I thought the 4th down calls were defensible. Wasn’t in love with the one down 3, especially the play call. The other one he had Reynolds and he dropped it. But Campbell was aggressive all year, I don’t see why he should suddenly change in the Championship Game.
The most indefensible call was the run on 3rd and goal in the final minute that forced Detroit to burn a timeout.
A call that worked out but I think was poor was going for it on 4th and goal down 10. Should have taken the easy FG and then the onside kick. After the timeout was taken the onside kick was needed either way.
Disagree 1000%. You're going to need to score a TD at some point, and the odds that you will get a better opportunity than one play from the 2 yard line are extremely slim. In fact, you'd most likely be trying to score on a Hail Mary. Plus, keep in mind that the ultimate goal is to win the game, not tie it. Scoring the TD there preserves the slim possibility that you could score a second TD and win in regulation.
In fact, I thought that Baltimore's decision in a similar situation to kick a FG on 4th and 5 from the 25 with 2:34 remaining was questionable, but it's a much closer decision. The Lions one was a no-brainer
Disagree. Need the onside kick either way. Recovering with 1:45 and two timeouts around mid field probably is a better chance of scoring a TD and a fourth and goal conversion.
First of all, I'm not sure what you're talking about. The onside kick occurred with 56 seconds left, not 1:45. (Unless you're talking about Baltimore, which also doesn't make sense since the Ravens scored with 2:34 remaining and did not attempt an onsides kick).
Second, if you believe that a team is more likely to drive 56 yards in under a minute than it is to gain two yards on a single play, I'm honestly not sure what to tell you other than that I question your overall understanding of football.
And finally, if you actually believe they're more likely to score in that situation, then it would be an argument
in favor of going for it on fourth down. Fourth and goal from the 2 is the same thing as a two-point conversion, which means you have a better than 50% chance of converting (maybe even slightly higher for the Lions). If the Lions were 50%+ to score in both scenarios, then they should try to do both and win the game in regulation rather than going to OT, where as a road underdog their odds would be below 50%