Detroit Lions Dan Campbell suggests NFL coaches avoid being aggressive due to backlash.
coach Dan Campbell made plenty of waves with his decisions to go for it on five different occasions against the Green Bay Packers. In the team's 34-31 win, the Lions converted on four of those attempts.has gotten extra attention for his aggressiveness given the situations in which the team went for it against Green Bay. Their one failed attempt came on a fourth-and-1 on their own 30-yard line.
Additionally, the Lions elected to go for it with the game tied and less than a minute left in the game. While they were within field goal range,opted to go for it as a first down would've allowed Detroit to run the rest of the clock down prior to a field goal from Jake Bates., who rank ninth in the league in fourth down attempts with 23, converted on a run by David Montgomery.
“I don’t know. Well, here’s the obvious. What happens when we don’t get that? That’s the obvious. Well, we’re moving to the next house," Campbell said. "That’s why. To each his own, there’s plenty of philosophies that work in this league. And you can win a lot of games doing it your way, and I just lean more this way. It doesn’t mean that we’re always gonna be this way, but that was right for that game.”has experience in a number of unique late-game situations.
While Campbell has become one of the figures most synonymous with taking risks, he admitted that he won't always opt to take a chance. Rather, his decisions are based on evaluating each situation. Against Green Bay, he felt that the aggressive decisions were what the team needed to win. “I think everything that I’ve been through as a coach, a lot of those come in. Things that happened in New Orleans, certainly things that have happened here," Campbell said. "And then you think about how the game has gone, where you’re at, where your guys are at. Where you feel like you’re best suited to finish the game out. Look, if you think you can win the game and you don’t have to worry about anything else after that moment, I’m gonna be drawn to that more times than not.
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