winning by half will lose especially if you see roger there at the game watch out it’s gona look like a football movie.
First conference title appearance in 30+ years and it ends like this. Just an absolute brutal end to an otherwise beautiful season as a fan of this team.
Hell of a year for you guys though
That's how I felt after the Texans blew 24-0 lead, thinking that it was their year
you guys will be fine. a lot of young talent on that team, just gotta hope campbell learns from his errors and to next time just take the damn points
I know it's been a while since you guys were in the playoffs but that's how it goes every year. Losing in the playoffs is always a brutal end to what is otherwise a fine season.
@@SteefPipThe real test will be to see how we rebound. We could be the Falcons or the Tampa Bay Lightning.
As a Lions fan, I get why Dan didn’t take the field goal. It’s not an automatic three points, especially with Michael Badgely being a 40% career kicker at anything over 40 yards. The play call was fine, but Josh Reynolds had two key drops in this game as well.
Then they need to get a better kicker.
Campbell’s gotta Campbell.
Live by the Campbell, die by the Campbell.
So why roster a kicker who, by that admission, CAN'T KICK?
If Reynolds didn't get Toneyitis and catch those 4&2 and 3&10 balls, we wouldn't even be talking about those plays
@@capacitatedflux because that stat is pulled out of nowhere. On his career he is 42 of 61 from 40+ yds which is ~69%. Still not very good, but much better than the random 40%
As a famous person from Detroit once said, "this opportunity comes once in a lifetime".
Hopefully for the Lions, it comes back again though...
Eminem isn't even from Detroit. Also, once in a lifetime means it's gone and they'll have to wait another 30 years for a Championship game, if they ever make it back at all.
@@led-0185and 21 Savage isn't from ATL so what's your point?
@@led-0185yeah. But he loved most of his life in Michigan. He developed his rap in Michigan. And he still lives in Michigan
That Dr Phil cut would be perfect for this.
Hopefully NOT. Hope they never even make the playoffs for he rest of their franchise history. The Lions place in the world is to be laughed at and always lose. Know your damn role!
I hope Detroit maintains their success next season.
Lmao nope, all the good coaches are leaving.
@@Strutsss I'm a Seahawks fan so Ben Johnson would be a great choice for head coach.
they will... the NFC is garbage rn... the Packers need to rein in Love and unless he matures, the Lions are winning the North next year also...
They won't. Back to being irrelevant for 30 years, please.
they probably won’t. that’s a tough division.
In his defense, we can’t expect Reynolds to drop 2 easy catches and a literal act of god to cause that ball to bounce straight into Aiyuk’s hands for his first catch of the game. I stick by Campbell’s side with his choice.
This comment.
Yup, people shit on the results but literally they would've converted if his WRs didnt have an all time choke job. Hats off to Goff he was amazing
Yea but you can expect to get points by kicking a field goal and if you don't then your kicker and you don't belong in the league
@@simoncohen9323 I don’t think it was a lack of trust in the kicker, I think it was just the gutsy roll of the dice. Lions went for it on 4th and gambled more than most of the league.
@@CLNCJD94 yea and he did later when tied he doesnt trust the kicker or he is a fuvkn moron that cost his team games because he wants to be the man
Sometimes all “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” gets you is a sunk ship.
Come on you son's of bitches do you want to live forever
I don’t blame him for this game. I blame the fumble, conservative play calling in the second half, Josh Reynolds existing, and an insanely lucky bounce for the 49s.
Campbell has changed the lions around. He is one of 5 or 6 coaches in this league that truly understands each and every one of his players.
And he also cost his teams points and needs to reevaluate his kickers and special teams if he doesn't trust them to get important points
I don't know how helpful or relevant blame is in any game. You win as a team and you lose as a team. Take the catch off the helmet for example. Do you blame the safety for not catching it, the coach for putting him out there, the GM who signed him, the owner for hiring that GM, the helmet manufacturer for allowing balls to bounce in advantageous ways off their helmets, the creator of Football for making the ball that shape etc etc. Without the whole team the Lions aren't in the championship game, with the whole team they are not in the SB. The only thing you can do is hope they make it back.
@@simoncohen9323 That's the GM's job
@@Hotdawgfilms not the gms job to keep him off the field and if the coach is gonna do that he should let the GM know bore hand instead of going for it like a moron in the most important situations
@@simoncohen9323 guess what genius there arnt a bunch of really good kickers just floating around out there.
