This would have been so cool.

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell said he wanted to build on his football experience at 313, but his request to the NFL was turned down.

In a recent interview on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take,” Campbell said Said He wanted to keep the real lions on the sidelines, but the league had no interest in that plan.

Campbell originally brought up the idea when he took over as Lions head coach prior to the 2020 campaign, and said franchise owner Sheila Hump Ford was actually behind the plan.

“Sheila, there was nothing wrong with her, but the league clearly frowns on that sort of thing,” Campbell said. “I’m not going to point out Roger on this one, just say the league frowns on it, let’s just say that.”

Campbell mentioned the possibility of a lion. May 2021. (Related: Nickelodeon to Host Alternative Super Bowl Television Broadcast for First Time in History)

“I don’t think I can do that, but I would literally like to have a lion as a pet. A legal pet lion on a big chain, and he really is my pet,” Campbell said at the time. rice field. “We just walk around the building, we go out to practice, we’re 7-on-7 and we’re behind the kicker when he’s kicking. We’re there.”

“The problem is I don’t know if PETA will allow it. You might lose an arm because of it, but it’s even better because it proves that this is an anomaly and that this is a living being.This is an animal.This is This is wild.”

If Dan Campbell was allowed to sideline Live Lion, he would pic.twitter.com/xoPsP9t2zp

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) July 31, 2023

I can understand why the NFL rejected Campbell’s request, but hey, that would have been pretty cool.