Dan Campbell addresses decrease in David Montgomery usage

Dan Campbell Sounds the Alarm: Lions Can’t Afford Any Mistakes Anymore

The reality for the Detroit Lions right now isn’t complicated, it’s just brutally unforgiving. After watching his team put up 34 points and still walk away with a loss against the Los Angeles Rams, head coach Dan Campbell didn’t sugarcoat what’s happening. When the defense can’t get stops, the offense is being asked to operate with almost no room for mistakes. And Campbell knows exactly how thin that line has become. “The margin for error is min…

Dan Campbell addresses decrease in David Montgomery usage

At halftime of the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Los Angeles Rams, David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs went to the locker room with six carries a piece. Montgomery had turned his touches into 31 yards, a respectable 5.2 yards per carry. Gibbs had only produced 19 rushing yards, 3.2 YPC. For the rest of the game, Montgomery only had a single carry—a 1-yard touchdown run on a direct snap. Gibbs carried it another seven times, gaining 19 yards for an ev…