As a lions fan i was very very disappointed but i cant help but be proud of what we accomplished, we will be back 💙
Yeah, in _another_ 66 years... LMFAO.
Nah
Ggs man from a niner fan you had us. You’ll be back 🫡🏈🤝
Loser Mentality
@FranciscoBrenes-hb3iu please beat the chiefs😭
My ultimate fear for Detroit is that they peaked too early. Really hope this isn't just a glimpse at what could have been.
Reality is that this was their peak. Now they're losing their offensive coordinator, and there are talks of giving Goff a huge contract. You don't just blow it that badly then run it back for another chance. This was it.
@@AltCtrlSpudDon’t forget Jordan Love becoming a franchise QB for the Packers.
@@AltCtrlSpud That's what I've been saying. Next season they won't have Johnson and there's no way that Campbell can find an OC as good as him and they'll still have Goff. I'm sorry for Lions fans because this championship game was their only chance to make it to the big game.
they got a ton of young talent on rookie deals right now so I hope it isn't a glimpse either
@@sigmaway5717Johnson told teams waiting for him that he’s staying with Detroit.
The worst thing about Detroit coming up short was that Dan and the Lions’ first bad game all year couldn’t have come at a worst time.
Did you watch the ravens game?
Getting screwed by the refs and still powered through...get healed up lions you boys got it
You don't remember their asses getting blown out by the Ravens? lmao
Lions had 3.5 really bad games, being the @Ravens, Packers and @Bears. And the second half of the NFC championship. Ouch.
“first bad game of the year” 😂
Campbell reminds me a lot of Ted Lasso. Man doesn’t care about wins and losses, he cares about his team being the best versions of themselves. Him crying because of how proud he is of his team is exactly what all coaches and teams should strive for in the locker room. What a great season and I can’t wait to see more.
The Lions have gotten their first Congrats video. You finally made it, guys!
“I was rooting for you!, We were all rooting for you!, how dare you!”
- Tyra Banks, Americas Next Top Model
As a fan of the Bears, despite this loss in the NFC championship, I am VERY proud of the Lions for this. This was an amazing Cinderella run and if they keep keep their foot on the gas, they would continue to be a threatening NFC team. Painful loss, but god damn this was a scary team.
…do you realize they’re probably losing both of their coordinators in the offseason? hell, ben johnson is set to sign a contract with my team (washington)
Was hoping for a possible LIONS/BROWNS Super Bowl myself, but once my BROWNS ran out of steam and choked, was hoping the LIONS would bring a championship to the Great Lakes Region. LIONS just ran out of steam - and choked. Awesome season for BOTH teams though.
Same old Lions
As another bears fan speaking we’ve had that level of hype and we lost our season to a double doink . Saw us lose to the packers in a NFC championship in 2010 and our Super Bowl in ‘06 as a kid . Those opportunities are hard to come by. Most teams just don’t make it back there that regularly it’s even tougher when you fuck it up.
Damn Campbell will live and die by his principles. Godspeed you madman.
that means he will always be an underachiever
While yes, they did lose the game by blowing a 17-point lead and were close to a Super Bowl appearance. They did good this year, and that's something they can build upon and fix for the next season. Don't give up, Coach Campbell and Lions players.
That’s the problem. In the NFL, only a few teams are great enough to compete for an SB chance for more than a few years.
If Detroit loses this player or that player, loses someone important to injury, they could easily fall to 8-9 vs. “building” onto 12-5.
And look at Dallas; w/ all their Regular season successes, home-field advantage, they still fall again and again. The NFL is week to week; the Lions biggest chance just went poof. It may be years before another comes along.
ur a moron if you think that.........lions wont be back, TERRABEL coaching, just like alt came back to the playoffs after that sb collaps? right? lions win 5 or 6 games next seaons they are DONE, its over for dan in detorit.
@@GizmoBeachhere's the thing though the lions didn't make the Superbowl if they made it and lost I would say they'd have hangover but by being that close it's gonna make them hungrier their coaches are all staying and they have a helluva roster I think they will be a force. Or I could be talking out my butt and they miss the playoffs lol. All I'm saying is don't count them out
Dan Campbell did marvelous work this season, and he deserves a lot of praise and credit. Having said that. The second half yesterday was not his finest hour of work.
