Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell discusses challenges of defense facing quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
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00:07 We need takeaways, we need takeaways.
00:10 We gotta convert on third down on offense and we need takeaways on defense.
00:13 I think that's what we have to come away this game with and
00:17 I think we'll say that all year long.
00:19 >> Is there equivalent with Mahomes?
00:21 Is there a make him go left strategy that you want to enforce to,
00:26 I guess, weaken what you can do?
00:28 >> Make him go backwards.
00:30 >> [LAUGH] >> And
00:32 never turn around where he can throw back that way, just that way.
00:36 That would be about the best way to sum it up.
00:40 Yeah, look, this guy is tough, and that's the easy answer to all this.
00:46 He is a highly competitive, highly instinctive, aware player, and
00:51 he is the engine in this offense.
00:54 Everything runs through him, he makes it go.
00:56 And then around him, he's got these pivotal pieces, 87 being one of them.
01:00 And man, when you're all on the same page like they are and
01:04 they have communication without saying a word, it's tough.
01:09 But there's a way to, I think,
01:14 limit what they do a little bit.
01:18 And it's gonna take every one of us over there defensively.
01:21 And it's one thing, you gotta play your keys, do your job.
01:25 But then when the play breaks down, God, we gotta stay alive.
01:29 And you may have to stay alive for six, seven seconds.
01:31 And you better find out where 87 is when that play breaks down too.
01:35 So, but no, he's as good as they come.
01:39 He's as tough as they are to play.
01:41 He's a great player.
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