Buccaneers against. Lions: Locker room celebration
“All you have to do is enter,” stated Campbell. It all comes down to putting yourself in the greatest possible position to move. It’s a home game for you. After that, you might get another home game. And suddenly it becomes a little bit easier all of a sudden.

“You only need to win two games if you can secure a single seed. That’s the ultimate goal, always. After entry, the focus shifts to matchups. You manage to prevail. It’s acceptable if you have to win two to zero. In the playoffs, a win is a victory.

“We are in this location. We get to travel to San Francisco now. We are aware of the nature of that team, but

Among the other things we learned are Campbell’s formula for how teams can advance in the playoffs, what motivates All-Pro center Frank Ragnow to compete with pain, and quarterback Jared Goff’s view on how Campbell and GM Brad Holmes have built a winning roster.

We start with Campbell’s vision for the Lions in the playoffs:

Under Campbell and his staff, the squad he inherited finished with a 3-13-1 record in 2021, 9-8 in 2022, and 12-5 in the playoffs. In the third season, the team won the NFC North.

It is not a postseason season for the Lions. With victories over the Rams and Buccaneers in the Wild Card and Divisional Rounds, they have already qualified for the postseason.