Ben Johnson did marvelous work. Dan was… inspiring?
@@frozennorth3426 You know being a coach is so much more than calling plays?
This isn't to understate Ben Johnson, but Dan Campbell is the guy that coached this fucking team to what they are now.
@@Luigidreamteamfan yes. he is very inspiring. bites kneecaps. good solid guy. I’m sure he’ll do just as well without Ben.
go team. one pride.
I liked how they went for it and it wasnt even a bad call. I don't understand people blaming the coach for the WRs dropping everything and single handedly ending drives that shouldve been scores
Not his finest hour of work but totally on brand for him haha
I imagine no coaches would take a loss like this easily, but I know Campbell will lose sleep for a long time over this. I really do feel for this team and these fans as a lifelong Browns fan.
I really wanted the Lions to go to the Super Bowl. Wow. As a non-Lions fan, I never thought I’d say that.
As a Niners fan, I was ready to root for the Lions at the Super Bowl if they won last night’s game. Can’t not love them and how they’ve turned this shit around.
Non Lions fan here was routing for them to make the Superbowl and get their name off of the list.
@@KRJayster So let me get this straight you Niners fans LOVE the Lions but for some stupid reason can't stand the team that beat you last year in the Eagles.
utree thanks for consistently covering the lions in a positive light.
As a Lions fan I put very little of the blame on Campbell. His 4th down decisions are what got us to this game throughout the season and playoffs. Not his fault Josh Reynolds can't catch, we dropped an interception that turned into a touchdown, we fumbled on the first play of a drive, and can't defend for shit. It's heartbreaking, but I'm confident in Dan and Brad Holmes and I think our window is just opening.
Thing is, Reynolds can catch, he's been doing it all season. It was a combo of poor execution and plain bad luck.
His 4 down decisions aren't what got you here it's teg 4 down decisions that cost you the 2 seed and this game and then some
@@simoncohen9323 I disagree. We had the highest 4th down conversion rate on the most attempts in the league, and a near 85% conversion rate on 4th and 3 or shorter this season. The stats say go for it, and Dan trust his players to execute. They just didn't this time.
Reynolds wouldn’t have been put in those situations if Campbell had just taken the damn points. This is just shades of going for it at the beginning of that Cowboys game that cost us potentially the one seed.
@@simoncohen9323trust me, his gambles have played a huge role in getting us to this point
Campbell deserves his fair share of blame, but the players have to execute as well. Absolutely brutal drops by Reynolds, a backbreaking fumble by Gibbs. Everything went wrong. This loss will sting for a while because we easily could've won this if we held serve in the 3rd quarter. My only consolation as a Lions fan, is that I believe we can get back here again.
Next year is our revenge tour!
Anybody who took the long-dead Kitties to the NFC title game deserves respect.
The Detroit Lions went from irrelevance to relevance in one season. A mighty impressive effort indeed!!
They'll be back.
Back to the basement yeah
Nah..this was their best chance.
Seeing the packers are pretty much set for the next decade with Love? And then the bears might be onto something as well? Eh.
And one guy who also went from irrelevance to relevance helped kill off the Lions. Ironic.
yep. 2022 was a good season for the Lions, and they truly became relevant again
@@FreshPrincex4and Secret Base pointed out just a few months ago, the Vikings never truly stay down for long.
I hope the lions will be back soon
Its jordan loves division now sorry thats how it goes around here :)
@@lacanm1554mega cap
@@lacanm1554Kirko Chainz: Are you sure about that ?
They’re a young team.
@@Charles_Groebs And then if he stays healthy this time, Kirk will throw a line-of-scrimmage checkdown on another critical 4th and long to end the Vikings season again. "But he played great the rest of the year!" Yeah, so did the Lions. In both cases it meant fuck all.
It’s just cool that we were good enough to have a UrinatingTree video this season tbh
Even though it’s a tough loss to swallow, I hope Dan Campbell doesn’t change his strategy.
It’s so fun and interesting to watch what is usually a dry and deflated team actually play with aggression and style, even if it does cost them in the end.
