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Dan Campbell hints at benching some young players: ‘Maybe they’re not just quite ready’

On Sunday afternoon following the Detroit Lions’ 24-14 loss to the Chicago Bears, head coach Dan Campbell showed some rare frustration with the team’s secondary. While he’s understood some of the team’s early struggles considering the injuries, the new defense, and just some of the early-season rust, the one thing he doesn’t seem to tolerate is repeated mistakes.

“As long as you’re not making the same mistakes and not playing scared, but the same mistakes are showing up now a little bit,” Campbell said.

But it was his next sentence that raised my eyebrows.