Mr. Scot

I'll watch. Always do...even when it's painful.

It's been seen in the building...

Boy, if you think we dislike our coach...

Hell, even Rivera managed something like it in 2015, going to a run heavy attack while everyone else was set up to defend the pass. Rhule? Not so much.

Loads of Steelers fans are calling for him. (and even some analysts)

The NFL has definitely been cyclical. Just have to be smart enough to know what to do and when. (and never hire college coaches)

Chris Tabor

Yeah, his coaching tree has Dutch Elm Disease. I do get the feeling he's gonna find the transition from Josh McDaniels to Matt Patricia is likely to be...bumpy

Still find it unbelievable that Belichick made him his OC. I swear, that man really does believe he could win a Super Bowl with high schoolers.

There's a big difference there though. Tepper isn't very smart

Well, it's not quite that simple. If it were, we could do it The heart of it is that the offensive staff (not Campbell himself) figured out a weakness of the Fangio based concepts that are in use all over the league right now and they're exploiting it. Combine that with some effective OL scouting and building and you've got an approach that so far is working pretty well. Meanwhile, we're tipping play tendencies with our formations

Yeah, a couple of our local guys are finding examples where it wasn't the case, but that's kind of not the point. If we did it enough to be predictable, those occasional examples don't excuse it.

I like Wilks, but It's probably valid to say he wasn't "highly sought after" before coming here. He did have a couple of interviews.

As I understood it, he was saying it happened on plays run out of shotgun formation only.

It's a fairly simple principle: When everyone is doing things a certain way, try something different. Mind you, it doesn't always work, and it takes some courage to do. But when it does work...

Luke might disagree, though it's fair to say there aren't many film junkies quite like Luke. The problem though is his statement that our "tells" are obvious.

A couple years back, I was pretty high on Dan Campbell as a head coaching candidate. Since getting the Lions job, he's put some people off with his antics but the Lions do actually seem to be headed in the right direction. Ted Nguyen of The Athletic did an extensive analysis of the Lions offense, a unit that's currently averaging over 7 yards per carry rushing (that's not a typo). According to Nguyen, it's doing so by using old school tactics. If you've got a subscription, you can check it out here: Why the Lions old school offense is the antidote to modern NFL defenses Excerpts... In the age of analytics and airing it out, Detroit head coach Dan Campbell’s old-school approach and commitment to running the ball stands in contrast to much of the league — and it’s working. The Lions are making life miserable for defenses, bludgeoning them with a gap scheme run game that’s successful, in part, because it’s different from other offenses. The popularity of the outside zone system that stems from Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay has led to more teams employing a Vic Fangio-style defense, which asks defensive linemen to play slower and take on a gap-and-a-half, rather than fly upfield and play only one gap. Theoretically, the defense can live in light boxes and invest more personnel in defending the pass as long as its front can slow down ball carriers long enough for the secondary to help. This works well against zone runs because offensive linemen move laterally, but the Lions like to run right into the teeth of defenses with authority. They want their offensive line, one of the best in the league, firing off vertically and punishing defenders. ... Perhaps most impressive, the Lions lead the league in yards before contact per rush (3.79), according to TruMedia. That means on average, no defender is even touching their ball carriers until they are almost four yards downfield. That is a credit to how good their offensive line is. “I’m not a system guy,” Campbell said when he was first hired. “I’ve been through all of them. I’ve seen all of them. So I’m not caught up on that. I’m going to find the best coordinators that are going to come in, and he’s going to have a vision of how he wants to run it with mine. There’s concepts that I know work, that we did well (in New Orleans), that I’m going to implement and want to implement. But other than that, let’s put our guys in the best position to have success. That’s what I’m about.” ... If running a wide variety of gap scheme run concepts is the answer for modern defenses, why doesn’t every team do this? Because it’s difficult to teach and learn all these schemes, and not every team has the personnel. “It takes a smart offensive line who understands the ins and outs of each concept,” former NFL offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz said. “When you understand the rules, then you can block most any front. The offensive line coach and the scouting staff knowing all the defensive looks to their formations is important also. They need to have all of them ready to show the linemen during install. ... There's a load of more detailed analysis in-between these paragraphs. If you're a deep study type, you'll probably love it. Either way though, it's a very interesting read.

Not as a coach, but he's working with the radio team this year. This is the kind of thing I could imagine him picking up on as he watches.

Ellis Williams...

Dungy... Which leads me to a question... Did he see it? And if he did, did he say anything or did he not give a sh-t?

If Tepper Burns it all down then there's nobody left but Tepper to build it back up. That scares me as much as anything.

This is Dorsey's first year as an OC too. I think it's also just Mike LaFleur's second. The guy who intrigues me the most right now is Rich Bisaccia. If you look back at his career, he's been titled as assistant or associate head coach for about the last 15 years or so.

He's been in the league about as long as Dorsey. I prefer more seasoned coaches myself but the league trends aren't going that way.