Lions coach Dan Campbell grades himself harshly after missing playoffs: 'Freaking F'

Dan Campbell is going to support it blunt pinch his Detroit Lions — bully aliases bad.

This twelvemonth didn’t move retired really galore believed it would for nan Lions, and Campbell was asked during his end-of-season property convention really he would people nan 2025 campaign.

For a squad that was a Super Bowl favourite retired of nan NFC successful nan preseason, Campbell called it for illustration it is for his team.

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Detroit Lions caput coach Dan Campbell addresses nan media aft an NFL shot crippled against nan Green Bay Packers, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 successful Detroit.  (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

"Not bully enough. We didn’t get in, we underachieved," he said, per Yahoo Sports. "So, not good. I’d springiness myself a freaking F."

The Lions were capable to make it complete .500, winning their Week 18 matchup against nan Chicago Bears, 19-16. But Campbell has ever been a reliable aforesaid professional arsenic overmuch arsenic he is pinch his squad, truthful it’s not shocking to perceive him people himself truthful harshly.

But Campbell knows that this is nan first clip since 2022 that nan Lions person missed nan playoffs, and a 9-8 play isn’t nan modular now for nan franchise.

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The Lions person had a slow build to 1 of nan much formidable teams successful nan league, having gone 15-2 past twelvemonth to gain nan No. 1 seed successful nan NFC. They surely fell short of expectations, though, being upset by rookie Jayden Daniels and nan Washington Commanders astatine Ford Field successful nan Divisional Round.

Two years prior, nan Lions made nan NFC Championship Game against nan San Francisco 49ers aft going 12-5. They would’ve made it to nan team’s first-ever Super Bowl, too, if it wasn’t for a second-half illness successful nan Bay Area that saw a miraculous 49ers comeback to gain a spot successful nan Big Game.

Campbell saw flux this past offseason connected his coaching staff, pinch some of his apical coordinators uncovering caput coach jobs elsewhere.

Detroit Lions caput coach Dan Campbell looks connected successful nan 2nd half against nan Arizona Cardinals astatine State Farm Stadium successful Sept. 22, 2024 successful Glendale, Arizona. (Matt Kartozian/Imagn Images)

The large 1 was Ben Johnson, nan violative whiz who unlocked Jared Goff and company, taking nan Bears occupation successful nan NFC North. Johnson went from a beardown state to a bitter rival, and Chicago went connected to triumph nan section title successful his first year.

Aaron Glenn, nan Lions’ protect coordinator nether Campbell, didn’t person nan aforesaid luck arsenic Johnson, arsenic his New York Jets went 3-14. Glenn, though, wasn’t among those axed during "Black Monday," arsenic nan Jets stay committed to him astatine slightest to commencement nan 2026 season.

Campbell still can’t judge what happened aft specified a basking commencement to this season. The Lions went 4-1 to statesman nan year, but grounded to find consistency aft that.

A shocking Christmas Day nonaccomplishment to nan Minnesota Vikings successful Week 17 ended their playoffs hopes.

"It’s difficult to judge that this is it," Campbell said. "It’s going to beryllium a difficult pill to swallow watching these teams successful nan playoffs. But I deliberation you’ve sewage to watch them. You’ve sewage to unit yourself to do it because that’s a thrust to want to beryllium there, beryllium a portion of it."

Head coach Dan Campbell looks connected anterior to nan crippled against nan Cleveland Browns astatine Ford Field connected Sept. 28, 2025 successful Detroit, Michigan.  (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

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There’s nary uncertainty Campbell will proceed to spot his process and his squad to get nan occupation done, but he’ll person to hold until September to get a changeable astatine checking disconnected nan playoff extremity erstwhile again.

Campbell conscionable completed his 5th play arsenic caput coach of nan Lions. He owns a 53-43-1 grounds complete 97 games.

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