Lions HC Dan Campbell Admits to One Regret from the NFC Championship Game | The Rich Eisen Show 

sadly, you are not in the minority. But you definitely should be.

​@@caliguy525😅

How do you feel about him passing on 2 field goals to lose by 3? Lmfao cause apparently he's still cool with those trash decisions.

@@FlopBrosHockey With a kicker than was under 50% over 40 yards? What would you say if the kicker had missed both of those FG attempts.

@@FlopBrosHockey - Campbell had trust and faith in his players when going for it on 4th down. They had a real good conversion rate for the year. Reynolds dropped 3 all season. Gibbs had no fumbles. Valdor, I don't want to say it, but choked on the int.

Totally agree, nothing is perfect, not even head coach's. He has made more right decisions than bad ones, I'll give him a pass. We do need a kicker though.

Brandon Staley needs to take an unpaid internship with Dan. Could really help

Why is Badgely still the kicker for the Lions going into the NFC Championship game, if the coach is not really confident he can make a 43 yarder to tie the game? Either way, Campbell is responsible. And Campbell has done an excellent job in Detroit (no BS).

@@glow4417 If you know a reliable kicker sitting on the couch at home, I am sure MCDC and Holmes would love their contact information. I mean that seriously.

​​@@glow4417Idk we can't find a good kicker I guess😂

@@glow4417just out of curiosity is it the coach’s or GM’s responsibility to find a good kicker?

Thanks for bringing this up. Was going to when found your post. We weren't the only NFC team with a kicker problem. U of M's Moody lost the 49ers 1 game & the Super Bowl.

The whole RBBC dynamic is gonna change. Montgomery is gonna be mostly a short yardage, goaline guy. Gibbs will get hand offs, screen passes, and passes, with a ton of burst yards (YAK and just pure rushing yards.) He could, repeat could, see 1000 rushing yards as well as 1000 receiving yards next year. Remember, they didn't have a plan for him at the start of the year as they worked out in camp what he could and couldn't do, and he was injured and out a couple games, and STILL put up some amazing stats. Barring injury, he could be 1000+ rushing and receiving with double the amount of TDs.

@@aliwantizu Got to agree with you. This guys potential is off the charts. If he stays healthy, defenses are going to have to target him specifically. Eisen is right, this dude is a stud. When you target stopping him, Jameson is an up and coming all pro wide receiver. Don't forget Laporta. David Montgomery is an excellent in between guy. What a draft.

Exactly, it's the laziest media narrative which needs to die. Their kicker wasn't even guaranteed to make the extra point attempts, let alone a 40+ yard FG outdoors. The lions had opportunities to win the game, Reynolds drop and vildors non interception were potential game altering plays that they whiffed on

Lions blew it😂

Did you fact check yourself before typing your comment or did you just but the buzz the media put out? Lions kickers were 17-19 all season 1 miss was a chip shot and another was from 53 yards. Pretty terrible from beyond 40 yards? The only missed kicked from beyond 40 was that missed 53 yard kick. Get outta here with your nonsense and learn to fact check yourself

The kicker was fine this season.

@@MrMurder0321 Micheal Badgley for his career is 77% 40-49 yards and 38% from 50+. League avg for 50 yards is 71%. This game was outdoors, on the road, with high pressure. Detroit also doesn’t let him kick from distance, so he is only kicking chip shots to begin with. He wasn’t our kicker most of the year (he was nobodys kicker because he stinks) so “Detroit’s kickers” is irrelevant. Don’t talk to me about doing research when you are referencing the stats of different people Mr. Sports scholar 😂

Every time I thought Gibbs was gonna go off, Montgomery always had to siphon off a few carries and some long yards lol

I consider Monty to be a baller, but that tends to happen if you like wins for your football team more than some whack fantasy mess. 😅

Jamo is going to be targeted more too next season.

@@woosa42 ya but i see less wqeapons on our team bc i dont think Reynolds is getting resigned

@@coryvallad7578buddy Reynolds is the biggest reason the Lions lost that NFC championship. Dude choked on the big moment, let him walk.

​@@DirtyDLions685Agreed! First one wasn't a great ball. Then he's yucking it up up on the sideline. Second one hit him in the stomach. Bring back DJ.

​@@DirtyDLions685sad, Reynolds had such a great year besides that nfccg

Harbaugh won though 🤨

If Reynolds catches that 4th down pass that hit him in both hands and the Lions score a TD on that drive, the game is probably over…

So, now the expectation is that every play needs to be executed perfectly? Why even have a punter or kicker? Just go for it on 4th down every time and blame it on execution.

Yup, and you can be sure that he will continue making mistakes, accept it and move forward in the next game too. I mean who cares about wins when you have authenticity.

I might think that also....if, I hadn't watched carefully (several times) every single play Jahmyr Gibbs was on the field last season.

He was spot on. Having Breece Hall in front of Jahmyr Gibbs in fantasy is nothing short of ridiculous

He is not "aggressive for no reason". He is aggressive to win games, and it works.

Wtf does “aggressive for no reason” even mean? Lmao

And so is Jamo.