Yea it's fun to watch the coach consistently make stupid calls to cost his team important games
@simoncohen9323 let’s see how fun his big balls are when they consistently lose important games. The fact that these brainwashed fans find it acceptable for a coach to not put his team in the best position to win is astounding. They deserve to lose. When you are so damn arrogant that 3 points aren’t valuable in a game of inches, you deserve to lose in a “heartbreaking” fashion.
Lions should be proud of their season no matter what. They'll be back.
I wouldn't assume that.
@@chriskay1449 lions will prob be a 5 or 6 seed next year but i could see them being a dark horse team. they could def knock off teams like the packers and cowboys
Believe in the lions not the doubters this loss is gonna make them hungrier than ever
In fairness the lions weren't supposed to be there, they still need pieces like a secondary
Even as a Packers fan, this game was hard to watch. They played their god damn hearts out, did a real good job, but in the end all it took was a bad bounce, a few big mistakes, San Fran capitalizing, and it was all over.
I’m still proud of you Detroit, really I am. Go get yourselves some more defensive pieces in the draft or free agency and be back next year.
It’s nice to finally have some real competition in this division again. And out of all teams to do it too… huh 🤔
When it's a win or go home, you gotta take the points. Especially when you're up 24-7.
Those points were never there. The coach who would have taken the points would never have gotten to that game. If anything, that field goal kick right before halftime is probably what cursed the second half.
Kezar is still around btw
It's not the loss that hurts most, it's that we know we could've beaten Kansas City. This wasn't a Conference title loss, this was a Lombardi loss.
I don't know about that. Do you seriously think the NFL is going to let you past Taylor Swift?
@@michaelhession2105we already beat them in their own stadium, we were one of the few teams that knows how to beat them as we for some odd reason matchup really well against them this year
The thing is that the Lions might never get back to this point.
- Cam Newton Panthers
- Matt Ryan Falcons
- Seahawks
- Packers with Arod
All never got back.
At least, the Packers and Seahawks got a Superbowl.
@@manzac112so did the Panthers
@@orush-co1dyyeah this guy conveniently leaves out the fact that 3 out of the 4 teams he mentioned won a Super Bowl.
I mean, Matt Ryan made it to a championship (where he also led the niners by 17 points before losing) then made a superbowl 4 years later.
@@manzac112it was more so the point of “oh they’ll be back” after crushing Super Bowl/Conf Champ game defeats. Nothing is guaranteed in this league unless you have Mahomes or Brady leading your team
I’m a niners fan of 14 years and this still hurt ME. Damn Campbell yall. Damn Campbell
And you will be saying "kyle Shanahan yall..twice". On Feb 11. When he chokes..again
9ers fan of 30 years buddy. Get ready for some disappointment.
Steve Young made the same deal joe Namath did with the devil. "Just give me one and they never have to win another one as long as I live.
Oh and any team willing to hire anyone involved with 28-3 deserves to lose. Like Dallas
@@oddballskull1941You don't sound like a fan of thirty years. You sound like an idiot.
Just glad we made it this far. I stuck with the team when they were 0-16 in 08 and I'll stick with them in the years to come.
“I ain’t done with y’all yet!!”
- Bobby Layne
Hey were back playing good football nobody is going to argue with that not even San Francisco 😊
Dan Campbell is the epitome of 2 things being true at once. Without him, the Lions don't make it to the NFC Championship, but he cost them the win
Being aggressive on 4th down won them many games this year, stop acting like this was going against their identity.
He was the only one who could give them victory and the only one who could take it away
Reynolds
Vildor
Gibbs
Reynolds again
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Campbell my ass LMAO
People would really rather have Dan crawl up into a ball and not do what he's done all year in the biggest moment. Stupidity
@@darthrevan6yeah that's kind of the point he's making dude. They lost by 3, so those 6 lost points on this stage are going to be scrutinized.
It’s wild to me for any Detroit fan to be anything other than thrilled to have made it that far, what a fucking year man.
Look I’m a Lions fan and still devastated at the loss, but I’m not mad at Campbell and I’m not going to blame this one on him either. I love his aggressive style and part of it is accepting it won’t always work. It won us quite a few games this year, and it’s the whole reason we made it this far. We lost because we don’t have nearly enough talent on defense and our offense made mental mistakes like fumbles and crucial dropped passes. I’m looking forward to next year, I finally believe our team is in a great spot.
