Dan Campbell: I Trust Brad 100 Percent
The upcoming NFL trade deadline could loom large for a significant amount of teams, including the Detroit Lions.
After winning five of their first six games, the team is in position to win the NFC North and to make a deeper run in the postseason, should the right pieces be added to the roster.
Dan Campbell was asked prior to practice Friday if he has started to have conversations with the team's third-year general manager, Brad Holmes, about the upcoming deadline.
"Brad, we talked yesterday just briefly in passing. So, that’s, look, you know him, he’s always looking," said Campbell. "He’s looking, he’s seeing if something’s out there, if (there is) something that makes sense, but ultimately, that’s -- I trust him. He’s going to handle it and if it’s something that’s serious, he’ll bring it to me. Otherwise, I just, I handle my business, getting this team ready to play the next week. And whatever does or does not happen, I trust Brad 100 percent. It’s going to be for the better of us, betterment of our team.”
Detroit's has been hit with a wave of injuries early and often this season, which could factor into Holmes' decision-making.
Last season, the team decided to trade tight end T.J. Hockenson at the deadline, a move that Holmes expressed was not based on the team's below .500 record.
Keeping receipts
Despite the praise the team and coaching staff has received, it does not appear any of the outside noise has impacted the team, positively or negatively.
"No. I don’t mean that negatively, it’s just -- I mean a lot of people didn’t like us two years ago, so we don’t forget those and we’re the same two people, we’re the same team," said Campbell about the recent praise. "We’ve just gone about our business. We haven’t changed anything. So, we’re worried about -- all we care about is what our players think and the coaches and the personnel and me and Brad, and that’s it. And so, we’ve got a job to do, and we’re just going to keep doing it.”