Both 4th downs would have been at least 45 yard kicks….please stop making things up

The NFL does have minor league teams. They're called the CFL and XFL

​@@gnatgnutz7139 wrong. They are not associated with the NFL and XFL doesn't exist

Is there still a NCAA NIL rule? What dimension are you from? Is there still a rule...you make it sound like it's been a thing for decades...

@@houseofchinn6112 I don't know, I don't read the NCAA or NFL regulations book?? I know things have changed, Why can't they practice with NFL teams?

@@rrpearsall smh wow. Why can't civilians just walk into the white House and start chatting it up with anyone they see freely? Use common sense You act like NIL been around for awhile and you said NCAA NIL rule. So you make it sound like it was just invented since NIL is recent..

They will, yes. This year, hmm, yeah if Tom returns for one more year 🐐

All downhill from here

@@scgtyurPacker fan?

It's amazing how many people like you don't understand math. You get in this mindset and assume what a situation dictates the right play call to be "because that's how it's always been done" and ignore the players on the field. You have no idea how many games have been LOST because of that thinking. The fact is that it was less of a gamble to go for those conversions that to kick the FG's. The result of a play doesn't determine whether or not the best decision was made. It just says whether or not it worked in that exact moment.

@@paulmayer8654 the only time any NFL team should ever go for it on 4th down is if it is the final seconds of the game and they’ll lose if they dont get it. That’s it. Otherwise, the points left on the field from neglected field goals is ALWAYS the difference in the game. Don’t believe me? Ask the Lions.

@@jasonfocacci9234 you just proved my point of how clueless you are 🤣 and if I asked the Lions, every single player would agree with me.

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His gambling tendency is due to his belief in his players and it is also the reason they were in the championship game.

that was FAR from the most egregious decision he made.....everyone is so fixated on the 4th downs, but that was his MO all along, it was ALWAYS what he was gonna do...... i said after that game that BY FAR the WORST ERROR he made was running the ball and burning that timeout at the end of the game, because once that timeout was burned he essentially just forfeited their ability to earn a possession back and put them into an onside-or-nothing situation, and once you're depending on an onside kick you've already lost if they attempt that FG you reference, and he missed it, then the criticism would be polar opposite "you go for 4th down constantly, it's part of your identity, but in a big game in a big moment you strayed away from your plan of attack? blah blah" personally yeah i would have kicked that FG attempt (again it's a FG ATTEMPT, not a guaranteed 3 points lol) but needlessly burning that timeout in that situation is the ONE THING that NO NFL HEAD COACH SHOULD EVER ALLOW TO HAPPEN.......4th down decisions and stuff like that are par for the course, can be argued either way......but that late-game run-the-ball can't-stop-the-clock timeout/clock management was absolutely inexcusable no matter what so yeah, Dan is 100% right to have that be his only regret

If Reynolds, on the play you’re taking about, catches the pass that hit him in both hands and the Lions score a TD on that drive, the game is probably a over….

They went 12-5 this year…best Lions season in the SB era and you want him fired…I think you need medical attention…

If Reynolds catches that 4th down pass that hit him in both hands and the Lions score a TD on that drive, the game is probably over….

@@DirtyDLions685 If they make the fg the game was over~

@@matthewmatt5285 yep and on the season, the Lions converted around 80% on 4th and 3 or less in plus territory. Meanwhile Badgley, on his career, converts around 50% on FGs from 48 yards or longer when kicking outdoors….

​@@DirtyDLions685 Even MISSING the fg in the 3rd qtr would have been fine,.The 49'ers has zero momentum ~

@@matthewmatt5285 whether they missed the FG or failed to convert 4th down, the momentum shift would have been the same…the 9ers would have gotten the ball back at the exact same yard line on the field in both scenarios. Idk if you watch much football, but have you seen how excited players get, on the field and sideline, when the other team misses a critical FG late in a game?

If Reynolds catches that 4th down pass that hit him in both hands and the Lions score a TD on that drive, the game is probably over….

@@DirtyDLions685 I'd say that if they take Fg and go up 3 scores, that the game's over too

@@johnvegas9059 Badgley in his career on 48+ yard FGs outdoors is around 50%. Lions on 4th and 3 or less in plus territory this season converted around 80%. Campbell trusted his offense more than his kicker and the numbers back him up.

If Reynolds catches that 4th down pass that hit him in both hands and the Lions score a TD on that drive, the game is probably over….

So Badgley making a 48 yard FG outdoors is automatic?

@@DirtyDLions685 considering his fg percentage was 100% and they fucking lost the game because of it , I’d say that’s the obvious choice .

@@thegrayman69 yeah Badgley was 100% because they only let him kick short FGs (inside 40 yards) except for one kick all year….your argument is severely flawed

@@DirtyDLions685if Campbell decided to go for it on that first 4th down because of the analytics and thinking a conversion was a higher percentage than making a FG, then he can be forgiven. If it was for the sake of being aggressive and sticking a dagger into them, then that’s inexcusable, considering he was ok with a 17 point lead before half, but wouldn’t be halfway into the 3rd quarter

@@adventuresofnategabeandzoe the fact that he settled for a FG right before half shows you he wasn’t “going for the dagger”. And please can we not pretend that the 20 yard FG before the half is in any way comparable to a 48 yard field goal…he trusts his offense to gain 3 yards more than he trusts his kicker from 48 yards. Plain and simple.