What a gut punch last night for Lions fans like me. Dan Campbell took the blame after the game, he is a stand up guy. But heโs right. You donโt have a complete systemic meltdown in all three phases without the head coach failing to have the team ready to play. Campbell might want to pick Andy Reidโs brain because he obviously handled the bye week and being a massive playoff favorite exceedingly poorly. Love Campbell and hopefully he will learn from this.
From a player standpoint, when CB Amik Robertson went down on the second play it was finally the tipping point for the decimated defense. Aaron Glenn did a masterful job scheming his way around the defensive injuries until last night like the Wizard of Oz but last night Kingsbury and Jayden Daniels finally pulled back the curtain. The number of absolute spares on the field for the Lions on defense by the second half of that game last night was remarkable.
The Lions have an incredible core of young talent so I hope they will heal up, have better injury luck, find two new coordinators once Glenn and Johnson take off, and go for their third consecutive NFC North title.