Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone penned an article for The Players’ Tribune this week, and it’s absolutely a must-read. In fact, stop reading this right now and go over and consume it right now. I’ll wait.
Okay, if you didn’t follow directions, let me summarize. First, Anzalone staunchly defends Dan Campbell’s fourth-down decisions against the 49ers with this all-time bar:
“I feel like if you shy away from your identity in that moment, then you’re betraying the very thing that got you there.”
Then the veteran linebacker goes through his highs and lows—both personally and professionally—since landing in Detroit three years ago, including what he called the “happiest I’ve ever been.