If the Ravens had any other kicker in league history-or if the ball had been spotted even a few inches farther from the uprights-the Lions would have a win. In Week 3, they led Baltimore 17-16 … until Justin Tucker made the longest field goal in NFL history as time expired, with the ball bouncing up and over the crossbar to seal Detroit’s cruel fate. Instead, they stalled out on the cusp of the red zone and lost to San Francisco 41-33. After forcing a key fumble, they had a chance to drive down the field and force overtime. In Week 1, they mounted a furious comeback against the 49ers, rallying from a 38-10 second-half deficit to trail by only eight points in the game’s final minute. They have repeatedly come astonishingly close to winning a game this season, but it just hasn’t happened.
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Everybody else has at least two wins the Lions are stuck on zero. Detroit is now 0-9-1, the only team in the NFL without a win. But his over-the-top persona felt genuine, and when the time came for his team to play, Campbell coached with a rare level of aggressiveness that backed up his anything-to-win mentality.Īs always happens with the Lions, though, the losses quickly started piling up. When Campbell took over as Detroit’s head coach, he made headlines for his quotable press conferences-notably, for his expressed interest in biting human kneecaps.
Campbell spent three years with the Lions during his career as an NFL tight end-he played a single game for the 2008 team that finished 0-16, suffering a season-ending injury in the process-but he seems to have been wholly unprepared for the emotional hellscape that is coaching the Lions. You know, since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. In January, Dan Campbell made one of the worst decisions anyone who loves football can make: He chose to become professionally and emotionally invested in the success of the Detroit Lions.īefore coming to Detroit, Campbell was the assistant head coach of the Saints, who won three playoff games in his five seasons with the team.
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