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Jim Caldwell on Lions' special teams issues: 'I've got to get better at my job'

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- For the third time in four weeks, the Detroit Lions have had 10 men on the field during a special teams play.

And for the third time in four weeks, Lions coach Jim Caldwell took the blame for Detroit’s inability to have 11 men on the field to start at least one special teams play in Thursday night’s loss to the Green Bay Packers.

“That’s my job, to get that straightened out,” Caldwell said. “I have not done a very good job of that. We’ve had a couple different situations that have occurred.