Anyone who ISN'T blaming him for the 4th down call is reaching.Sriracha wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:09 pmAnyone blaming Dan Campbell for the 4th down try is reaching.Pac_Eddy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:21 pmI think the Gibbs fumble and the Aiyuk catch off the DBs facemask, and the dropped 4th down passes will haunt them more.FantasyFreak wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:01 pm
Yeah, I agree. I think it's possible the Lions have peaked. This was their real shot at a SB. The division is getting tougher, they are likely losing their OC, and they stayed fairly healthy this year. You need things to go right sometimes, and while they do have a good young roster, there is no guarantee they can get back again.
He may not regret it, but Lions fans will likely be haunted by this game and his decisions for a long, long time.
If it works people praise him for having the balls to make that call. If it doesn't people act like it was the worst decision of all time.
At the end of the day it was an aggressive play that just didn't work out. He's been doing this all year and that's a big part of what got this team here.
If you're divvying blame here these plays impacted the game much more than the 4th down conversion attempt
At the end of the day, it was a negligent call, and it was the catalyst that swung the game in the 49ers favor.
People all around the football world seem to like to chalk bad decision making up to "it was just aggressive". I refuse to believe that narrative. While it certainly was aggressive, that's not all it was. It was also stupid.
Oh, and by the way.
Dan Campbell mismanaged the clock LAST WEEK, TOO. He gave the BUCS a chance, and the BUCS screwed up. This is a trend. The Dallas game, the TB game, the NFC Title Game.
The Lions version of Goldberg doesn't seem to know WTF he's doing in key situations. At all.