Lions coach Dan Campbell grades himself harshly after missing playoffs: 'Freaking F'

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Dan Campbell is going to keep it blunt with his Detroit Lions — good or bad.

This year didn’t turn out how many believed it would for the Lions, and Campbell was asked during his end-of-season press conference how he would grade the 2025 campaign.

For a team that was a Super Bowl favorite out of the NFC in the preseason, Campbell called it like it is for his team.

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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell addresses the media after an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

"Not good enough. We didn’t get in, we underachieved," he said, per Yahoo Sports. "So, not good. I’d give myself a freaking F."

The Lions were able to make it over .500, winning their Week 18 matchup against the Chicago Bears, 19-16. But Campbell has always been a tough self critic as much as he is with his squad, so it’s not shocking to hear him grade himself so harshly.

But Campbell knows that this is the first time since 2022 that the Lions have missed the playoffs, and a 9-8 season isn’t the standard now for the franchise.

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The Lions have had a slow build to one of the more formidable teams in the league, having gone 15-2 last year to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC. They certainly fell short of expectations, though, being upset by rookie Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders at Ford Field in the Divisional Round.

Two years prior, the Lions made the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers after going 12-5. They would’ve made it to