Dan Campbell hated his decision to try a long field goal late in Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Vikings, but the Detroit Lions coach insisted Monday he has not lost any faith in kicker Austin Seibert.
"Well, yeah, listen, I’d be willing to give him another go," Campbell said at his weekly news conference."I mean, if I didn’t feel that way I wouldn’t have let him kick there at the end of the game."
Seibert also missed a 48-yard kick off the right upright in the first quarter, and made a 40-yard attempt in the second half."I know he missed the first one, but he came back and made the second one and so I felt like he would make this," Campbell said."And it didn’t work out." Campbell said Seibert was"a little bit sore" Monday, which could have the Lions consider other options for this week's game against the Seattle Seahawks.Kicker Dominik Eberle, who made 2 of 3 field goals in his lone NFL game last season for the Houston Texans, is on the Lions' practice squad.While Campbell's fourth-down call drew the most scrutiny in Sunday's loss, he spent Monday explaining several other coaching decisions.
"It was one of those plays we felt like we were going to get the look we wanted," he said."We get good protection, we knew they would be playing the run, so you’re able to latch up on those guys. Goff would have time to see it, and we felt like Reynolds could win on the perimeter, and it ended up being tight coverage and didn’t work out for us. But I don’t — I’m good with the decision.