Detroit Lions Dan Campbell commented after the Minnesota Vikings win-Sports Illustrated Detroit Lions News, Analysis, etc.

2021-12-06 18:53:26 By : Ms. Iris Yuantian

After a touchdown pass from Jared Goff to Amon-Ra St. Brown in the last second, the Detroit Lions raised their hands and rushed to the court. The score consolidated their first victory, beating the Minnesota Vikings 29-27.

This is the first victory of Dan Campbell's era. For the head coach of the first year, this is a great improvement. His inability to make the right decision in a tense game aroused strong opposition from the fans.

"I'm happy for our guy, man," Campbell said. "Of course, I'm very happy. I'm happy for the coaches, I'm happy for everyone. But, it's like you hope this is too bad for the players, man. Because they put in all the hard work, sweat and Tears. We are all like this, so are the coaches, man. This is the great thing about it. When you lose, it will be painful and uncomfortable. But that's why winning in this league is so great."

After the boisterous celebration after winning the game touchdown, he walked onto the podium and talked to the Detroit reporter. With this first victory, he relieved the pressure of not winning in the NFL.

"Because we won, the weight was reduced," Campbell said. "We finally won, but we were not, we were just able to win, man, if you tell me next week, I will say,'Yes, because we won.' When you win every week, it will always lighten the burden . It doesn’t matter where you are."

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The players also breathed a sigh of relief. After losing the first 11 games, Detroit finally made it through.

"Unbelievable," Tight end Brockwright said. "It's an indescribable feeling to be proud of the team, proud of the coaches, proud of everyone who worked hard throughout the season and finally won our first victory."

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Campbell spoke highly of the performance of his quarterback Jared Gove. Gove completed 296 yard passes and 3 touchdowns. However, Gove's two costly errors in the fourth quarter allowed the Vikings to regain the lead late in the game.

However, at the most important time, Goff led the offense on the court and fired the winning goal to St. Brown.

"I think he did a good job," Campbell said. "I think the most encouraging thing is that he had a few rough performances in the passing game before that. In order to get him to cheer up, let us go all the way down, throw the winning goal, then step in and stay In the pocket, doing something when we need it most, I think (it) says a lot about him."

"It did the best for us offensively," Gove said of the final blow. "We can walk off the court on them and make a difference in the end. It boils down to a game and we can do it."

Sunday's passing game moved forward, and Gove's passing yards was his highest since his 299 yards against the Chicago Bears in Week 4.

"We tried to really hone a little bit in this passing game and tried to build some confidence in him and made it clear to him and our receiver,'This is our vision, this is what we look for,' "Campbell said. "Again, you play the odds. We are very likely, this is what you get, this is where you want to go. It’s not always like this, but today there are many such appearances, and some of them don’t ."

This late rebound was caused by Detroit's fourth failure to hold the ball before. Faced with the 4th and 1st from the 28-yard line, Campbell chose it. It turned out that Gove made a mistake because he couldn't throw it away in time and was stripped of it.

"I think I need to be a little aggressive today," Campbell said. "Just know the nature of their offense. I think we can get that. It didn't work, at least we can guarantee to get the ball back because we know we have gotten up."

All in all, this is a triumphant effort. Campbell and the Lions can celebrate with a sigh of relief, because history will not be created in 2021.