Dan Campbell has showed a fiery passion all season that has not translated to any wins on the year…until today.
Moments after Jared Goff found Amon-Ra St. Brown with a game-winning touchdown pass on the final play against the Vikings — the Detroit Lions head coach showed off his hops as he started to celebrate with his players and staff.
Following Detroit’s first win of the season Sunday — and Campbell’s first of his coaching career — Campbell was as passionate as ever.
“As far as it pertains to us, I was proud of our guys, man,” Campbell said after starting his press conference by paying respect to the victims and families of the Oxford High School shooting.
“They fought, they’d continue to fight all year and it paid dividends today, and we found a way to win,” Campbell continued, “found a way to win when we needed to.
“It means this: It means I’m proud of our guys, man. I’m happy for them. Of course I’m happy. We’re all happy. I’m happy for the coaches. I’m happy for everybody, but it’s like, you want this so bad for the players, man, because they’re the ones who put in all the hard work and the sweat, the tears and yeah, we all do, and so to the coaches, man. But it’s also that’s what makes us great. Look, when you lose, it hurts. It’s hard. It’s hard. But that’s also why winning is so great in this league. Because it’s not easy to do. And when you get them, man, it’s special. So I’m just proud of those guys. I’m proud of them.”
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Jared Goff picked up his first win under a coach not named Sean McVay. He finished 25-for-41 for 296 passing yards and three touchdown passes.
Detroit was 0-10-1 entering the game against Minnesota and had lost four games by three or fewer points. Sunday’s win marked the first time the Lions had won since December 2020.
