{"id":10327,"date":"2025-01-13T13:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10327"},"modified":"2025-01-13T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:42:04","slug":"breaking-this-stat-shows-the-lions-fourth-down-aggression-may-even-go-up-in-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10327","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: This stat shows the Lions&#8217; fourth-down aggression may even go up in playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\"><\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-FRXT5ABRSNBT5ME7YT2HJIEZNY\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/v2\/ODI6G3ORLRAWVP5DBOX7KWEVOA.JPG?auth=901778c429ac0014008ffacbdaec25567c90af1c920a1601f61212731be18834&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/v2\/ODI6G3ORLRAWVP5DBOX7KWEVOA.JPG?auth=901778c429ac0014008ffacbdaec25567c90af1c920a1601f61212731be18834&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/v2\/ODI6G3ORLRAWVP5DBOX7KWEVOA.JPG?auth=901778c429ac0014008ffacbdaec25567c90af1c920a1601f61212731be18834&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/v2\/ODI6G3ORLRAWVP5DBOX7KWEVOA.JPG?auth=901778c429ac0014008ffacbdaec25567c90af1c920a1601f61212731be18834&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" sizes=\"auto, 50vw\" alt=\"This stat shows the Lions' fourth-down aggression may even go up in playoffs\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"KSZGYIXRE5D7HJ4LQCJJVSVJDA\">The Lions already have easily the most fourth-down conversion tries of any team in the NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QGC4IRAERRCBRA6NFPC654W7BI\">And Dan Campbell may be even more likely to go for it this month than normal \u2013 starting with a divisional round game against the Commanders this weekend \u2013based on his gambling tendencies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"A7SDRTT3WBCPHNQDGFSA6PPJPA\">A closer look at the Lions\u2019 fourth-down conversion attempts in 2024 reveals that those tries came disproportionately against the NFL\u2019s better teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5TTQ7ZFKOFEGTLNT7PTCMCU44Q\">Of the Lions\u2019 33 fourth-down tries this season, 21 came against teams that made the playoffs. That works out to just about double the attempts per game vs. playoff teams compared to non-playoff teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6Z3IU73FRFCFXA2UGLL6JQEPN4\">That tally of 33 tries includes five tries at home against the Packers (with four of them converted), five tries in a Week 2 loss to the Buccaneers and four tries in the season finale against the Vikings (the Lions didn\u2019t play the Commanders in the regular season).<\/p>\n<p id=\"ISYNH2KQ5JA75P256GB2D66E34\">In comparison, the Lions didn\u2019t go for it at all in comfortable wins over the Seahawks, Titans, Colts and Bears.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2ZWZLUVIKBBIJHVUHJRAVZBJKQ\">The Lions\u2019 33 attempts this season were the fourth most in the NFL, behind the Browns, Bears and Giants. Their 66 percent conversion rate is sixth in the NFL, behind four playoff teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6LP3X7GZZ5DUXAUTH3H3W6IREI\">Of course, going for it more often has its downsides. In last season\u2019s NFC Championship Game, the Lions failed on a pair of second-half two-point tries. The resulting field position helped fuel San Francisco\u2019s 27-point run in that half and sent them to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RYSDB7GAFRHMFFBQXVGX63Y2TY\">But Campbell insists he doesn\u2019t regret those tries. And don\u2019t expect him to regret any in these playoffs, either, no matter how many times he goes for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Campbell went for it on fourth down nearly twice as often against playoff teams than he did against non-playoff teams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: This stat shows the Lions&#039; fourth-down aggression may even go up in playoffs - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10327\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: This stat shows the Lions&#039; 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