👀 RUN THE FOOTBALL 👀 What's the problem Dan Campbell?! - Stephen A. & Shannon DEBATE 🗣️ | First Take
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- 👀 RUN THE FOOTBALL 👀 What's the problem Dan Campbell?! - Stephen A. & Shannon DEBATE 🗣️ | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Dan Orlovsky share takeaways from the Detroit Lions' loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
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Both 4th down attempts ❌
Gibbs fumble ❌ (He only had 1 all season as a rookie & I give him a pass for this)
Bobbled interception ❌
Reynolds 2 drops ❌
The Lions legit went back to their old ways at the worst time possible.
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As a Niners fan, you have a coach and players who have very little playoff experience. They will learn from them and be stronger in the future.
True they degressed in the second half and looked like they throw the game
As a fan. I can live with missed FG. Before i deal with dropped pass on 4th down. Down by 3. No one in America right that was a good idea.
Don't forget Reynolds 2 non catches.
Dan Campbell to the dealer at Blackjack after getting 18: "Hit Me"
Don't be silly, Dan Campbell just splits a 20.
He had four aces and instead wanted a pair, lol.
😂😂😂
Hahahahha he the type to double down with 20 against the dealer bust card
You guys are straight crazy....lol.....
When you are winning, you shouldn't coach like you are losing. A different mindset is necessary. Take the points when you are winning. That makes it more difficult for a team to comeback from a large deficit. No need to be a gambler ALL the time. Like Kenny Rogers said, "You gotta know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em; know when to walk away; and know when to run."
Totally agree with Shannon here. My family are Falcons fans and we have a saying: "RUN THE BALL SHANAHAN! IDIOT!". The Lions should have kicked the field goal, and when they lined up to go for it I turned to my daughter and said "if they don't make it they'll lose this game". The situation called for a kick. If you miss it you're in the same boat, but if you make it you have put the 49s behind by three scores and kept the crowd out of it. I'm no analyst or coach, but it seemed like the smart, easy call to me.
Kicking for points would have put some momentum back into the lions.
Not when you have a kicker as bad as Bagley. Go look at his stats. Career 50% from 45 yards +.
77% on kicks from 40-49ft. Never missed a single one all season. He's not bad enough to go for it in these situations@@acepiston5552
You have to factor you're on the road and the crowd is out of it. Kick the FG, up 3 scores and the game is basically over.
The 2nd one was just beyond me. If you score a TD, SF still gets the ball with a chance to win. If you don't get it and they score a TD, game is over. An all time blunder and indefensible decision.
You said you are a Falcon's fan that Super Bowl must have been devastating, so you're used to seeing collapses in big games. I'm a Packer fan, so I'm used to the same d*** thing. Packer's lions both had their chances against the 49ers.
Him not kicking FGs is what directly lead to the drops D.O. If he kicks there are no drops
Exactly. D.O. is so dumb
All of yall are dumb. It amazes me that football is the most popular sport in America and yet so many still don't understand it
I played enough Madden to know you kick the FG in the 3rd to make it a THREE POSSESSION game in an away championship game. Momentum is a real thing. Dan Campbell blew it.
@@YourFriendFuegYou can feel the momentum shift completely after they didn’t go for that FG. It lead to the lucky catch
You do know detroit kicker was signed week 17th. The boy couldn’t kick.
Dan Campbell also cost Detroit a win against Dallas when he should have kicked the PAT after the refs botched the 2pt.
So you know for a fact they win in OT? Why are yall so anti intellectual?
They also went gif it 3 times on 4th and goal from the 4 or 5, didn’t score once. Lost by 1. Kick the effing fg
@xcwilliams7980 because this is the take Era and it's sad. It will forever boggle my mind that football is the most popular sport in the US and yet most people feel the need to comment about it but think and know so little of it.
That refs call was immensely rigged
@@xcwilliams7980 listen I'm a Dallas Fan, and I think we could have drove in range of our kicker. But it still cost them ANY chance of winning by not just kicking the ball.
Shannon Sharpe was born to be a sports analyst. Awesomely entertaining and makes fanrastic points to go on top if it. Excellence.
