Conflicted Dan Campbell won't name Detroit Lions play caller: 'Eagerness to call it myself'

[BigNatty]

@lifetimelion

Yeah, but Dan decides when he throws the TDs.

…or does he???

[Mr.Peabody]

@jthom19802

I forget which coach, either on the Lions (Schwartz maybe?) or some other team, but the OC called the play and only in the event the HC wanted it changed would he chime into the mic. So it was more or a 90/10 situation. Thinking about it now though, every coach probably has that option.

Now sure how that would work with the green dot rules. Maybe the OC said it to the HC and HC was green dot and called it in if he approved. Seems like a waste of clock management.

Okay so basically I threw that out there and am now second guessing everything I said but I know the first part is true on HC being able to somehow change the play the OC called.

Head coaches have access to discussions with their staff, and the degree that they are involved in playcalling varies per coach and per situation. Just because someone else calls the play doesn’t mean the HC doesn’t guide the direction of the playcalling. And just because a coach comes from one side of the ball, doesn’t mean he’s not involved in the play calls for the other side of the ball. Pete Carroll could have easily overruled the Super Bowl pass that was intercepted, for instance. He chose not to. And he wouldn’t call a specific run play, he would say something like “we need to be running the ball here” or “give it to Marshawn on a power play.” Other things I’ve heard mic’d up head coaches say in various situations to their playcallers:

“Let’s run the ball on this drive, set the tone.”

“The left d-end is crashing hard, let’s see if we can get something behind him.”

“I want to take a shot here.”

“Their QB is shook, let’s go after this motherfucker!”

“We are going to go for it on 4th down, so you’ve got 2 shots here.” (before the 3rd down playcall)

“We are getting killed up front. Get the ball out quick.”

“Let’s play coverage here and make him make a throw.”

“Nothing stupid here. A punt is okay.” (on 3rd and long when the coach is okay playing D instead of risking a turnover)

“Let’s feed Bobby the ball on this drive.”

“They are going to be in man coverage here.” (telling the playcaller to pull something from the man-beater part of the playcall sheet)

[Richard_Parker]

@DetroitStrong

Andy Reid always called his own plays but also had an offensive coordinator right? I’m sure there are plenty of coaches who have done it. A lot more goes into the OC role than just calling plays.

Heck maybe they’ll both call plays.

Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren did this. Sean Payton…I’m sure Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay do it or have done it.

[CuriousHusker]

I think Dan Campbell will be the play caller. Well Ben will mostly make the calls but Dan will be the one in Jared’s ear. I think Dan believes (correctly IMO) that Jared needs encouragement to flourish.

[Gerwinke]

@BigNatty

@lifetimelion

Yeah, but Dan decides when he throws the TDs.

…or does he???

/laughs in Brayden Coombs

[BigNatty]

@Gerwinke

/laughs in Brayden Coombs

So this is the guy that gets credit for Fox’s brilliance? Let’s buy this guy a razor and knock that thing off the top of his head.

[1954lionsfan]

@Cynodon

This is being competitive. Watch him grin when asked the question. He knows the answer but is not gonna give it up to the opponent.

Dan knows how the game play calling will play-out on Sunday. This is to make the Eagles work (a little more). They can recall the teams games from last season to game plan for Dan’s play calling. But with Ben…the Eagles have zero idea what to prepare for.

Competitive advantage…even if it’s a small one.

IMO, Ben is gonna call the plays like he has all training camp. But Dan wants the Eagles to spend time preparing for the possibility of Dan and his past tendencies.

this never occured to me—great idea

[Dolphinboy123]

Based on Johnson’s press conference have a feeling Johnson is calling plays

[DeadDog]

I love that our collective mind is looking at “who is calling plays and even if we lose it’s ok” … vs how bad are we going to suck this year and what top ten draft pick are we all ready looking at!