{"id":115923,"date":"2026-01-06T07:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/lions-coach-dan-campbell-grades-himself-harshly-after-missing-playoffs-freaking-f-115923"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:29:43","slug":"lions-coach-dan-campbell-grades-himself-harshly-after-missing-playoffs-freaking-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/lions-coach-dan-campbell-grades-himself-harshly-after-missing-playoffs-freaking-f-115923","title":{"rendered":"Lions coach Dan Campbell grades himself harshly after missing playoffs: ‘Freaking F’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dan Campbell is going to keep it blunt with his Detroit Lions<\/a> \u2014 good or bad.<\/p>\n

This year didn\u2019t turn out how many believed it would for the Lions, and Campbell was asked during his end-of-season press conference how he would grade the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

For a team that was a Super Bowl<\/a> favorite out of the NFC in the preseason, Campbell called it like it is for his team.<\/p>\n

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“Not good enough. We didn\u2019t get in, we underachieved,” he said, per Yahoo Sports. “So, not good. I\u2019d give myself a freaking F.”<\/p>\n

The Lions were able to make it over .500, winning their Week 18 matchup against the Chicago Bears<\/a>, 19-16. But Campbell has always been a tough self critic as much as he is with his squad, so it\u2019s not shocking to hear him grade himself so harshly.<\/p>\n

But Campbell knows that this is the first time since 2022 that the Lions have missed the playoffs, and a 9-8 season isn\u2019t the standard now for the franchise.<\/p>\n

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The Lions have had a slow build to one of the more formidable teams in the league, having gone 15-2 last year to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC. They certainly fell short of expectations, though, being upset by rookie Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders at Ford Field in the Divisional Round.<\/p>\n

Two years prior, the Lions made the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers after going 12-5. They would\u2019ve made it to the team\u2019s first-ever Super Bowl, too, if it wasn\u2019t for a second-half collapse in the Bay Area that saw a miraculous 49ers comeback to earn a spot in the Big Game.<\/p>\n

Campbell saw flux this past offseason on his coaching staff, with both of his top coordinators finding head coach jobs elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The big one was Ben Johnson, the offensive whiz who unlocked Jared Goff and company, taking the Bears job in the NFC North. Johnson went from a strong ally to a bitter rival, and Chicago went on to win the division title in his first year.<\/p>\n

Aaron Glenn, the Lions\u2019 defensive coordinator under Campbell, didn\u2019t have the same luck as Johnson, as his New York Jets went 3-14. Glenn, though, wasn\u2019t among those axed during “Black Monday,” as the Jets remain committed to him at least to start the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Campbell still can\u2019t believe what happened after such a hot start to this season. The Lions went 4-1 to begin the year, but failed to find consistency after that.<\/p>\n

A shocking Christmas Day loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 17 ended their playoffs hopes.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s hard to believe that this is it,” Campbell said. “It\u2019s going to be a hard pill to swallow watching these teams in the playoffs. But I think you\u2019ve got to watch them. You\u2019ve got to force yourself to do it because that\u2019s a drive to want to be there, be a part of it.”<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt Campbell will continue to trust his process and his team to get the job done, but he\u2019ll have to wait until September to get a shot at checking off the playoff goal once again.<\/p>\n

Campbell just completed his fifth season as head coach of the Lions. He owns a 53-43-1 record over 97 games.<\/p>\n

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