Vs the Cowboys they had 3 chances to kick the PAT. He kept going for 2 and they lost the game. Finished the year 12-5, just like SF & Dallas. Could've had the 1 seed. This is an ego issue. Whether you win by 50 or by 1, a win is a win. SF comes out of the half and you hold them to 3, you get down in field goal range and don't want to match their 3 to keep it a 17 pt game? Dumb coaching. Drop your ego and play the game.
he was trying to limit injuries in that Game Lions are a better team then the 49ers and we proved it till second half Lions controlled the Game fluke things happen and the lions lost the game
@@stevep-he8ctyeah ok lol
Thank you totally agree
Yeah you're stupid. Lions kicking game is not good. Lions defense is streaky. The only thing that they have consistency in is their offense. He knew the key to winning the game was maximizing offensive possessions. I'm pissed he didn't go for the touchdown at the end of the half. If they get that, they go up 21 and win. He does not have an ego issue at all. You're crazy for even thinking that my man. Bringing up the Cowboys game too smh. They ultimately went for 2 from the 3 instead of the 2 yard line. That's a marginal difference. Detroit is not as good of a team as San Fran and they're on the road. Have to take chances to win because field goal attempts with an average at best kicker won't win big games
Honestly I lost respect for Dan Campbell this is all on him why do you need to go for 4th down up by 14 when you can just go up 17 and keep momentum
D.O starting to blow me. Bro this isn’t a regular game it’s Win or go home
Me too. I used to think he was a good analyst, but man, his takes have been awful lately.
Me too. That’s what Shannon keep telling him.
He's a loser player who played on the loser Lions.. He doesn't know how to win. He helped the Lions go 0-16.. 😂
He gets on my nerves, I can tell why he wasn’t that successful as a QB his thinking really disturbs me
D.O. Losing mindset lol, you take the points in the playoffs, extend the lead and kill off the momentum. Winners have in game adjustments!
This is not Detroit Dan, this is the superbowl!
Why do you ponder going on 4th down?
Facts!!!! i would rather go in OT!!! 27 to 27 still have a chance to go to the superbowl than!!!! loseing 24 to 27 no chance of going to the superbowl.
Underrated comment
He ain’t n the sb😂
@@briananderson9650 its a comment about Bret Favre throwing it when he was with the Vikings
If he kicks the field goal on 4th and 2 the crowd stays in there seat. Momentum swing
If he **MAKES** the field goal. MAKES. And it wouldn't have been an easier chip shot either.
This take perfectly illustrates the difference between an 0-16 QB mindset vs a multiple SB champion mindset.
Big facts
Best comment
It shows Shannon doesn't know the Lions and DO does. DO knows Badgley's number past the 40 yard line. Shannon doesn't, and that's why he's chirping.
play nice!!
Thank you! DO is sometimes so useless in his take lol. Even if Detroit went 25-25 on 4th down but its NFCCG game and down 3, kick a FG and tie it! every defense is not the same so you as a coach need to think different. This is 49ers and not Bears where you can think you can win by doing whatever you have done so far!
Let be 100% clear. Dan Campbell lost this game being stubborn. In the playoffs, you always take the points, not the risk. Dan keeps wanting to go for it on the 4th when there are points to take. His stubbornness cost them the Super Bowl. Yes, the 49'ers had a great comeback, but if it wasn't for Dan passing up on points, the 49'ers would have lost this game. If I am the owner. I need to see you in my office the moment the plane lands in Detroit. The owner needs to make it clear. If I see you pass up on points again, your @ will be fired. Dan passed up on points in Dallas and lost. Someone should get to Dan to make better decisions as a head coach. He lost this game for his team.
Let’s also be 100% clear that Dan Campbell got them to the NFC championship since 1991
What a ridiculous take... was Dan on the field dropping crucial passes? Was Dan on the field fumbling the ball? Dan Campbell is 100% the reason this Detroit team was even there in the first place. Look at what he has done for the franchise in just 3 years time. He takes chances and lives with the results because he believes in his guys. If you think his job is even remotely in jeopardy you are sorely mistaken. MCDC took a garbage organization and made them contenders
Bandwagon fans who hopped on this season coming out the woodworks after this lose I see
@@nhawks23 Both things can be true ... he's done a great job with this team but he didn't learn the lesson in Dallas and now he's had a second opportunity ... take the points.
@@JustinV96 That very true but the topic is why and how did they lose the lead and the championship game. Not how they got to the championship game. Stay on topic.
