You ' re missing the point . A media guy asks him if he ' d like to blow teams out . Of course you say yes , who wouldn ' t want to . But at the same time that ' s not reality with the team we have . So he has this conservative gameplan to keep us in games . And pushes the run hoping it will eventually come together . IF we started running all over teams and blowing people out then awesome . But what he ' s not going to do is what we did with Swartz . Open up the offense with gunning Matt Stafford and Linehan put up 5 , 000 yards in the air . And yet we keep losing . Because the defense is always on the field , causing a spiral of shootouts . The defense stands no chance , so Matthew keeps forcing balls , keeps throwing back breaking INTs . And we lose . And they call him Stat Paddford . Enter Caldwell . Brought in to reign Matthew in . Make him more efficient . Win ball games . And so this conservative gameplan begins . And we start WINNING . On pace for playoffs in 23 seasons . Season 2 losing Suh . Season 3 losing Calvin . Yet were 74 and 3 rd in the NFC