Dan Campbell is a man who keeps it real.
Making an appearance Tuesday on 97.1 The Ticket, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell got a bit frustrated with the hosts as he challenged them both to say what was on their minds.
Campbell said he wouldn’t change a thing about the team’s process during the two-point conversions at the end of the Dallas game and he stuck to that notion this week.
Detroit’s 97.1 The Ticket host Jim Costa previously called the two-point conversions a “lunatic decision.”
Campbell appeared on Costa’s program Tuesday and these plays became a major discussion point.
“I told our offense we were going for the win. ‘We’re going to go down, we’re going to score and we’re going for two, and I wasn’t coming off of that,” Campbell told Costa. He noted that he would have kicked if the Lions had been moved outside of the 10-yard-line, but “we work inside the 10 every week, good on good, O vs D.”
That is when Campbell challenged the co-host.
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“I think from the 7 it’s a low-percentage play,” said Costa. “I think your chances of winning are lower than if you kick the extra point.”
“No, say it like you would say it to anybody else,” said Campbell. “I’m on the radio, say it like you want to say it.”
“I thought it was a reckless decision,” responded Costa.
“Thank you!” said Campbell, who reiterated that he did not regret going for two.
“If they play a certain coverage that is the last place it will go, and that was the exact coverage we got,” Campbell said. “You’re not thinking that’s going to be the first thing that’s going to pop. You’re hoping that (Sam) LaPorta is going to pop and he ended up creating a rub. So while Goff’s waiting for it, you realize, god, I gotta pull the trigger here, and it just didn’t work out, man.”
The Lions originally scored on their initial two-point try but a penalty was thrown for illegal touching on offensive lineman Taylor Decker for not reporting as eligible even though footage suggests that he did.
After being bailed out by an offsides penalty on the Cowboys on the second two-point attempt, the Lions got a third chance from the 4, but Jared Goff couldn’t connect with a pass to his tight end.
The Detroit Lions flew to Dallas with a chance to control their own destiny for the No. 2 seed, and had a shot at No. 1 with some help. Brad Allen is the reason that is no longer likely.
