But Lions boss Dan Campbell sticks by the calls on 4th down against the 49ers.

But Lions boss Dan Campbell sticks by the calls on 4th down against the 49ers.

Monday night, Dan Campbell walked out of Levi’s Stadium with Teddy Bridgewater by his side after his team lost the NFC Championship Game 34–31 to the San Francisco 49ers. Campbell was upset.

The third-year Detroit Lions leader kept his head held high after the loss and said he didn’t feel bad about missing two important fourth-down chances in the second half.

“Looking back is easy. I see it. “I understand, but I don’t feel bad about the choices I made, and it’s tough,” Campbell said.

“It’s hard because we failed and things didn’t work away but I don’t.” There will be a lot of attention on me because that’s a component of the job, but it didn’t work out.

The Lions had a 17-point lead after an impressive first half, but things went badly for them in the second half. In the third quarter, they were trounced 17-0, which was their worst point deficit in a half this season.

With 5:15 left in the third quarter, rookie back Jahmyr Gibbs lost a valuable fumble. In the second half, the Lions also dropped three passes. ESPN Analytics slightly supported the choice to go for it (90.5% chance to win) over trying to make a field goal (90.3% chance to win).

Tigers broad receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who finished with seven catches for 87 yards, said, “We wish we could have converted a few third downs.” “Sometimes, on fourth down, we went for it. I wish we had those.

In the second half, they did a good job on defense. Even with a turnover and other things, we continued to throw the ball around a lot. It was tough because we both turned the ball over once.

Campbell chose to go for it on fourth-and-2 on the San Francisco 28-yard boundary with 7:03 remaining in the third quarter. Lions quarterback Jared Goff attempted a pass to veteran receiver Josh Reynolds, but the pass did not go through.

ESPN’s model also said it was a toss-up on the other play, which happened on fourth-and-3 on the San Francisco 30-yard position with 7:38 left in the fourth quarter.

It leans very slightly towards going over it (39.1% vs. 38.8%). St. Brown didn’t catch the pass that Goff threw to him.

Campbell isn’t afraid to shoot on fourth down most of the time. He said, “We teach two hands while you reach over the end zone.” “He had both his hands on the ball.”

ESPN Stats and Information research shows that the Lions went for it 34% of the time on fourth down during the regular season.

That’s more than any other team this century. Goff said he agrees with Campbell’s choice to go for it, but he also said the Lions need to make the conversion.

“I like it. Keep us outside. “We should make it,” Goff said. He completed 25 out of 41 strikes for 273 yards or a touchdown. “He has faith in us.” We had a lot for big-time conversions in 2017 that changed games. I don’t know how many there were.

The Kansas City Chiefs held the Baltimore Ravens to 10 points in their loss on Sunday. However, a game-changing turnover near the offensive line could have kept Baltimore from scoring as few points as it did all season in the American Football Conference Championship Game, which could have changed the outcome.

Zay Flowers tried to score to break Baltimore’s scoring drought by going for the end zone following the completion of a catch-and-run point of the fourth quarter. But Chiefs cb L’Jarius Sneed grabbed the ball just as it began to cross the plane.

At first, the rookie wide receiver for the Ravens thought he was on the plane, but a review of the play showed that he had lost the ball, which Kansas City picked up in Baltimore’s goal zone.

Flowers told reporters after the game, “Yeah, I thought I did.” “But I’ll learn from my mistakes.” Head coach of the Ravens, John Harbaugh, told the press after the game that Flowers did exactly as he was told to do.

The great play by Sneed cost the Ravens valuable points and ruined an otherwise great game by Flowers, who had five receptions to earn 115 yards and a touchdown, tops on the team.