To not attempt the field goal to tie the game back up after 💩in the lead was nail in the coffin crazy
Unc’s point is spot on! Stop trying to be the smartest man in the room and just take the points bruh… and watching Andy Reed switching it up when he needed to shows the separation in their coaching.. Dan saying they beat the bear and chargers going for it means absolutely nothing! Them trash teams 😂
Dude lost the cowboys game doing the same thing. Who cares if you win by 1 pt. Just win, don’t do all this bs to make a statement.
@@jjballers81 facts!!
Shannon sharpe said it- Dan thinks he is the smartest coach to ever coach. None of the great coaches in history have ever had to be that aggressive and they had players like Joe Montana and rice l, Brady and moss, mahommes and kelce and Tyreek and manning and Harrison. It’s not aggressiveness. It’s arrogance
Dan definitely blew someone for this job
If you truly think that about Dan you clearly haven’t been watching the lions all year. He’s been doing this all season and not once could you label this man as “arrogant”
@@readyjoe6427I’ve been watching him all year and saying it’s been a mistake all year and lnew that it would catch up in the playoffs. You can do these things against regular teams in regular situations but the cost is magnified in the playoffs. And it’s simple to me- of all the all time coach greats- none of them had to be this aggressive.
Take the honking points,go up 17, and relieve the pressure on your Young Team. It's about still being in the playoffs... A 3 possession game changes play calls...
@@samdiggly4292you're a weirdo
As a Detroit Native, this was the Greatest Season the Lions had in FRANCHISE HISTORY. I just hope the Lions are able maintain this identity and have some consistency with having good seasons. I'm 31 years old so this was the FIRST TIME I've ever seen the Lions win a single playoff game since I've been born so I'm content with that to say the least.
With all that being said, the Lions should've kicked those FGs and got those 6 points.
We'll see how they come back from this next year bcuz we thought Detroit would be owning that division but Green Bay isn't goin anywhere and if Chicago gets Marvin Harrison Jr it's really gonna be a fight in that division
Gritty gets you through the season, Smart decisions get you to the Superbowl.
On behalf of my late father and uncles I'd point out that it was the greatest season in RECENT franchise history. Interestingly, their last championship came in 1957, and they won a legendary playoff game in San Francisco in which they trailed at halftime by the score of...wait for it...
24-7
I feel bad for the Lions because I really wanted to see that matchup again with Mahomles and Geoff did on Monday night football 🏈📺
"Factz", if you have to wait another 31 years, you won't be content!
Dan Campbell can say this is who we are all season long but his way didn’t get them to the SB. His way didn’t take account we’re in a hostile environment in the NFC Championship against an experienced Shanahan and his Niners defense!
Shannon is right. Just like the in the Falcons Super Bowl. RUN THE F-ING FOOTBALL. Just because you had great success with something in the regular season doesn’t make it the right decision in this game. Bulls had great success with Jordan scoring but that doesn’t mean the ball won’t go to Kerr for the open shot. You make the play that puts you in the best position to win. Kicking a field goal make it 3 possessions.
Anyone defending Dan Campbell is in denial. Those decisions were simply terrible coaching plain and simple
1,000 upvotes!
FACTS
So true!
He dropped the ball. Lol if he catches the ball everyone loves the decision. This Monday morning quarterback bs is ridiculous.
@@Michael-qg1ghwell, we will never know that.
I agree with Unc. As a coach, you have to be smarter and put your team in a position to win. It’s a situational decision. This makes me think that Dan will still go for it even IF they were down 3 with 1 second left in the 4th and within FG range. All season long, I’ve questioned the aggressiveness of Dan, and even said that it will hurt them in the playoffs.
Great minds think alike, because l was saying that same thing. If he do this type of coaching in the playoffs, it's gonna come back to kill this team
and what baffles me was he went for a field goal on a 4th and short before halftime
It didn’t work this time obviously, but that aggressive play is what got them two (crazy to say that as a Lions fan) playoffs wins! This is what got them there, and with a bad kicker from deep and outdoors, why go away from it?
I said at the time, watching the game, it's a mistake not to take the 3 points at 24-10. It would have stopped any momentum shift, kept it a three score game and would still have maintained their half-time 17 point lead. That would have been correct game management and that is to take nothing away from the great coaching job Dan Campbell has done all season.
I hate he went for it then but it was a great play call. Reynolds gotta catch that.
The brand new lions became the same old lions in the second half of this game.
That's the worst collapse I've seen in a 2nd half right behind the Atlanta Falcons 2nd half collapse against the Patriots in the Superbowl!!
