Dan Campbell authored yet another epic postgame speech after win over Titans
The Detroit Lions postgame locker room is becoming weekly appointment viewing. We might seen an epic speech from head coach Dan Campbell, or a moment that makes the head coach openly emotional after a win over a team he played for.
While it didn't look like it would have been expected to going in, with just 225 yards of offense, the Lions took care of business on Sunday against the overmatched Tennessee Titans. Quite simply, teams who are supposed to be good beat teams that are so overtly bad by 38 points, regardless of how it looks. The Titans didn't just roll over, as the Lions' coaches expected over the course of the week coming in, but after a quarter-plus of action they couldn't hide their broad ineptitude anymore and the Lions made them pay.
Dan Campbell authors another epic postgame speech after big win vs. Lions
As expected, Campbell did not disappoint in the postgame locker room after the win over the Titans.
"You guys came out to play. You came out to play, man. That's a huge win. That's what we're supposed to do, That's what champions do. You don't care what time of year it is. What the record is, what the weather is. It doesn't matter. You just show up and do what you do."
"Here's the thing. Let's call a spade a spade. That was not our best performance. Really on offense/defense, and there was a couple things special teams. But do you know what happens? Man, when you do and get the returns and production out of special teams that we got, holy crap. Those returns, men? The return units, outstanding. 'Leaf, holy crap...And then you get four takeaways on defense? And then in the red zone, what were we in the red zone? 100 percent. 5-for-5 in the red zone. Men...holy crap. Right? Good things happen."
Campbell gave out one game ball to special teams coach Dave Fipp, and another to wide receiver Kalif Raymond for this work on Sunday (190 punt return yards and a touchdown and a receiving touchdown).
Check out the full video of Sunday's postgame locker room below, with an epic speech from Fipp and a more subdued speech from Raymond following Campbell.
As the Lions stack wins, each week's postgame locker room is a glimpse into how unified the team is. That is obviously led by Campbell, who has fostered that culture from the start.