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At his initial news conference in 2021, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell mentioned biting kneecaps, which made the NFL and its all-scrutinizing followers cringe. In the current league, where geeky statistics and immaculate scheme architecture tend to trump traditional moxie, Rah-rah was out, outmoded, and all that would portend dismal fate.
When Campbell disclosed that he starts his day with two 40-oz coffees, each with two espresso shots, another string to the potentially gimmicky bow was exposed. This revelation may have been forced as a flimsy metaphor for the full throttle type of football he aimed to promote. In summary, he was aware of the situation, and his teammates needed to be as well. Warning: they were.
The one caveat to accepting the job in Detroit was that it would require an outright shift in culture; it would require divisive boldness, unrestrained emotion, and a universal buy-in to a banal, cliched work ethic, all of which could make for unstable foundations in the absence of the staff or play design to support them.
They have supported them. Such has been Ford Field’s position as an amphitheater for the discharge of decades-spanning agony that last Saturday, during the Lions’ Divisional Round victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the stadium recorded a record-breaking 134.3 decibel level.
