Nitpicking Wins 'Cause We HAVE To Look S.B. Ready

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00:00We had a guy calling earlier, and he was like, upset about two in-game decisions for Dan Campbell.

00:05He's like, he's not a good leader.

00:06I was like, wait, I'm sorry, what day is it? What's going on right now?

00:10One of his criti- TJ has a real call.

00:13One of his criticisms was a fourth and one, they didn't kick the field goal.

00:17It's like, I'm sorry, did you just drop down from a different planet?

00:19Were you under any other belief that they weren't going to go for it on a fourth and one?

00:23And to your point, situationally, let's say they go for it.

00:25This wasn't a 60-yard kick.

00:28It would have been like a 51, 52.

00:30And let's say Jake Bates makes it.

00:32You go from up two scores to up two scores.

00:36Where a first down may put the game away, and it's one yard.

00:39Like, of course they're going to go for it for one yard.

00:41The other criticism the guy had was that Dan burned a timeout, wasted a timeout,

00:45on a fourth and one that they ended up punting the ball anyway.

00:50They were up two scores.

00:51I mean, sure, I think it's, I would rather keep the timeout, all things being equal,

00:54but it's such a nitpicky, nonsense point in a game where they comfortably won.

01:00Yeah, and I mean, it's all about context in when the timeout happens,

01:04and you're up two scores at some point.

01:07And who knows what's going on on the sidelines in regards to,

01:10did they have 11 on the field?

01:11Did they possibly have 10? Did they have too many?

01:13You don't want to take a penalty in that situation.

01:15So you just make sure that you get things done right.

01:18And if you need a little extra time on a plate, so be it.

01:21I'm trying to remember what situation that was.

01:24What?

01:25Where Dan Campbell called a timeout on a fourth down?

01:27Yeah, it was.

01:28When was that?

01:29Fourth quarter.

01:30Yeah, it might have been.

01:31Yeah, it was their second to last drive.

01:33They had the ball at the Detroit 47.

01:34With like three minutes left?

01:36654 left on the clock.

01:39They punt the ball 46 yards down to the Arizona 7.

01:42Cardinals would drive down and kick a field goal.

01:44Lions put it away the next try.

01:45Okay, I gotcha.

01:46But you're also trying to eat clock there.

01:48You know what I mean?

01:48At that situation, hey, let's roll the clock down to...

01:52One second.

01:52Right.

01:53We're going to punt with 15 seconds in a two-score.

01:56You know, it ended up being a one-score game after that.

01:59But yeah, that situation.

02:00You're trying to bleed as much clock as you can.

02:02Burn a timeout.

02:03Okay, we're up two scores.

02:04And, you know, kicked the ball away.

02:07Yeah, that's...

02:08It was such a stupid, unnecessary phone call to make.

02:11Yeah.

02:11No, I'm with you.

02:13Well, people are high expectations now.

02:17So, you know, I think that's what it is.

02:20People...

02:20And TJ, we welcome that.

02:21That's fine.

02:22There are people that, you know, if this team doesn't score

02:25more than 35 points, or they don't win by more than three

02:27scores, or, you know, unfortunately, not happy enough.

02:31So last year, week three, the Lions scored 20 points in one.

02:36They beat Arizona...

02:36Or not Arizona.

02:37They beat Atlanta, 20 to 6.

02:40Two and one, would go on to win 12 games, win the division,

02:43two playoff games.

02:44Yeah, I mean, so basically, it's Kyle Ibarria got you a

02:46touchdown.

02:47He was greater than Desmond Ritter.

02:50They've helped serve with what they did a year ago.

02:51And if you're saying, well, they need to be better than

02:52they were a year ago, I would argue defensively, they look

02:54better than a year ago.

02:56Monday night will be a great measuring stick of, are they

02:59better than last year?

03:00Seattle has been that team that has had Detroit's number over

03:04the last couple of years.

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