Breaking: Tom Brady Breaks Silence on Dan Campbell’s Controversial Moves…
There is nobody in NFL history who knows how to get to a Super Bowl better than former Buccaneers’ quarterback Tom Brady. Well maybe his former head coach with the New England Patriots Bill Belichick as well, but for Brady he will go down as the best quarterback to ever play the game and without him the success of Belichick may never have been realized.
The greatest quarterback to ever play the game, who knows a thing or two about what it takes to win, discussed Detroit Lions’ head coach Dan Campbell’s questionable decisions during the Lions’ NFC Championship loss to the San Francisco 49ers on the most recent episode of his “Let’s Go!” podcast.
“They’ve been aggressive all year,” Brady said. “You know obviously, when you’re aggressive and it doesn’t work, it comes back to bite you. It came back to bite them yesterday. Again, I would’ve taken the points.
“I’ve been in those situations. I look at them and say, okay, this is the opportunity to continue to keep the pressure on the 49ers to make great plays and you’re in a great position.”
Obviously, Brady is speaking on the fact that Campbell went for it twice on fourth down in 49ers’ territory in the hopes of ultimately ending with a touchdown to put the game further out of reach. Both fourth-down opportunities were denied by the 49ers’ defense and left six points on the field for the Lions as they turned the ball over.
The 49ers stormed back and eventually won the game by just three points… meaning if Campbell would have taken the three points in both those instances it is likely Detroit would be headed to the Super Bowl rather than San Fran.
Campbell has stuck to his guns of going for it on fourth down all season and they had been pretty good at converting in those situations. That wasn’t the case in perhaps the biggest game in Detroit Lions’ history.