Exploring Detroit's Super Bowl Window & Dan Campbell's Role

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00:00The one thing that we do always talk about is how long can those Super Bowl win those

00:04actually last and for Detroit Dan Campbell, we got a clip here and he's going to try to

00:08explain that.

00:09Yeah, I do.

00:10I do, man.

00:11I, you know, I think that's, you know, we talk about that core, that core group is still

00:15intact and some of these guys are now, you know, we've signed some back, some are up

00:19on contracts and that'll be ongoing.

00:23But yeah, we absolutely do, you know, and I think the most important thing is you want

00:26them to know you got your culture, you got your identity and you got players and that

00:32fit into that.

00:33And we've got that.

00:34Like we've got, we got players in every pivotal position you can ask for to have success.

00:41And those guys are made the right way.

00:43So absolutely.

00:44Our window is open.

00:46There you go.

00:47You wouldn't expect anything less from Dan Campbell.

00:48Say, ah, man's window shut and looking for my next job.

00:51At this point, there's a lot of talent still in that room, but the credit goes to Dan Campbell

00:56for being the head coach.

00:57Yes, he cultivated that culture that turns out, you know what, we could have a pretty

01:01good foundation for a franchise that hasn't seen a lot of success over the past 50 years

01:05or so.

01:06But a lot of that success also, Joe, went to Ben Johnson, the creative offensive coordinator

01:11that's now not going to be in that building.

01:13And also there is a defensive coordinator we'll get to is probably leading as well.

01:18Talk to me about your thought process now with Detroit moving forward, at least without

01:21Ben Johnson today.

01:25Well, the problem is we're going to learn rather quickly whether or not Ben Johnson

01:30was responsible for the resurgence of Jared Goff or if Jared Goff is, you know, played

01:39a big role in helping him execute that offense.

01:42I think that's still to be determined here.

01:46But I can tell you this, they are, and I agree with Dan Campbell, they have the things that

01:51matter most for an organization to have success long term are the things he talked about.

01:57You have an identity, you have the players, you have a culture in place.

02:02We have seen that work, consistency works.

02:06So now what we've got to see from Dan Campbell in this front office is the ability to replace,

02:12you know, the Ben Johnsons or, you know, the defensive coordinator if he leaves.

02:18You've got to be able to plug and play those guys.

02:21Baltimore's done it, Harbaugh's done it for years, and it seems to work.

02:26And they still find themselves in the playoffs.

02:28So that's the next step here for Dan Campbell in Detroit is that if these coordinators were

02:34that good, that it was all about them, well, then you better make sure their replacements

02:40are every bit as good here and can motivate these guys.

02:43So I think the hiring of the replacements is that next step to figure out whether Dan

02:49Campbell and Detroit and that window is still open.

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