There are times Ive shouted “Noooo!!!!” at the tv. Thanksgiving fake punt, going for two on the six against Dallas. I never did that yesterday. I may have shouted, “God hates us!” but that wasn’t over a Dan call.
Damn Lions had a chance to stick it to the scriptwriters, but instead we get this.
He may have cost them the win but he carried them to relevance in 2 years. I hope stays around. One of the better coaches in the league. He built this new lions brand on aggressiveness and I hope he keeps calling his games the same way. Like the new era of the packers, the lions are now in a fight for the top dogs in the NFC.
You won't after he loses you enough games that way.
Digging that Streets of Rage 2 background music
Yuzo K is goated
As a Vikings fan I loved every single second of this video
As a fellow sufferer, I would implore you not to get too cocky. This season has shown us they have the capability to beat our asses now 😬
That Brock Purdy pass bouncing off the Defender missing the interception and being caught by the receiver with a flag is straight out of madden. I still have a saved clip from Madden 17 where that happened but the ball bounced off almost every player on both teams before my tight end got it for an 8 yard gain.
When the game got tied up, looking at the Lion's players reaction you'd have thought they were down by 17 instead. It's like every point SF made counted twice, once on the scoreboard and once in their minds.
Even as a Chiefs fan I didn't want to play the 49ers again, the Chiefs-Lions kickoff game rematch in the Super Bowl was right there and the Lions imploded.
considering how hard we all say it is to get back, it’s pretty damn impressive how consistently the niners have managed to get so close, yet so far seemingly every year since 2019
Dan Campbell bumped into that warden from the Longest Yard on his way in for halftime and got the same speech
It was a rough one to lose, but it was still one hell of a ride! Loved watching this team this year.
Honestly I stick by Campbell’s decisions even if we lost. It wasn’t his fault we lost and his 4th down decisions are one of the reasons he’s my favorite coach. Even though we lost it was still a hell of a season and we’ll be back next year.
Mfs legit HAD IT in their hands!
It is visually painful to watch teams not only shoot themselves in the foot, but completely saw their own leg off with a dull blade. Good grief…
The aggression was fine, even with the failures at 4th down. What bothers me is, as was pointed out in text, the ignoring of the run game to try and let Goff play Hero Ball. Goff is decent enough, but he's not a Hero Ball quarterback. Plus the defense just failing at the easiest tackles. You can be aggressive and smart at the same time.
This game is gonna hurt me for a while, but you once again put a smile on face through the pain. Thanks tree, also congratulations to the 49ers and KC, should be a good one
Thank you for actually showing respect to this superbowl match up. This has the potential to be a really fun game, but people are so salty they didn't get the match they wanted. People are straight up saying this is the worst playoff season ever.
Dan Campbell football motto
Live by the sword. Die by the Sword.
A head coach should be between Kirk Ferentz and Dan Campbell on consecutive play calling. These situations are why you might ignore what ESPN analytics might say and take the points or punt.
They'll be good for years to come. The head coach is good, but can be risky and gutsy like Cincy's HC, KC HC, etc. He needs to slow it down a bit and take the points at times especially in the playoffs,
I just had a bad feeling about the Lions after halftime, it was too good to be true. I think Dan and his team got in their own heads, just too many miscues. Clearly Shan and his minions learned from the first half and made a solid game plan. Gotta respect that as well
Yes. Yes to that entire video.
To anyone roasting my lions I get it. To anyone roasting Campbell I get it. His aggro attitude built the team from the ground up. I respect the calls and his ideas. Dream season
Catch the easy passes OR secure the rock and this discussion never happens. This was a players' loss.
The Lions just entered Bills territory. We blew our only chance when we pissed away the game with :13 seconds left and ever since then it’s been a slow decline.
I was waiting for this. My day is now complete.
I was sad to see them lose but coach did what he does best. Live and die by what you preach. I hope he keeps the Lions good.
as a lions fan, this loss is somehow more painful than not being a relevant football team for 30 years straight
With how Goff has been inconsistent in his career, I honestly wouldn't expect the Lions to be back sadly. I hope they do, I'm still hoping for their underdog story to come true, but man I was disappointed they went up 17 points and just face planted hard.
I need 20 years of therapy after this. I am genuinely traumatized
There's no denying though that Lions were their full selves during the game, balls-to-the-wall offense and all. I hope they make another deep run next season.
