Dan Campbell expressed he is expecting more from Detroit Lions 'reliable' players.
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00:00 John Dan Campbell has come out and said after the week two loss that he expects more from
00:03 his reliable players.
00:05 What do you make of that being the case from Dan Campbell?
00:08 Yeah, I understand exactly where Dan Campbell is coming from.
00:12 A lot of uncharacteristic mistakes from the Detroit Lions against the Seahawks.
00:16 Early in the game, CJ Gardner Johnson, a veteran leader, takes an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty
00:21 early in the game and you realize, okay, potentially the moment against the Seahawks got a little
00:28 bit too emotional for the Lions and they got a little bit undisciplined.
00:31 You recognize that the game plan obviously was to limit the effectiveness of the Seahawks
00:37 offense and quite frankly, Vito, the defense didn't do a good enough job consistently pressuring
00:43 Geno Smith.
00:44 They were able to, you know, find their way into the backfield but they couldn't close
00:48 the deal.
00:49 Tackling issues popped up.
00:51 You saw a plethora of mistakes.
00:53 David Montgomery coming out of the half fumbles the football.
00:56 Aiden Hutchinson, who is a high draft pick, somebody expected to take the next step forward
01:02 in his sophomore year, couldn't win his one-on-one battles against the offensive line of the
01:07 Seahawks that was also dealing with injuries.
01:09 So for Dan Campbell, I understand that he's recognizing that, hey, this is a young football
01:14 team but bottom line, your best players have to go out there and perform like your best
01:20 players and if there's going to be a lot of unforced errors, mistakes, turnovers, the
01:24 Detroit Lions cannot win football games having multiple turnovers, Jared Goff throwing the
01:29 pick six, miscommunication in the secondary and between a young rookie and Jameer Gibbs
01:34 and Jared Goff, you can't have that.
01:37 You got to be in sync, especially when you're facing competition that has extra motivation
01:42 and a sense of desperation that the Seahawks did have, Vito.
01:46 So you look at Dan Campbell and he wants his roster, his best players need to perform at
01:50 a high level, otherwise the losses could rack up here in the early part of the season.
01:55 Jon, thanks for all the time.