![]() He needs to account for the potential of failure. These are the kind of tactical errors Campbell cannot keep making. Godchaux and Barmore stuffed Jamaal Williams, and the Lions wound up going 0-for-6 on fourth down. “I feel like as a defensive lineman, it’s disrespectful.” They clearly fed off the Lions’ failure:ĭavon Godchaux said it was “very insulting” for the Lions to go for it on fourth-and-1 on their opening drive. Now look at it from the Patriots’ point of view. Zappe leads the Patriots to a confidence-building field goal when the Lions defense nicely holds up on third down in the red zone. That’s a completely unnecessary risk at that point in the game. #BAD DECISIONS THE STROKES PRO#Instead of relying on Pro Bowl punter Jack Fox to pin the Patriots deep in the shadow of their own goalposts, Campbell opts to set them up in Lions territory. New England is starting a rookie QB making his first NFL start. Right guard Logan Stenberg, mysteriously back in the starting lineup after being benched for two weeks for inept play, chooses the wrong side of the gap to block. New England shifts into a 9-man box and easily blows through the Lions line to get the stop. It’s an obvious interior run to Jamaal Williams based on formation, down/distance and tendency. The Lions bring in an extra lineman as a blocker and aligned in a tight formation. The scene: 4th-and-1 from the Detroit 45-yard line. It was vintage over-aggressive Campbell actively hurting his team with a poor decision and an even worse play call. Yet the game was gone on the very first of those six failed fourth down attempts. That lesson is one Campbell has yet to learn or embrace. Maybe after the third or fourth abject failure, stop trying the same darn thing. If at first you don’t succeed, try again. If Belichick was playing chess, Campbell was breaking his Hungry Hungry Hippos game by slamming the handles way too hard and always at the wrong time to catch those pesky marbles.Įvery single fourth-down failure, all six of them, was a simultaneous master class from Belichick and Campbell licking the frozen pole in the playground. However, Campbell’s crew made it way too easy for Belichick and the Patriots in this one. He’s in the argument for the best NFL coach of all time. In and of itself, there is no shame in being outcoached by Bill Belichick. But there is one common denominator to all those levels.ĭan Campbell was woefully outclassed by his Patriots counterparts. Don’t let this happen again guys.Sunday’s 29-0 shutout loss to the New England Patriots represented an epic failure on so many levels for the Detroit Lions. I mean, I wonder what Strokes fans of the past are up to now? 7 years is an eternity by today’s standards. They’re not old enough to be a reunion type act (thank god), but they’re not young enough for the usual purveyors of music news to cover ad nauseam. The missing part of this rediscovery is where they are going to exist in today’s market. This single will definitely make you stop and think, The Strokes were a really great band, I had forgotten how much music they had shared with us over the past… and then you’ll hold them sacred as one of America’s top rock acts. One can only hope it convinces dudes to trim their beards. I checked out the video release of Bad Decisions and the camera finds the band well, spry, cheeky even. Bonus points for the Basquiat album art too. His delivery is believable and just-out-of-pocket, often moaning, right where we’ve always adored him. From a songwriting perspective, Bad Decisions is purposeful, it’s well-crafted and mainstream enough to sell albums yet esoteric enough to please indie music snobs. I can hear the under-the-breath comments now, “wow, this band’s ripping off The Strokes”. Rhythmically-forward songs of the past have been recaptured in this single and put forth in the usual Strokes manner. If the single is an accurate representation of the upcoming album, indie guitar aficionados and guitar store cowboys are in for a real treat. Bad Decisions is packed with staccato guitar parts and well-thought-out tones. Bad Decisions is a strong representation of what The Stokes have always been, a guitar-driven, garage-esque rock band with great energy and poise. ![]()
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