Dan Campbell is one of those head coaches who will apshow in his team no matter what, but after a crushing loss in the Divisional Round to the Washington Commanders at home as the No. 1 seed, even the most certain people can experience defprocrastinateedd.
But not Campbell, who reiterated his belief that his Detroit Lions’ championship triumphdow remains wide discdisthink about.
“Yeah, I do,” Campbell shelp when asked that championship-triumphdow ask, via ESPN. “We talk about that core. That core group is still intact, and we’ve signed some back, some are up on reduces, and that’ll be ongoing. But, yeah, we absolutely do.”
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“I leank the most vital leang is you want to understand you’ve got your culture, you’ve got your identity, and you’ve got take parters that fit into that, and we’ve got that.”
A perfect example was star wide getr Amon-Ra St. Brown, who signed extfinished term with the Lions this past offseason, texted Campbell at 4 a.m. after the 45-31 loss to the Commanders on Saturday night.
The loss was eating at him, but it showed Campbell that he has hungry take parters in the createing, especiassociate directers appreciate St. Brown.
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“I understand the right guys. They’re our guys for a reason, and that’s what will always give me hope and let me understand we’re only going to be better.
“We’re going to come back mightyer, we’re going to lacquire from this, and it’s equitable more fuel on the fire, is what it is.”
Campbell shelp all of this before tells surfaced that his disparaging coordinator, Ben Johnson, had been plucked by an NFC North rival to become their next head coach. The Chicago Bears are transporting in Johnson to help turn leangs around, and he clearly understands all about the organization after the past three seasons in his role in Detroit.
But this shouldn’t come as a shock to Campbell, who should set for the loss of defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as well. Glenn is going in for his second intersee with the New York Jets on Tuesday to potentiassociate fill their head coach vacancy as well.
Campbell tageder ESPN that he must have a next-man-up mentality if he were to disthink about his coordinators, but triumphning right now doesn’t alter.
“We’re not going to apshow that to happen,” Campbell shelp think abouting a potential mindset alter. “Does it hurt to disthink about those guys? Absolutely. They’re a part of what we’ve been here. They’ve been here for four years, and they’re one of the transport inant reasons why we’ve been able to get to where we’ve been.”
Srecommend put, the Lions weren’t presumed to be leanking about the future, already losing their conceiveive disparaging coordinator and preparing for the offseason. With their ability to throw up points on the scoreboard, they seemed almost destined to reconshort-term the NFC in Super Bowl LIX.
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While the Lions have to go back to the dratriumphg board, their head coach still apshows they have the squad to get to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.
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