I remember praising Campbell in the first half because he had the intelligence to kick a FG to go up by 3 scores (17 points) instead of gambling, I thought I misjudged him as reckless. Then he gets put in the exact same spot in the 3rd quarter (4th and 2, 24-10 in FG range) and inexplicably goes for it despite having the ability to go up 3 scores. Then he chooses to not make it a tie game in FG range on a 4th and 3. And when he ran the ball at the end of the game and needed to burn that TO, it was clear that his smart move at the end of the 1st half was probably just his "gut" agreeing with the numbers for once.
DC is a great motivator and a great leader, but his decision-making is atrocious; he is both the reason why the Lions made it this far and the reason they lost that game. He can learn from this experience, but his Lions may not be in this situation again, either.
Well said
Stop acting like the Lions kicker would have for sure made a 45 yard + field goal. Campbell trusts his players a ton (Lions had converted 19 of their past 24 4th down tries) and the aggressive play is the reason they’re there. Might as well stick with it, especially if there’s very limited faith in the kicker. Funny how no one is talking about how bad Bagley is from these distances, some people clearly didn’t watch this team all season (full games).
@@acepiston5552
You're missing the biggest part of this issue. Going for 4th down in Game 4 Game 7 or game 9 of the regular season is acceptable. But gambling that heavy on going for 4th down in a game that takes you to the Super Bowl is a completely different scenario.
@@acepiston5552 Being a head coach means understanding the situation your team is in. After all, he kicked a FG at the end of the 1st half instead of going for a 4th and 2 despite being really close to the end zone. He second guessed his own gameplan and sucked the momentum right out of his team.
Also, in the past 3 years, Badgley is 18 for 22 from 40-49 yards, seems like reasonable odds to me.
I’ll never understand, in all my years watching football, i’ll never understand why teams have good first halves then decide to change what they’re doing on offense at halftime. That’s the same exact problem my Eagles had this entire season. Had a good flow going on offense then we decide to change it for no reason and we have several 3-and-outs in a row. Blows my mind
Eagles only win against mid teams
@@nobytes2 yeah it’s not like we beat the current AFC champion in Arrowhead or anything
Colts too.
They get a lead, and then go conservative. Run it 3 straight times, rinse and repeat
its not that they change what they were doing on offense but more that the other team adjusts and corrects the flaws of the 1st half. Thats why Belichik had so many comebacks, he was a genius on the 2nd half
@@ThingSomeRandom still. watching from home beat them when it matters 😭
It’s all Dan Campbell’s fault for going for it twice on 4th, while being up 24-7 🤦♀️
You’re wrong
yea if he took the fgs Detroit wouldve scored 37
@@jfussell51that’s assuming their kicker makes it tho
Lion fans this year had no issues with going for it on all those 4th downs it's only an issue when it doesn't work
Yeah, let's give it to the kicker who's 7-15 from that range......yeah. Instead of doing something you're good at 4th down at a 75% clip
Score would have been tied if they scored a FG instead of going for the 4th down
What about Moody's first missed field goal? It's convenient to forget about the Niners blunders. But Lions get all the benefit of the doubt. BS.
@@ghostx4747 Yes, and despite that the 49ers gave Moody another chance and he made the field goal in the 3rd quarter. Now, how much did the 49ers win by again?
One coach understood there's no need to be so aggressive in a conference game, the other didn't. Plain and simple.
Not really, the 49ers defense was in prevent on that td. They didn't care if Detroit scored, just burn the clock as the % was in their favor (time /score/ onside probability). Good try at being Monday morning qb though.
That’s a 49yd field goal
the one thing Dan Campbell forgot is the difference between probability and impact. the probability of going for it on 4th works out when you are starting a game / when you are tied and for sure when you are behind - but if you are up by 17 at the half and keep on kicking field goals even if the other team scores TDs every single time (which they won't), they need 5 drives (point difference 4 per drive) to surpass you - by that time the game is long over. Kick those 2 FGs and you win the game. Lack of flexibility
Dan hasn’t been to a championship so he shouldn’t talk
Neither has Stephen A
It's 70 percent on Dan Campbell are you crazy Dan?
Him saying “the drops” is killing me, bro just wants to be the new skip bayless
DO is like, it’s the drops and the defenses making plays… and that’s why you kick the FGs lol
@@jonnytang9949 you're an idiot
I agree with Stephen A. and Shannon. Where is the running game in the 2nd half. Dan's got gambling issues. Playoffs are different stages. Lions gave it away. Can they repeat next season? It's hard.
