At some point this has to stop, right? Not the losing — though that would be nice, too — but the mental mistakes and questionable decisions and oddly conservative play-calling on third-and-forever.
You know, when Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell calls a run up the middle on second-and-long and second-and-long and third-and-longer. But then that’s not the half of it. We’ve seen this lately, most recently a week ago in Cleveland, and the week before that in Pittsburgh.