![]() ![]() ![]() As long as they continue to hate this taste, they’ll come back to work and be ready to go. I do think we have the right type of guys. It motivates me to want to get out of this mess. ![]() All it does is just piss me off even more. “You cannot allow yourself to go numb, you can’t. “If this (losing) does not continue to sting and burn and taste like you-know-what, then you’ve got a problem,” Campbell said forcefully. Another thing he picked up from Parcells was the focus on the hatred of losing. Davis, Detroit Free Press The fiery Dan Campbell may be a little more subdued during the Detroit. He’s yet another guy who embodies the knee-cap-biting mentality Dan Campbell is cultivating in Detroit. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell news conference: What he said Tyler J. He pulled out the old Bill Parcells platitude, “We are what the record says we are.” It’s a sentiment Campbell learned well from his one-time coach. Detroit Free Press (Dave Birkett) The Detroit News. Wright was making his NFL debut after being promoted from the practice squad for the first time.Ĭampbell didn’t want any moral victory. 5 hours ago &0183 &32 Campbell is a big, long, strong and smart linebacker with a nose for the football. Swift was stuffed behind the line when reserve tight end Brock Wright, the wing Campbell was referring to, didn’t line up properly and wrecked any chance the play had of succeeding. “That’s my fault, I called for that … we should have tightened the wing up, which I should have done. “That’s on me,” Campbell said, tapping his chest. Most notably, he explained the failed fourth-down run to D’Andre Swift was all on him. “That’s too good of a football team to make – you’re not allowed to make one or two errors against a football team like that.”Ĭampbell shouldered responsibility for some of the errors himself. Shawn Windsor Detroit Free Press 0:00 1:48 At some point this has to stop, right Not the losing though that would be nice, too but. The coach, hoarse after the intense game, continued, Coach Dan Campbell is losing benefit of the doubt. The Lions led entering the fourth quarter and had chances to regain the lead late before making a couple of critical errors that swung the game solidly to the Rams.Ĭampbell concluded his opening statement by stating the obvious, And while the chaos and quip quotient weren’t as dramatic as it has been in other weeks, the Lions head coach delivered quite a few pointed messages after his Detroit team lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 28-19, in Week 7 at SoFi Stadium.Ĭoach Campbell was frustrated with the loss while still obviously proud of his team for making it quite a bit closer than just about anyone expected. It’s a trick the bad teams use to keep hope alive. NFL teams like to break their seasons into quarters. Dan Campbell’s postgame press conferences are quickly becoming the stuff of NFL legend. Detroit Lions, the darlings of 'Hard Knocks,' on hard times due to Dan Campbell's mistakes. ![]()
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