You never know what'll happen any given season, but I can't imagine Minnesota, Green Bay, and Chicago not fighting for the NFC North as they historically have...Detroit you blew it 😢
Not a Lion's fan but insanely proud of them nonetheless.
It's amazing how the Lions have this great season with so many people on their side, and they have one bad game and suddenly it's "HAHA enjoy sucking again for the next 30 years!" like my God at least give them some time to see if they can turn it back before you just assume it'll go back to the usual.
It's bandwagon fans they believe in the hype of a team that doesn't usually have success and the moment they lose they jump off it's bullshit. The lions aren't my team but they are who I want to see succeed the most if the eagles don't. I believe in them being a Superbowl contender next season after all first time the chiefs under mahomes they lost in the AFC championship game. People probably assumed Reid was gonna blow it all over again very next season they win the Superbowl and look at them now. I believe in the Detroit Lions under Dan Campbell and I hope they prove their doubters wrong
I live in Lions country, and have a lot of Lions fan friends. I feel awful for all of them. They were so close to avenging so many demons. All they had to do was hold the lead. But even as soon as Jake Moody kicked the field goal to make it 24-10, I had a bad feeling something was gonna happen.
As soon as the Niners cut it to 24-17, I felt like it was inevitable. It stinks that a handful of decisions by Campbell were the difference between avenging decades worth of demons and awfulness, and going home.
Live by the aggression, die by the aggression, that’s Damn Campbell in a nutshell. He won’t take the points, he won’t go for ties, it’s touchdowns or nothing for him so here’s another game where “you coulda kicked the FG and gotten something for your effort but just haaaaad to go for it.” Just like the “two point conversion or nothing” game.
I was afraid Campbell would do these aggressive calls at the Super Bowl assuming the Lions got there lol😅
I have mixed feelings.
On one hand, Dan Campbell deserves criticism for poor decision making in the second half against the 49ers that lead to them losing the lead, and ultimately the game
On the flip side
He turned the lions franchise around in a matter of 3 seasons. He gave the team an entire attitude change, mindset change, and actual on field success. Some levels of success had to have happened to drag a lions team from the bottom of the nfl to the NFC championship game.
Overall, Dan Campbell deserves a B+ of a grade as a head coach. Most of that grade is reflecting in the work he did to turn the lions franchise around from the bottom of the league. Where he fell short was the necessary adjustments to take the lions all the way to the top.
If his players caught the easy passes then this isn't even a conversation.
Nah I give him an A
B+? Lmao they were one game away from the super fowl
@@Njbear7453 a B+ is reflective of the person that worked hard to get a good grade, just, made a few mistakes that would have taken them to the top to get the A.
Same idea as to how students do on test. Study, work hard, work on ways to understand the material, MOST times, will get a student into the B to B+ range. The students that get A’s can minimize their mistakes and get those extra points to get a top grade.
In Dan Campbell’s case, the mistakes in the third and fourth quarter against the 49ers cost him from reaching the top, from getting that A. He did the hard work to turn the team around, but, to get the best grades, not only gotta put in the work to get a good grade, gotta minimize the mistakes. That’s the difference between a grade in the B range and a grade in the A range. Little mistakes make all the difference.
One of my good friends is a Lions fans, I am Rams a guy. I told him good luck after our game but Campbell nearly cost them the game against us. I told my friend he cannot leave points on the board against the 49ers, Bucs or Packers. And here we are.
The part at the end is what really sticks out to me. "We'll be back next year" they say. Yeah Lions fans, I'm sure your 1991 equivalents thought the same thing, and look how that turned out.
I could somewhat understand the first decision to go for it on 4th down. The Lions offense was still rolling at that point -- the 49ers were struggling against the run, Goff was well-protected and calmly delivering accurate passes, and they only needed 2 yards. Get the first down, and you have the opportunity to run more time off the clock, get your kicker a bit closer, or even score another touchdown and probably put yourself in position to win the game. And indeed, on that 4th down, Goff had time, and delivered a good throw, but it was dropped. That kind of thing can always happen, and so it shouldn't be seen as a bad call just because the receiver dropped the pass, just like how, if they went for the field goal, it wouldn't have been a bad call just because the kicker missed the kick.
