There was considerable consternation last week when Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs posted on social media a picture from inside the Lions meeting room. Behind fellow RB Jermar Jefferson was a whiteboard that showed the offensive line pass protection calls, exposing the code words and adjustments for the world–and opposing defenses–to see and study.
The post was brought to Detroit head coach Dan Campbell’s attention at the end of a press conference, and a clearly bemused Campbell walked off while noting,
“I need to check on that. Did not know that. Yeah, I’d rather our stuff not be out there.”
The head coach doesn’t seem fazed by the situation. Far from it, in fact.
“I don’t really give a crap,” Campbell said Monday during his weekly radio spot on 97.1 The Ticket. “If we’re going to lose because of code words then we’re not good enough anyway. So I think we’ll just post the whole fricking playbook out there and every code word we’ve got. And it doesn’t matter. It’s not going to hurt us, it won’t affect us and it’s all good.”
Campbell noted that everything is already out there on tape,
“It’s all out there and you can find any and everything that you need on the tape and how to attack people, how they’re going to attack you and no, listen, I’m not losing sleep over that.”
He added that Gibbs was not fined for unintentionally leaking the info.