The Detroit Lions have turned the ball over seven times in the last two games alone with quarterback Jared Goff accounting for six of them. It’s becoming a bit of a problem for the team, and head coach Dan Campbell explained how he and his staff plan to fix it.
During a press conference, Dan Campbell made it clear that he doesn’t intend to simply “yell harder” about the turnovers. Instead, he wants to teach Jared Goff and other players how to avoid them.
“Like I told him this morning, it’s the, ‘Man, once I’m starting to break the line of scrimmage, I’ve got to tuck it away.’ It’s as simple as that and it’s an emphasis we work on at practice,” Campbell said. “We’re going to work on it. Like all these little things that come up, man, we’re not just going to yell harder, we’re going to give substance. You teach them, you show them, and here’s where you can be a little bit better. Everything from pass-pro, to the rush, to the way we cover, to the way we jam, to the way we protect the football, or don’t protect.
“There’s some stuff on tape right now offensively that we’re not even talking about because it wasn’t a turnover that’s going to cost us, the ball’s loose. So, it’s those things we’ve got to just keep emphasizing.”
It’s certainly a mature and reasonable approach to take to the problem. We’ll have to see if the coaching points lead to improvement in terms of protecting the football.