It's simple, you take risks to build wealth. Once you have it, you risk less to maintain it. Don't be aggressive when the stakes are higher. Those analytics don't cover that scenario.
Nobody is talking about that 4th and goal when Campbell decided to kick the field goal. They were on the 2 yard line. He switched up then. So cut out that he aggressive stuff. You were 30 minutes from your first Super Bowl. Do what is needed to win, NOT what your ego is.
Dan has a big ego and it got in the way of them going to the Super Bowl.
" Macho - Macho Man, I want to be a macho man".
If he takes the field goal instead he wouldnt be down 10 with the 3 minutes left
If he catches the ball they win the game. There's enough blame to go around. Blaming Dan for the loss because he did what they've done all season weird. They guy dropped the ball. The offense called a great play. The coaches put the players a position to win the game and they made mistake after mistake. Even if he they go to overtime the lions were losing that game.
If anything he should've also went for it on fourth down before the half on 4th n goal when they had the momentum and the defense was tired.
@@Michael-qg1gh i think there needs to be some discretion involved when the other team has scored 17 unanswered and you are fighting for a chance at the superbowl not just some random regular season game. But I understand your sentiment
No one outside of Michigan thought this ragtag dumpster fire team was going to SB! They were celebrating in 2nd quarter?! Amateur coach, amatuer team, amateur organization!
1:45
Dan Campbell didn't fumble the ball didn't drop those passes but when your players do fumble the ball when your players do drop those passes as a coach you have to make decisions that will allow your team to overcome that.
And Dan Campbell didn't.
if you kick the field goals there will be no dropped passes - if you decide to throw as a coach you consciously take on the risk of a dropped pass - so this is on the play call and the coach after all
Situational awareness... Easy as that 🤷♂️
dan had an opportunity to take 3 points and keep momentum, he chose a riskier option ( with higher upside ) when he needed to keep momentum.
Like the Cowboys game Campbell was unable to change his plan given the change of fortune on the field.
He seems unable to adjust his mindset making this on on him.
A two possession game would’ve turned into a three possession game and would’ve been a chance to regroup. This is not a video game.
Sorry, I'm with Shannon. You gotta stick to the running if the running got you those yards. Kick the field goals and stop being aggressive. Who knows if they would've won if they kicked the field goals but maybe it would've changed the outcome. You would've been up forcing the 49ers to come up with drastic plays to catch up. Instead, you were doing the drastic plays.
It wasn’t just about missing FGs. It was about momentum. Kicker missed, what can you do? He’ll feel the shame. Getting stopped on 4th down, twice?! The soul of the entire team deflates and their entire team inflates. Way more damaging from a momentum standpoint than a missed FG.
Can’t stand DO’s takes but his facial expressions are priceless
If they kicked that field goal and go up by 17 points. That interception would have never happened on the other end. Dan Campbell is totally to blame.
Since the things that happened apart from Dan's decisions only happened in this game, that makes it more imperative for Dan to be situationally aware to have taken the points.
Sometimes the percentage play (especially if you are leading) is the right play even if analytics say otherwise. Just because they were highly successful all season doing it doesn't mean that you have to automatically keep doing it, especially in the Playoffs.......the law of averages will usually come back to bite you at some point and in the Playoffs the consequences of failure (i.e. the potential change of momentum) can have a far more greater impact on both teams than you realise at the time.
The percentage play is the analytics play genius.
@@xcwilliams7980 That's true, but the analytics are numbers in a vacuum and need to be adjusted to the situation. That's where understanding things beyond the numbers kicks in. In the exact same scenario in a regular season game, say against a sub-.500 opponent sure, that team might not come back and win. But this is the playoffs. You lose that gamble and you bring the crowd back into the game, you give the other team a reason to believe, and suddenly they smell the blood in the water. Analytics doesn't go out the window, but the high-stakes intensity of the situation changes so many of the variables that effect outcomes. Long story short, kick the FG.
He's got to catch the ball! 😆Excellent clip!
There’s no honor in losing. Do whatever you can to win
I completely agree with stephen and shannon its pretty obvious they abandoned the run.
It's playoff football. You have to put as many points on the board as you can. Take every point.
