Detroit Lions Dan Campbell Discusses Trimming The Offense
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell discusses the offense focusing on what makes the unit thrive, but finding new ways to accomplish similar goals with the talent on the roster.
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I think a lot of it is, man, what are the things you really feel like, um, that you can, that you can hang your hat on, you're gonna wanna hang on it.
Our, we already know our guys do well.
We're not gonna go away from those.
So let, let's trim it down a little bit in that regard.
But then it's kind of what I mentioned , we're doing a lot of the same things, but man, we, there's so much different.
It's same girl, different skirt, you know what I mean?
It, it, so it's the shifts, it's the motions, it's the turbos, it's the stacks, it's the stack inverted, it's the, and so the presentation for the defense is different.
You make them have to talk, you make them have to communicate, to adjust on the run, you know, and so it's just enough sometimes.
That's where you got to be disciplined on defense, right?
You're trying to stress those guys, um, and so that's what the uptick has been.
OK, the playbook is kind of reduced to right now, but we've done a lot more bells and whistles with it, which is good.
So, the most important thing for him is just making sure that he's healthy.
You know, that's step one, the rehab, which he's done a good job with.
He's, he's getting better.
Um, you know, we, we feel good about where he's at in that regard, but that's the most important thing because he's not full speed right now.
I mean, he can, at least he's non-contact.
He's moving pretty good, all that stuff, but, um, and so just make sure that you stay on top of that, you're ready to go for training camp, and then, And then it's on.
It's just about competing, you know, we got a lot of good guys in that room.
And, and, uh, you know, he knows this, he's got to go earn it.