The one after that, though, when the Lions were in position to tie the game with a field goal, is really hard to understand. The offense had largely stalled at this point, and they needed 3 yards, making it a bit more obvious to the defense that they'd need to throw for it. Even if they did get the first down, that's also no guarantee of a touchdown, and there was too much time left on the clock to deny the 49ers a final possession. More importantly, by not tying the game up, you give the 49ers a lot more freedom on their final possession, as they can opt to either play slow, burn time off the clock, and settle for a field goal, knowing that this would put them up by 6, thereby only needing to deny the Lions a last-minute touchdown to win, or they can try to march down the field for another touchdown and go up two scores (which is what ended up happening). The game being tied would have put a lot more pressure on the 49ers to at least come up with 3 points on their final drive, which would have probably restricted their playcalling a bit and made them getting a touchdown less likely.
In the end, the Lions only lost by 3 points. Kicking a field goal in one of those two 4th down situations -- perhaps not the first, but definitely the second -- would have probably sent the game to overtime. Really unfortunate, and reminds me a lot of the Patriots-Falcons super bowl, where the Falcons also failed to come up with 3 points when they should've.
I blame Dan Campbell for rewarding his team with extra buttery popcorn at halftime.
I was so upset at the Lions losing. We were so close to a great Super Bowl matchup against the Chiefs and instead the Lions now face a difficult climb back up the ladder (at least how I see it).
I was falling asleep when they were up 24-7, then i woke up 20 mins later and looked and almost fell out of bed! SF is my second favorite team but i was rooting for Detroit and the cinderella story. Poor lions😢
Honestly Dan has lived and died by his aggression it’s what has made him a legit coach. I have zero problem with him continuing to be aggressive.
It’s like teams that shoot the 3 at a very high clip in basketball or a team that relies heavily on its defense in hockey
Live and die by it.
One score was all the Lions need. they did even have to paly good just not horrible but they could not mange that now could they
I believed in them. As a Titans fan who packed it in after week 6, I really wanted to see a franchise finally make it to the big game for the first time. I completely forgot what happens to Cinderella stories.
People blame his calls for the 4th downs but this man got them further than any coach could in decades.
Even as a 9er fan, if it wasn’t because I wanted to see the rematch of the game that got me into football during the 2020 superbowl (European with a fiance who is a 9ers fan) I would’ve kinda wanted Detroit to win y’all deserved it.
Here’s the thing, it’s gonna get tough from here.
-Packers will be back
-San Francisco will still be around
-Eagles & Cowboys will be back
-Rams will be back
-Seahawks will be back
As far as the Eagles go:
The lions defense was beaten by one of the best offensive units in the league.
The Eagles were bent over by Baker Mayfield for four quarters of football. The Eagles were never in that game. They have serious work to do.
Bold of you to think the NFC east will have playoff success in the near future
Eh. Dallas will be Dallas, Eagles still have things to figure out w/o the capspace to do it, and the rest have no capspace. Only one relevant there is San Francisco.
Doesn’t SF have its own cap situation to deal with as well?
As a Packers fan I wanted Detroit to win so badly the only team id root for From the North (other than Green Bay.) I look forward to the battles for the division between teams.
I had the Lions making the Superbowl, but one thing I always learn from you Tree, "take the points." Campbell could've two FG and Lions should've won the game 3 time. But Campbell turn the Lions to the Changers and Falcons combined.
The worst thing is all the lions fans saying it was "ok he went for it because thats who he is"
I was really rooting for them to save us from the 49ers.
Damn you Dan Campbell.
He's a great coach. Lions fans should be proud of what he accomplished. Bright future for that franchise!
Even if I wasn't a Niners fan I'd still think this video would be hilarious. Those sound effects are classic!
I have hopes for this team, lets just hope they arent squandered
At least Detroit is back on the football map
I don't see it. I still consider them tomato cans until they hoist Lombardi
Detroit is on the golfing map right now, bub. Football is week to week, and their season’s finito.
We’ll see how they do come August, when the 2024-25 season begins w/ a new ball of wax.
Thank you dan
-sincerely all of us faithful
I'm still mind blown we went from Matt Patricia to this in 3 years.. Wish we made it all the way but hopefully we can compete for a long time.
As upset as the entire country is, they got to witness the most lions loss I’ve ever seen