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00:00Game
00:01You're in field goal range in a tie game means you kick the field goal takes four or five seconds
00:06Green Bay is going to get the ball back
00:08and dan campbell said
00:10Screw that
00:12I don't want him to get the ball back
00:14I'm going for it and he went for it
00:17After some you know, he let the clock tick down to 43 seconds
00:20They called the timeout and they put the offense back on the field
00:24So you can't call back-to-back timeouts you could take a delay of game
00:30But it's it's it's it's it's the first time i've ever seen a coach do this
00:36I'm, not saying it hasn't happened. It's the first time i've ever seen a coach
00:40Pass on a go-ahead field goal late in the game to say
00:45I'm running more clock. I am backing them into the clock corner
00:49Where they can't get the ball back
00:51The first time i've seen it
00:53Is
00:54So i've said this about dan campbell for a while
00:57I don't think you can judge his aggressiveness on fourth down without zooming out and looking at the big picture
01:05And I think the big picture is he has changed the dna of this organization
01:11I think his fourth down risks
01:13And his fourth down decision making
01:16Is all about instilling belief in his offense and his defense
01:21I think he's telling his offense
01:22I think you can get this
01:25And they have started to think we can get this and I think he's telling his defense
01:31If we don't get it, I think you're going to get the stop
01:36But I don't think you can judge him alone
01:39On what it means in that moment of time
01:41I think one of the reasons dan campbell one of the reasons I should say that the culture has changed
01:47And that the lion's dna has changed
01:49Is because of dan campbell's
01:51way of coaching
01:54And that doesn't mean he's always going to go for it i'd always endorse it
01:58Like like there's still season to be played. There are still big moments
02:03Where he's in the process of building them up and instilling belief
02:08If that were a super bowl, i'm not because there is no next game after that
02:11There's no more other big game that you're preparing for. It's the biggest game. I think he might have kicked the field goal there
02:17But there are still big games to be played and there are still going to be fourth downs that they need to convert
02:24I also think there was a little
02:28A little bit of um
02:30Calling the like he didn't I don't think the packers
02:34Expected them to go for it. I think the packers
02:37A little bit of calling the bluff here
02:40Lined up and I will bet money
02:42Bet money
02:44That deep down in the recesses of the brains of the 11 guys that were on the field for the green bay packers
02:50They had just stuffed the lions on the third and one and earlier in the second half
02:53They stuffed the lions on that fourth and one
02:57I'll bet deep down if each one of those 11 guys that was on the field asks themselves
03:03Did I actually expect them to snap the ball?
03:06Or was I more concerned with not jumping off sides
03:09Which is what I think a lot of people thought they were trying to do. I would bet that each green bay packer when asked
03:16Did you fire off the ball?
03:19With the same intensity that you did on the previous play and the fourth and one earlier in the second half
03:25I don't think you get 11 for 11 saying yes
03:30I think that was the checkers to chess moment where
03:33It wait, this doesn't make sense he's trying to get us jump off sides. We're not going to do it. Holy crap. He ran the play
03:41Because not only did they make it
03:44It looked easy the lions had a many short yardage situations and many runs where they didn't get much
03:52green bay's run defense is legit
03:55And the lions had run, right?
03:58On third and one didn't get it they ran right on fourth and one and didn't get it and they ran right there
04:05And it was relatively easy
04:09But here's the other thing that dan campbell did in that moment
04:14This team has strengths and weaknesses
04:17Especially with the roster and the team that they put on the field last night
04:21You know what dan campbell did my best unit is my offense
04:25I'm going to win this game with my offense
04:31I'm going to put it in the hands of my best unit
04:35And this goes back to
04:38You know putting the basketball in the hands of the best player in the last play of the game
04:42Or putting your top power play unit out there. Oh, you're the golden bat rule with major league baseball, doug, right?
04:49Putting your best hitter up there with the game on the line, right? So this is
04:53He has one incredibly strong offense
04:58I mean right now statistically the best in the nfl
05:03And he's got a defense that's that's that's taped together. It's a skeleton crew
05:09That does an incredible job with what they're putting out there
05:13and credit aaron glenn
05:16And you could still win it with the defense and special teams
05:19But the best thing he puts on the field is his offense and he he he said i'm winning it with my offense
05:27Now I always say it's part of the dan campbell experience
05:30It's a fascinating analysis of since when since dan campbell took over the detroit lions
05:37According to fox
05:39The lions have gone for it on fourth down 140 times
05:44Since dan campbell took over
05:46Since dan campbell took over
05:50That's the most in the nfl over that period of time
05:54As one might expect the conversions 77 most in the nfl in that time
06:02When you're in the opponent opposing team's red zone well in field goal range dan campbell's gone for it 39 times
06:10most in the nfl
06:12The number of fourth down touchdowns they had two last night
06:18Will you go for it on fourth down and score a touchdown the lions under dan campbell have done that 17 times
06:24Most in the nfl, but here is I think the most telling stat
06:29How dan campbell thinks?
06:32Because you know who usually goes for it the most on fourth down
06:38Teams that are trailing
06:41When you have to go for it
06:44Teams that are losing in the second half of games down two scores down one score down three points late
06:52Those teams get forced to go for it on third down
06:57When you're losing you're more likely to go for it on third fourth down than when you're winning
07:03And this is the most telling thing about dan campbell
07:07Since he has taken over the detroit lions
07:11Fourth down attempts with the lead
07:16The lions have gone for it with the lead under dan campbell 61 times the most in the nfl
07:26He is a kill shot kind of coach he is trying to finish you off
07:33And you know what I I kind of feel like saying if you don't like it that's fine
07:38But you better get used to it
07:43Yeah, you better get used to it
07:44But even last night was a kind of a shocker to those and I feel like I am used to it doug
07:48I I know what dan campbell is trying to do what he's done since he got here you talk about the belief
07:54The that he stalls in his defense and offense and whoever is out there
07:58I believe in you to get the first down and I believe in you guys to stop him if we don't
08:01Yep, that started as soon as he walked through the door at allen park. He's been doing this. You read it off all the numbers
08:07He's been doing this from the very beginning. So that belief started a long time ago
08:10So now it's just a part of their dna and that's who they are and you also mentioned
08:14Everyone wants the perfect plan right the perfect ending all this stuff
08:18He's going for the perfect ending
08:20You know what?
08:20The perfect ending is there is no time left on the clock and we decide whether we win lose or draw this game
08:25We will decide it you will not get the ball back
08:28He's trying to do the most perfect thing you can possibly do and that's why he went for it last night because we're ending this
08:33Thing no matter what you're right. Yep. No time left. Yep
08:38That's that's who they are man
08:41and it's it's I think it's absolutely debatable because I think I know there's a lot of fans that don't agree with the decision even
08:46though the outcome worked out
08:48well
08:49I I think that in the big picture, they're better because of these decisions not because they make it all the time
08:57but because
08:59The way it's changed the culture
09:01And the way it's programmed the players to think
09:04I actually think because he does what he does
09:07It brings out the best in them