You take the points always
Going on 4th is more difficult in a championship game than in the regular season. Why put your players under stress when you’re up on the score.
Completely agree with Dan here. Dropped pass on 4th down and dropped int then fumble inside the 30 lost it. Was sad to watch, and I’m a Steelers fan.
DO took it personal when Shannon said he disagreed with him lmfao
It's OK. Vegas called. Lol
Same ole lions, restore the roar, meow, meow😂
How did the Lions turn from divisional champs to an 0-16 team in 1 QTR
Stephen A the football analyst 🤓
He's never even played a game of football in his life 🤡
@@JoshuaChristiansen-wm3vqfrom the evidence that’s come out, seems like he’s never even played basketball either aside from high school.
yet his opinion is the same as hall of famer Sharpe vs 0-16 orlovsky? that nfl exp really helped his analysis? 😂😂
Take The Points. You have to kick the Field Goals.
what makes it worse is, Goff was making all the throws in the face adversity and receivers failed em.
receivers really making Dan Campbell look worse when that was their identity.
I've never seen an NFL team go for it on 4th and 2 and pass on two field goals from the 30-yard line when you're up 24 to 7 then you pass on another kick that would have tied it you guys have six points on the board which would have been the game
Yes, in the 2nd half Detroit should've ran the ball. However, as aggressive as Dan has been all season, he pulls up at the end of the 1st half and settles for a FG on 4th and 1 at the goal line. Dan tried to be respectful and not run up the score on San fran. Hopefully this teaches him to never take his foot off the gas.
Dan thought that regular season shyt was gonna help in the playoffs. The audacity Dan!
DO sounds crazy on this take! Kick the field goals!!!!
5:06 D.O face when Shannon agreed with Stephen A😂
😂😂
Listening to Dan today is just as puzzling as watching witnessing Lamar's performance in the AFC title game. Just as Lamar did all regular season, Dan's been on point. Today however, he's also throwing into triple coverage. 😮
I think he is still holding onto a little bit of his detroit bias, tbh.
I love Unc: "You're exactly right Stephen A., I agree with you Stephen A." 😆
Never underestimate the benefit of hindsight
Reynolds catches those two drops and we're in. Truth.
Gee Dan, the Falcons used the same "this is not who we are" excuse when Dan Quinn cost them the SB51.
The worst part of this for Lions fans and something that will soon be brought up to discussion is they are almost certainly losing their OC to the Commanders HC job. Without Ben Johnson calling that offense they will most likely not be as good offensively next season. It’s the same situation the 49rs have been dealing with in losing their star coordinators each season and having to start again. I feel for you Lions fans you guys are easy to root for and should be proud of the season you’ve just had
yup as Eminem put it, "this opportunity is once in a life" they blew it
I don't ever want to see lions in any playoff game again ever
Gotta catch the ball I agree
@ 01:41, "They won 4 games this year by playing that style of football"
Ya, and that same style cost them a trip to the SB.
I’d say running out of the back of the end zone is a disaster and going 0-16 Dan😂😂😂😂
As a Bears fan, I was rooting for the Lions because their fans have put up with so much over the years.
I also remember how the Lions acted after the Bears owned them for the entire game in Detroit, but threw the game away in the last 2 minutes.
The Bears owned them again when they played in Chicago two weeks later and it seems that they know how to beat them.
Too bad for the Lion fans and Campbell is a good coach but should have taken the points when they were there.
Agree with Orlovski... Might not have been the best decisions but you have to stay true to your identity as a leader
Exactly what I said as well, Steven A.. I was looking for 21 more runs & 3 more Td's.. The run would have created first down, killing the clock, & wearing the 49ers defense down even more.. Detroit gave this game away gift wrapped 🎁.. because of it..
Momentum is such a huge factor. Dan hesitated on the 4th down play when everyone knew he should have taken the points. From that point on they collapsed. The rest of their game plan went out the window with it. I’m no Lions fan but it was embarrassing to watch. The team collapsed because of Dans inability be smart. I mean it was just unreal watching it. I feel bad for the fans. They have a selfish coach that cares more about “identity” than winning games.
This right here, especially the last sentence
I agree
BS. We llost mostly behause of Bad luck (helmet bang) and the early fumble. Both unnecessary and unusual.
Dam that's take the points
Danny O just put two people in body bags lmao 🤣
Stop it
Cambell passed on 3 points twice, they lost by 3!!!
