Brutal Detroit Lions plan to stop Caleb Williams revealed – and referees were warned before the game
Amon Ra St. Brown has revealed that Dan Campbell told the Detroit Lions defense to hit Caleb Williams hard when he went out of bounds in their Thanksgiving game.
The Lions defeated the Bears 23-20 last week, but linebacker Jack Campbell caused controversy with a late low hit on quarterback Williams that the Chicago players took exception to.
Now St. Brown has revealed on his podcast that Lions coach Campbell had a plan to come after Williams before the game due to his habit of pushing back from the sidelines.
“During our team meeting, Dan was talking to us and he showed clips of Caleb going out of bounds and going in and out,” the wide receiver said.
‘He said “no you don’t” – the beginning of it was “no you don’t” and then it was just bits of him doing that.
‘He says, “If he does this, we’re going to beat him up. I’ve already warned the referees, the referees know,” so if it happens in the match, I already know there’s no flag.
“He says, ‘If he does this, we’re going to hit him. I’ve already warned the referees, the referees know.'”
Amon-Ra St. Brown said Dan Campbell told the Lions to hit Caleb Williams if he doesn’t go clear out of bounds. pic.twitter.com/lI3neK7LlI
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The Lions had a pre-planned tactic to hit Caleb Williams hard in their Thanksgiving showdown
“Out of bounds, steps back in, Jack (Campbell) hit his butt. We were like “yeah” and everyone at the Bears was like “that’s a flag!”. We were like ‘brother, he went out and came back in, took it with him”.
Williams was unhappy with the hit, telling reporters after the loss, “Yeah, I… that part was funky.” Just put it like this. I don’t really – you know, I didn’t really appreciate the piece.
‘He just dived straight for my knee. So I didn’t really understand that. Definitely a little frustrated about that, just because you know, whatever.
‘Yes, the knee is fine. Nothing wrong with that. Think I just have a bruise. But the piece was, the piece was funky.”
The Lions are tied with Super Bowl winners Kansas City Chiefs for the best record in the NFL at 11-1 after the win over Chicago.
They return to action Thursday in a blockbuster showdown with the Green Bay Packers in an NFC North division rivalry at Ford Field.
The Packers are 9-3 but third, one win behind the second-place Minnesota Vikings.