Dan Campbell takes blame for Detroit Lions mix-up vs. Bucs: 'Totally screwed my team'
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell took the blame for his team's end-of-half embarrassment Sunday vs. the Tampa Bay Bucs at Ford Field.
The Lions cost themselves three points, when the field goal unit ran onto the field as Jared Goff and the offensive spike the ball with a few seconds left. The Lions were penalized with too many men on the field, and the clock expired on a 10-second runoff.
The Lions went into halftime trailing the Buccaneers, 13-6, with rising kicker Jake Bates providing the offense with two field goals.
"Half the team ran onto the field," Fox analyst Daryl Johnston said on the broadcast.
Campbell was visibly frustrated on the sideline after the miscommunication, and was interview upon coming out for the second half by Fox sideline reporter Laura Okmin.
"Listen, 100% on the head coach here," Campbell started. "Totally screwed my team. That is mine, we're going for the clock, clock it, it's not a 'Hurricane' (call). I made a decision I shouldn't have made, and our team's gonna have to overcome it. That's the bottom line."
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The Lions opened the second half by driving deep into Bucs territory again, only to settle for Bates' third field goal.
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