As a Lions fan, it's hard to be mad at the coach. This was the most successful season I've seen them have. Knowing his style, I'm not surprised he went for it. What irked me at the time were those drops by Reynolds.
That said, I do wish we would've taken one of those field goals. Enough blame for everyone
You should be mad, because Dan cost them a Super Bowl, where they would have actually had a great chance at beating The Chiefs! Next season, Baltimore and Detroit will have a harder road.
@HardCold-Alquan This is basically the first time we've made the playoffs. I can't ignore that
The tide turned quickly when Aiyuk caught the ricochet ball inside the one yard line.
On the NFL RIG.
Dan went on a field goal on 4 and goal 2 yards away first half but didn't kick 2 fields goals in second half. 1 to keep lead and 1 to tie. That sound a like RIG
Ok Dan, why did they go for the FG when they were 2-3 yds out from the goal line before the end of the first half? It'd make a lot more sense to go for it there than to go for a 4th down attempt on the 35 yd line like they did in the 2nd half.
There is no reason to be ultra aggressive when you're up by a lot. Keep the pressure on the opposing team, don't let them gain more momentum. If you're losing, of course being aggressive makes sense. And the audacity to compare the regular season vs the playoffs is insane. You fail a 4th down attempt in the regular season, you live to see another day, not in the playoffs.
Man, Dan Campbell is the reason this team is here in the first place
And he’s the reason y they aren’t winning a ring
Two things can be true
they can jump him all he wants .. he did push them to get there.. 3rd quarter they fell off
Yea of course he’s a great coach just take the points you would have made it harder
You can criticize someone’s decision making and still support them overall
Everyone's talking about Dan Campbell when Kyle Shannon blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl, and the next day, he gets a headcoaching job. C'mon man
@richardolney1822 Falcons were on the patriots 20 yard line it's the 4th quarter your up by 8 points and you have matt ryan drop back take a sack plus a holding pentaly. And gives the ball back to tom brady with 3 minutes left.
@richardolney1822 also he blew a 10 point lead against the chiefs 4 years ago in the superbowl 😂 but what do I know
I agree with all of them in a degree, they should’ve been pounding the run game more during the second half like they did all first quarter, josh messed up on multiple plays too so thats on him hit ya in the hands you gotta make a play. But also the field goals would have slowed the momentum of the game, you get the points get kickoff unit set them up with less yardage and the other team wont have the same fire they had after managing to get a stop on 4th down.
That timeout at the end of the game was absolutely unconscionable. Say what you will about the other calls, but an NFL head coach has to know that under no circumstances can you take a timeout at that moment. There is absolutely no excuse for that. The game was over as soon as he took that timeout. It was actually shocking to see a coach at that level make a call like that. I think it is fair to question Dan Campbell's in-game coaching decisions when you factor in the fact that he didn't kick it to tie the game, and the stuff from the Cowboys game. He has great traits as a coach, but there is no doubt that his in-game decision making is severely lacking.
Going for the 4th down is a risk/return thing, but "return" measured very differently in different situations. When you had a big lead, 7 vs 3 points wouldn't make a big difference -- maintaining the lead would be disheartening enough for your opponent. But for the trailing team, stop bleeding is about live-or-die. In short, your gain (if succeeded) vs their gain (if failed) was not proportional. I am a 49er's fan, I was "crying" for the lions to run for 4th down in the 3rd quarter, because I thought that'd be our only opportunity to come back
Run the ball and kick both field goals in the 3rd and 4th quarter and put yourself in position to put the pressure on the 49ers to come from behind
🤣💯SAS and Shannon
They tried teaming up and failed 😂 danny.O 🎉
I don’t think we would be killing Dan if he took the 3 points tbh. As fans thats what we are used to
Yep, take the points, you keep the pressure on Niners. They have to score and the clock keeps on running.
Not taking them field goals and not converting made them play tight and tighter u take them points to give your team a cushion so they don’t have to play so tight
Breaking news!!!! Points is better than no points.
Take the points...
Momentum is everything. MCDC was looking for a big passing play that would give thw team some confidence and momentum. They ran the ball after gibbs fumble and got nothing. 9ers defense just stepped up in 2nd. Our defense is the problem I have with the lions. When you offense struggles. The defense should step up and don't.
He kicked the field goal so that touchdown that you got at the end then you could’ve decided if you wanted to go for the win with the 2 or Ot