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Lions’ Dan Campbell Used a $5 Bill to Get a Message Across During Electric Postgame Speech

The Detroit Lions head coach was feeling really good after another big win for his team Sunday in Tampa.

Kevin Sweeney

Lions’ Dan Campbell Used a $5 Bill to Get a Message Across During Electric Postgame Speech
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Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell delivered an epic postgame speech Sunday after his team moved to 5–1 with a 20–6 win over the Buccaneers.

With his hat backwards, Campbell opened the speech by pulling a $5 bill out of his pocket, signifying the team’s fifth win of the season, before congratulating his team on what he called an “outstanding” performance. The win helped the Lions match their best start since the 1956 season, so it’s no surprise that excitement is so high.

Campbell then pivoted to handing out game balls, and his justification for no one on the defensive side of the ball earning one was hilarious.

“Alright defense, don’t get pissed at me ‘cause it’s none of you guys, ‘cause all of you played so damn good,” Campbell said. “You hold somebody to six points in this league? Holy crap, guys.”

Campbell’s two game balls instead went to punter Jack Fox and QB Jared Goff, each of whom had big days.

Meanwhile, the speech from Campbell has even more fans jumping on the Lions bandwagon, with Detroit quickly becoming one of the league’s most entertaining teams.

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KEVIN SWEENEY

Kevin Sweeney is a staff writer at Sports Illustrated covering college basketball and the NBA draft. He joined the SI staff in July 2021 and also serves host and analyst for The Field of 68. Sweeney is a Naismith Trophy voter and ia member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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