Film Study: What's to make of Jack Campbell's rookie season for the Detroit Lions? 

eh not better just inconsistent, he was awful vs tampa

I was just about to say this. Had him playing edge and de at times. Not his game. He's a pure mike.

The biggest reasons for this was the Anzalone & Barnes were playing great at LB & because they struggled so much with that Jack LB & edge rusher (opposite Aiden obviously) so because they had 2 LBs playing so well they were just trying everything to generate pressure in the beginning middle of the season

You weren’t in the room bro. You don’t knew what his strengths are or aren’t. They played him at edge due to injury and they wanted to have their best backers on the field.

@@adgee5401 you don't need to be "in the room" to identify what the film says. Both things can be true by the way regarding them playing him out of position and them doing it out of necessity.

@@adgee5401you’re right, Anazalone and DB were playing really good as the main backers. But Campbells strengths is playing as a pure Mike, which we didn’t do. It worked for the most part, and eventually Glenn gave him the reigns at Mike occasionally towards the end of the year where he had some really good games. It will be interesting to see him in year 2 with a new D-line

Lmfao. Here it is! The infamous “He MakEs TaCkElS’ post. And the smugness after is the cherry. Here. Allow me. 125 tackles as a rookie-Ernie Sims. 111 tackles in 2004-Earl Holmes 112 tackles in 2001-Chris Claiborne 104 tackles in 2004- Teddy Lehman. Literally the dumbest point anybody makes is a high tackle number. Now here’s a huge super secret thing. Linebacker back up the line. No really. They clean up what the line funnels to them. Defensive tackles don’t actually make hundreds of tackles-they usually engage blockers and eat space for the LB to make the play. A guy can have 40 tackles in a game and if they’re all 7 yards down field, he didn’t do his job.

@@thomaswatkins3686 yeah not reading allat he’ll be a good player but we’ll see how it goes…

I’m mad that you’re right

Exactly, Anzalone is spying him. I think Campbell is going to be a very good football player. I'm not sure why he keeps referring to Campbell as slow, he's a LB'er not a db.

Anzalone is always out of position a day late and a dollar short on every play

​@@FlairVSSavage I'll never understand the Anzalone hate. Dude has made so many big plays, put up very impressive numbers for Detroit... and yeah, on occasion makes a bonehead play...like all do. He has unquestionably been Detroit's best coverage linebacker his entire time in, forces and recovers fumbles, gets a lot of tackles for loss, and a few sacks... Your words have no effect on anyone who knows football.

Yo the tape don’t lie

But he wasn’t elite? And he shouldn’t have the green dot lol

@@mr.lucaln7097 can you read? He said only Luke Kuechly has been elite since day one. Campbell has potential we will see how he does in year 2

houston injured

@@kylegabriel5794 and yet. I don't think it was due to lack of edge rushing depth

After one year?!

@@chriswil5919 after one year