Dan Campbell Expects Ford Field to be Louder than Arrowhead Stadium

The Lions expect to have a rowdy home opener.

The Detroit Lions began their season in a hostile environment playing at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium. 

The venue, which hosted the team's Super Bowl celebration prior to Thursday's game, presented a difficult atmosphere for the visiting team. 

As the Lions return home for their opener at Ford Field Sunday, Dan Campbell expects the team to be backed by a passionate crowd that will rival what the team had to face last week. 

"I'm expecting it to be loud. I know what Arrowhead is, and it was loud," Campbell said Monday. "I expect it to be louder than that, I really do. I just know our fans, and it'll be to the point where you can't hear yourself think, for them anyway." 

Campbell recalled his first game as a Lions player during the 2006 season. He remembered being stunned at the amount of noise that the home crowd provided as energy. 

"I just remember, I was not expecting that. It was loud, it was loud," the coach said. "I had been in some loud places and been around, and I was not expecting it. That was my first eye-opener. We get some wins here, and this place will really be on fire." 

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The Lions sold out of their allotment of season tickets this offseason for the first time in Ford Field history. After a gritty win in the season opener that has justified the offseason expectations, optimism for the organization is at an all-time high. 

Detroit will host Seattle Sunday, in a rematch of a game that ultimately decided the Lions' playoff fate last season. The Seahawks won a shootout in Week 4 last year, and wound up making the playoffs in the final wild card spot, thanks to their head-to-head tiebreaker over the Lions. 

As a result, this game will carry a certain level of emotional weight for the returning players. 

Notes

1.) Campbell said the team's communication issues, both offensively and defensively, are all correctable. He is not concerned about the complications that surfaced at times in the season opener. 

2.) When asked about the origin of his aggressiveness, Campbell noted that he regrets not using his special teams unit more during his tenure as the Miami Dolphins' interim head coach.