DETROIT — Dan Campbell knows his aggressive play calling hurt the Detroit Lions in their loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.
That doesn’t mean he'll change his approach.
Campbell goes for it on fourth down more than any other coach in the NFL, and he tried it five times on a windy, cold night in Philadelphia. However, the Eagles stopped the Lions all five times in Detroit's 16-9 loss.
“We were 3 of 13 on third down and obviously 0 for 5 on fourth down and that's not good enough,” Campbell said Monday. "We had some missed throws, some pressure, some tipped balls and a couple of drops.
“There were also some bad calls by me — some calls I want back.”
Detroit went for it on fourth down twice in the first half, both in their own territory. On fourth-and-1 on their own 48, Jahm

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