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Washington runs a lot of their offense without huddling, but they also substitute while doing it and declare an extra lineman eligible out of it, and that’s a lot for the defense to process at a moment’s notice.

But when the offensive team changes personnel, the defense is supposed to have an equal chance to counter. That’s why we sometimes see an official standing over the middle to wait until the defense gets a chance to replace players and packages before the offense is allowed to snap.

It’s something Campbell said he would be very clear to talk to the officials about in the pre-game meeting with them before Saturday’s game.

“They’ve got a number of people with it,” Campbell said. “They’re back to the ball, then they run the personnel on straight to the ball, then they’re here. I’ll tell you what, a number of things have come up where they’re not holding the football and it’s a substitution, so we’ll be on it and we’ll talk about all that foreplay. We’ll be able to sub and get into the packages we need to.”

Gibbs led the NFL with 20 scrimmage touchdowns during the regular season, including a career-high four touchdowns last time we saw the Lions play Week 18 against the Vikings.

Gibbs had a rushing touchdown in each of Detroit’s three postseason games last year and has 34 scrimmage touchdowns in 35 career games, including the playoffs, since entering the NFL in 2023.

With a touchdown Saturday vs. Washington Gibbs can tie Hall of Famers Earl Campbell (35), Eric Dickerson (35) and Edgerrin James (35) for the second-most scrimmage touchdowns in NFL history by a player in his first two seasons, including the playoffs. Only Hall of Famer Curtis Martin (37) has more.