Lions head coach Dan Campbell was told on stage this weekend that running back Jahmyr Gibbs had posted a photo to social media from the team facility showing some of Detroit’s protection calls on a whiteboard.
In a radio interview with 97.1 The Ticket on Monday, Campbell downplayed the issue, saying he wasn’t concerned about it.
“I don’t really careCampbell said via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “If we’re going to lose because of code words, we’re not good enough anyway. So I guess we’ll just post the whole damn playbook out there and every code word we have. And it doesn’t matter. It won’t hurt us, it won’t hurt us. don’t influence and it’s all good.”
Campbell noted that these words are used during games and opponents can pick them up from the TV copy of the game film.
“I mean, you guys get more than us at home until after the game,” Campbell said. “I’m telling you, it’s crazy. Listen, it’s all there and you can find everything you need on the tape and how to attack people, how they’re going to attack you and no, listen, I don’t lose sleep over that.
“Now do I want us to post things from our locker room or our players or whatever? No, I won’t, because you don’t know what will happen with something like that. But no, in the grand scheme of things it’s not that bad.”
Campbell added that he and Gibbs are doing well.
“Actually, I was joking about it yesterday,” Campbell said. “I messed with him, so it’s okay. I’m not even worried about it.”
Gibbs rushed for 973 yards with 10 touchdowns and caught 28 passes for 282 yards with one touchdown in 2024.
