Notes: An NFL analyst finally gave credit to Dan Campbell’s offensive mind

Former NFL offensive lineman and three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth talked about how involved Lions’ coach Dan Campbell is on offense, and why he isn’t worried about Detroit taking a step back in 2025.

For one reason or another, there are a lot of misinformed football fans out there when it comes to Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell—at least outside the state of Michigan and the Lions fanbase.

So to those people who think all he does is give a cool speech from time to time, don’t get it twisted, Campbell is one of the best coaches in football for plenty of reasons. As a tight end who played in the league for a decade, Campbell is a well-versed offensive mind that has seen it all—both as a player, and now as a coach. And while losing Ben Johnson to a division rival isn’t ideal, forgive those of us—like three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth—who aren’t overly concerned about how the offense will fair in 2025.

“But where I don’t think Dan (Campbell) gets enough credit, is Dan is a great offensive mind. He understands that offense,” said Schlereth on his daily morning show, “Breakfast Ball,” over on FS1. “I was calling games when he was still calling plays and transitioning to Ben Johnson. Dan has a very heavy hand on the way that offense is structured, the way they run that offense. He’s big into that. The guy is very smart when it comes to Xs and Os, how to use personnel, to do all those things.”

Schlereth’s perspective on the game is one I have always personally respected, so it is nice to see someone outside of Michigan give Campbell the credit he deserves for building this offense into the juggernaut that it is today.

You can watch the full segment of the show right here .

And now, onto the rest of today’s notes:

• Lions All-Pro safety Kerby Joseph attended a Detroit Tigers game recently, and released another vlog over on his YouTube channel.

• Ben Solak wrote an interesting article over on ESPN where he picked the best draft pick ever from number 1 to 262. My takeaway? Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes is Him Duncan.
• It’s like the Lions knew I was listening to a ton of Juvenile lately.

• Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com ranked the top rookies Detroit will play in 2025.
• I don’t know about everybody else, but I am ready to watch Lions cornerback Amik Robertson play football this year.

• If you are looking for something to watch as we inch closer to football, be sure to check out the collaboration between our own Meko Scott and the guys at “Talking Grit,” as they highlight nine players to watch once training camp gets going later in July.